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MINNESOTA
OFFICIAL MINUTES
JOINT CITY COUNCIL/
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA
April 10, 2018
Call to Order
Mayor Pro -Tem Mavity called the meeting to order at 5:45 p.m.
Council Members present: Mayor Jake Spano (6pm arrival), Couneilmember Anne Mavity,
Rachael Harris, Margaret Rog, Tim Brausen, Thom Miller, and Steve Hallfin.
School Board Members present: Karen Waters Board Chair, Nancy Gores Vice Chair (6pm
arrival), Joe Tatalovich Clerk, Jim Beneke Treasurer, Directors Anne Casey, Ken Morrison and
Mary Tomback.
City Staff present: City Manager Tom Haimening, Deputy City Manager Nancy Deno,
Management Assistant Maria Carrillo -Perez, Recreation Superintendent Jason West,
Communications and Marketing Manager Jacque Larson and Police Chief Mike Harcey.
School District Staff present: Superintendent Astein Osei; Director of Business Sandy Salin;
Director of Community Education Lisa Greene; Director of Communications & Community
Relations Sara Thompson; Director of Special Services Tami Reynolds and Facilities Manager
Tom Bravo.
Citv Council and School Board discussion was as follows
• Brief updates from city and school district (by Astein and Tom)
o Status of school facilities construction (school district)
o Student enrollment status (school district)
o Strategic planning process (school district)
o Status of WHNC project (city)
o Body worn cameras (city)
o Climate action plan (city)
o Walker/Lake initiative (city)
o Racial equity initiative (city and school district)
o Ranked choice voting (city)
• Debrief on March 14 walkout/discuss potential future walkouts
Critical incident planning — It was the consensus of the school board and the city council
that the staff from each organization should start the planning process on undertaking an
active shooter training drill at one of the schools.
Discuss agreement between school district and city relating to facilities, programming,
funding, etc.
The school board and the city council to have staff from each organization begin the
process of reviewing and updating the agreement, including the funding arrangement,
based on current activities, facilities sharing, cooperative arrangements and the like.
CEAC should be the body staff should work with to develop a recommendation to the
school board and city council.
Joint City Council/
School Board Meeting -2- April 10, 2018
Formation of school board/city council subcommittees.
It was the consensus of the school board and city council to work to schedule joint
meetings two times per year if possible with the understanding they would probably not
be on a Monday night. Also, if additional meeting(s) are needed they could also be
scheduled through coordination of the City Manager and Superintendent of St. Louis
Park Schools.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
Melissa K edy, Ci Clerk