Memo Joint Meeting City Council
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C I T Y o F HOP KIN S
MEMORANDUM
DATE: June 4, 1992
TO: Honorable Mayor and City council
strategic Planning Task Force
Planning ~~sion .
FROM: Tom Harmening, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, STRATEGIC PLANNING
TASK FORCE, AND PLANNING COMMISSION
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Enclosed is an agenda and a preliminary draft of the Strategic
Plan for Economic Development for the City of Hopkins. The
purpose of the joint meeting is as follows:
0 Explain the purpose of undertaking the Strategic
Planning effort and the process used by the Task Force.
0 Review and discuss the goals and action plans developed
by the Task Force to address the top five economic
development issues facing Hopkins as identified by the
Task Force (Business Retention and Recruitment,
Neighborhoods, county Road 3, Mainstreet, and City Wide
Image) .
0 Discuss the strategic Planning Task Force response to
the city Council request for input regarding the
grocery store issue. As a point of information, the
strategic Planning Task Force discussed this request
during its meeting on May 20th. The strategic Planning
Task Force basically took the position that the
Strategic Plan which it has developed, and the related
goals, strategies, and key actions within the plan,
provide sufficient direction to the City Council to
assist the Council in making future decisions regarding
the grocery store project or other projects. It was
the position of the Task Force that the City Council
should test proposals that may be made against the
strategic Plan.
As outlined on the attached agenda, it is proposed that'the joint
meeting last approximately 2 hours, after which it is proposed
that the strategic Planning Task Force meet on its own to develop
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a plan for obtaining public input on the draft of the plan. The
city Council also has other business it needs to address as well.
Coffee, pop and cookies will be available during the joint
meeting.
If you should have questions regarding the meeting, or are unable
to attend, please call me at 935-8474. I look forward to seeing
you on June 9 at 6:30 p.m.
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