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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
Ramsgate Apartments
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Mayor Maxwell called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. Present were Mayor
Maxwell and Council members Kristi Halverson, Rick Brausen, Cheryl Youakim,
Hopkins City Manager Rick Getschow, Community Services Director Jim Genellie,
Public Works Director Steve Stadler, Community Development Coordinator Tara
Beard, Director of Planning and Economic Development Kersten Elverum, Blake
Road Corridor Collaborative members Cathy Maes, and Alvero Rivera, Watershed
District reps Mark Ten Eyck, Larry Blackstad, Larry Lasalle, and Tom Lasalle.
Blake Road Collaborative Update:
Today the BRCC is a working group of governmental and community organizations
that meet monthly and it is co -lead by two area social service organizations. The
membership to date includes:
• Intercongregation Communities Association (ICA): Co -lead Agency
• Resource West: Co -lead Agency
• Hopkins Police Department
• Hopkins Community Development
Hopkins Public Schools /Community Education
Hennepin County Community Services
Community Action Partnerships of Suburban Hennepin
• 43 Hoops Basketball Academy
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
Knollwood Mall
Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC)
Residents and other stakeholders met at 43 Hoops in February to hear about the
new action plan for the Blake Road Corridor Collaborative project. They were there
to find out how to create a safe, improved community that could provide
opportunities to empower youth. After much discussion over time with parents,
schools and students received some clarity that this population wants to work for
safer neighborhoods, and youth want adult- supervised activities. To meet this
challenge, the Hopkins - Minnetonka Joint Recreation Services Department has
agreed to bring programming to Cottageville Park twice a week for children
kindergarten through sixth grade this summer. Plans are being investigated to
expand to include older children.
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Minnehaha Watershed Memorandum of Understanding WOU) for Property
Acquisition:
Ms. Elverum stated that the basic conditions of the draft agreement, which are tied
to the acquisition of property by the District, are envisioned as follows:
Met Council lift station will not be allowed to be located in the flood plain.
Storm water treatment will be accommodated and paid for by the City of
Hopkins.
Minnehaha Watershed District will have a role in the park design.
• Additional property acquisition including duplexes will be addressed later.
City agrees to move beyond Blake Road Small area plan to create a bigger
vision for the area.
It is anticipated that an agreement, in the form of a Memorandum Of
Understanding, will be brought to the Council for consideration in July.
Community Commission Discussion:
Mr. Genellie' discussed with the Council the idea of creating a Community
Commission at the City of Hopkins.
Mr. Genellie stated that there would need to be a mission statement along with
goals and objectives. He stated that 5 to 7 people were enough and the
Commission would create a monthly report. Mr. Genellie further stated that the
commission should be focused so that they would identify a task and resolve it in a
timely matter.
The Council was in agreement and suggested to Mr. Genellie to consult with Tsehai
Wodajo and the Multi - Cultural Advisory Committee (MAC) in the Police Department
to see what information she could share on working with the community and
focusing of projects.
Other
• City Manager Getschow stated that Decoy's is now closed after 10 years of
service.
City Manager Getschow stated that Hopkins' City Council took the honors for
"Most Steps Walked by a City Council" for the second year in a row. He also
stated that Hopkins won the "highest average steps per participants ". The City
of Hopkins residents and employees made a significant improvement from last
year.
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On a motion by Brausen, and second by Youakim, the meeting was adjourned at
8:35 pm.
Debbie Sperling, Secretary
CITY COUNCIL
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