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March 26, 2025
6 p.m.
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Community technology advisory commission
Minutes
Members present: Rudyard Dyer, Drew Keogh, Rolf Peterson, Mike Siegler, Konnor Slaats,
Benjamin Straus
Members absent: Nat Johnson
Staff liaison: Jacque Smith, communications and technology director
Guest: Marcus Paul, elections specialist
1. Call to order – roll call
Keogh moved, Dyer seconded a motion to start the meeting. Meeting started 6:02 p.m.
2. Approval of minutes – January 22, 2025
Peterson moved, Slaats seconded a motion to approve the minutes as written. All voted
in favor.
3. Business
Candidate filings
Marcus Paul, elections specialist, gave a presentation about 2025 candidate filings for
city council and school board. Keogh asked Peterson, who is a former school board
member, what was involved in that role. Peterson shared his experiences including
training that was received from a state association. Paul provided information about
how the city onboards new city council members.
Peterson asked Paul if local elections would ever to be switched to even years to save
money. Paul said ranked choice voting for city council members was a way to save costs;
it would be challenging to run an RCV election alongside other offices in even years due
to limitations of ballot machines. Dyer asked if there was a city council member job
description on the city website; Keogh agreed that would be a good idea.
Review workplan items
Keogh gave an update on the first workplan item about the Vision 4.0 process. He
shared his experiences attending the three ambassador cohort sessions. His takeaways
were related to the need for better intracity transportation between commercial areas
as well as more public transportation options; affordable housing; pride in the
community; and reconstruction of Minnetonka Boulevard to create more of a “Main
Street” feel.
Dyer asked if there might be potential for CTAC to assist in educating and
communicating about transportation opportunities. Siegler questioned if that is the role
of CTAC; it might be more of a city planning function. Smith said she would send
information about upcoming training sessions for residents to hold their own Vision 4.0
small group meetings.
On the second workplan item, Smith reported that staff are reviewing several proposals
received for the city’s website redesign and will involve the commission at a point where
their expertise and feedback are needed on a draft web redesign.
For the third workplan item, Smith reported on progress of Equal Access to Broadband
legislation at the state level, which would allow franchise fees to be charged on
broadband providers.
Prep for April 14 discussion at city council study session
Smith shared procedures for CTAC’s discussion about its work plan with the city council
at the April 14 study session. The chair and vice chair, along with the staff liaison, will
participate in the discussion. Other CTAC members are encouraged to attend and sit in
the audience. Siegler advised bringing detailed information about the workplan items
and how they align with the city’s strategic priorities. Keogh suggested to Slaats that
they work on bullet points for the discussion and ask for feedback from the group. Smith
cautioned against having a group discussion among a majority of commission members
by email due to open meeting laws.
4. Staff updates
Smith reminded Commission Members Slaats, Dyer, Keogh and Peterson that their
terms expire May 31, 2025, and that they should have received information about the
boards and commissions reapplication process. Peterson said he had not received
anything, likely because he is a school board appointee. Smith said she would check with
the city’s community engagement coordinator for more information.
5. Commission member updates - None
6. Next meeting: May 21, 6 p.m.
7. Adjournment
Keogh moved, Siegler seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting, all voted in favor.
Meeting ended at 6:34 p.m.
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Jacque Smith, liaison Drew Keogh, chair