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2017.11.09 Work Session Packet Posted: Nov. 3, 2017 City Council Work Session Agenda Nov. 9, 2017 6:30 p.m. Conference Room A Pursuant to due call and notice given in the manner prescribed by Section 3.01 of the City Charter, the work session of the Crystal City Council was held at ______ p.m. on Nov. 9, 2017 in Conference Room A, 4141 Douglas Dr. N., Crystal, Minnesota. I. Attendance Council Members Staff ____ Kolb ____ Norris ____ LaRoche ____ Parsons ____ Adams ____ Budziszewski ____ Dahl ____ Deshler II. Agenda The purpose of the work session is to discuss the following agenda item: 1. Commission candidate interviews and appointments III. Adjournment The work session adjourned at ______ p.m. Auxiliary aids are available upon request to individuals with disabilities by calling the City Clerk at (763) 531- 1145 at least 96 hours in advance. TTY users may call Minnesota Relay at 711 or 1-800-627-3529. 4141 Douglas Drive North • Crystal, Minnesota 55422-1696 Tel: (763) 531-1000 • Fax: (763) 531-1188 • www.crystalmn.gov 4141 Douglas Drive North • Crystal, Minnesota 55422-1696 Tel: (763) 531-1000 • Fax: (763) 531-1188 • www.crystalmn.gov Scanned by CamScanner Scanned by CamScanner Scanned by CamScanner I:\Commissions, Boards, Task Forces\Applicants, Renewals, Openings\Application For Board, Commission, Task Force.Doc Page 1 of 3 Please check one: New Applicant Reappointment Thank you for your interest in serving your community as a volunteer. Please indicate below the board, commission or task force which you would like to be appointed to. (Note eligibility requirements - a member of a board, commission or task force must be a lawful resident of Crystal and, if required, a resident of the Council ward from which they are appointed.) Your application will be kept on file for one year. Charter Commission Community Outreach Task Force Employee Review Board Environmental Quality Commission Parks & Recreation Commission (Ward____) Planning Commission (Ward____) Watershed Mgt Organization – Bassett Creek Watershed Mgt Organization – Shingle Creek West Metro Fire Board PERSONAL INFORMATION (please print) Name Length of residence in Crystal _______ First Middle Last Street Address _________________________ Zip _________________ Home Phone Work Phone __ Cell __ Email_____________ Employer Occupation ____________________________ STATEMENT OF INTEREST Why are you interested in serving on this City board, commission or task force?________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY What do you think are the most important issues facing our community over the next several years? __________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Describe what issues and ideas you would like to see addressed by the board, commission or task force you would like to serve on. _____________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ APPLICATION FOR CITY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND TASK FORCES Return application to: 4141 Douglas Drive N, Crystal MN 55422 Fax: (763) 531-1188; Email: trudy.tassoni@crystalmn.gov. I:\Commissions, Boards, Task Forces\Applicants, Renewals, Openings\Application For Board, Commission, Task Force.Doc Page 2 of 3 COMMUNITY, CIVIC OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Please list your volunteer experience. _________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ATTENDANCE AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST Are you aware of the meeting schedule for this board, commission or task force, and are you able to attend meetings regularly? Yes_______ No_______ For reappointments only: If you have not been able to attend meetings regularly, please explain: ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ A conflict of interest may arise by your participation in an activity, action or decision from which you receive or could potentially receive direct or indirect personal financial gain. Do you have any legal or equitable interest in any business which, in the course of your participation on this board, commission or task force, could give rise to a conflict of interest? Yes_______ No_______ (If yes, please provide details on a separate sheet of paper.) As a board, commission or task force member, what issue(s) might cause conflict between your civic responsibility and personal or professional interests? How would you manage these conflicts? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ NEW APPLICANTS ONLY: Have you attended and observed a board, commission or task force meeting for which you’ve made application? Yes, on ____________________ Not yet, but I will attend a meeting on ___________________ (date of meeting) (date of meeting) EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Describe your education and/or professional experience.__________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ REAPPOINTMENTS ONLY: BOARD, COMMISSION OR TASK FORCE HIGHLIGHTS Describe a highlight(s) or accomplishment(s) of the board , commission or task force during your last term.________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ I:\Commissions, Boards, Task Forces\Applicants, Renewals, Openings\Application For Board, Commission, Task Force.Doc Page 3 of 3 IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR APPLICATION DATA PRIVACY NOTICE: Minnesota law requires that you be informed of the purposes and intended use of the information you are providing on this application. Pursuant to Minn. Stat. §13.601, your name, address, length of residence, occupation, education, training, civic affiliations, qualifications and experience are public data and is available to anyone who requests the information. The information you provide will be used to identify you as an applicant, enable us to contact yo u when additional information is required, send you notices, and assess your qualifications for appointment. This data is not legally required, but refusal to supply the information requested may affect the City Council’s ability to accurately evaluate you r application. Should you be appointed to a board, commission or task force, pursuant to Minn. Stat. §13.601, your residential address will become public information. In addition, either a telephone number or email address where you can be reached will become public. The purpose is to list contact information for board, commission and task force members on a public roster. Please select which of the following you will allow listed on a public roster (you must select either email or one phone number): EMAIL OR PHONE (may choose more than one): home work cell ALL OF THE ABOVE I have read the data privacy notice given above and authorize investigation into all statements contained in this application. Furthermore, I authorize the City of Crystal to conduct a criminal history background check, pursuant to Crystal City Code Section 311.01, Subd. 2, for purposes of determining my eligibility for a volunteer position with the City. MN Driver’s License or MN State ID Number:_______________________ If known by previous name, provide:_______________________________ __________________________ Applicant’s signature Date Process Step 1 Complete an application Step 2 Return the completed application to the administrative services coordinator Step 3 Participate in a 10-minute interview with the city council Step 4 New applicants only: attend a council meeting to be formally appointed to the commission To Whom it May Concern: I attended the Outreach Task Force meeting on September 29, 2017. It was made clear in the beginning of the meeting that the actions of the task force have somewhat deviated from its mission in the year or so since it was created. I would like to work on the task force in order to assist with its refocus on its stated mission, while still working with its current structure and activities. I firmly believe that minor changes in the existing programs and an increased focus on the community building aspects of the committee would go a long way. A few suggestions I would put forth include increasing the diversity on the task force to include members of the larger Crystal Community by working with existing community leaders to personally identify individuals who would be willing to join the task force, working with those individuals to clearly identify the issues that need to be addressed and bridges that need to be built in our community, and to clearly define what we consider to be success in these areas. At that point we can begin using our resources - human and monetary, together with existing community groups, to address these areas in an actionable way. My immediate suggestions would include: 1) sending representatives from the task force to a number of strategic community group events - including church functions etc. - in order to begin a physical outreach to the various communities, 2) asking existing community leaders to personally reach out to individuals they identify as being useful, with members of the task force following up, and 3) to distribute, through existing and trusted community groups, a limited number of free or reduced price tickets to major city events (i.e. The Crystal Gala). Despite my eagerness to assist this task force in refocusing on its mission, and my commitment to improving community outreach, I do not believe that I am the person that this task force needs long term. To that end, I only intend to serve on this task force until a qualified candidate can be found from the under represented communities of Crystal. When such an individual can be found I will resign my appointment in order to allow for the task force to continue its mission in a more effective and efficient manner. In addition, I will personally work to find and recruit such an individual. Our community is strong because it is diverse, but that diversity has also clearly lead to a perceived gap between the city government and its constituent population. As a member of this task force, I intend to work toward closing the gap both immediately and long term as it refocuses on its founding mission. When I leave, I will leave both the task force and the community stronger than I found it. Sincerely Kayla J. Pascoe I:\Commissions,Boards,Task Forces\Applicants,Renewals,Openings\Application For Board, Commission,Task Force.Doc Page 1 of 3 APPLICATION FOR CITY BOARDS,COMMISSIONS AND TASK FORCES Return application to:4141 Douglas Drive N, Crystal MN 55422 Fax:(763)531-1188;Email:trudy.tassoni@crystalmn.gov. Please check one:New Applicant x Reappointment Thank you for your interest in serving your community as a volunteer.Please indicate below the board, commission or task force which you would like to be appointed to.(Note eligibility requirements -a member of a board,commission or task force must be a lawful resident of Crystal and,if required, a resident of the Council ward from which they are appointed.)Your application will be kept on file for one year. Charter Commission Community Outreach Task Force Employee Review Board Environmental Quality Commission Parks &Recreation Commission (Ward _) Planning Commission (Ward ) Watershed Mgt Organization – Bassett Creek West Metro Fire Board PERSONAL INFORMATION (please print) Name Guy E. Mueller Length of residence in Crystal 30yrs First Middle Last Street Address Zip 55422 Home Phone Work Phone Cell Email Employer N/A Occupation Retired STATEMENT OF INTEREST Why are you interested in serving on this City board,commission or task force? I am concerned about water quality and the flooding risks caused by excess runoff/lack of onsite stormwater retention and infiltration.We must treat our neighbors as ourselves and not send our pollution and elevated floodwaters downstream.Locally,clean ponds and streams make our city a more attractive place for both the people and all the other living creatures who call Crystal home. IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY What do you think are the most important issues facing our community over the next several years?Maintaining our city’s tax base, encouraging investment and re-investment in Crystal and especially in our neighborhoods. This means upgrading parks and trails and maintaining city services at reasonable levels while always trying to improve their cost-effectiveness.We have to be able to attract people to Crystal and give them reasons to stay. Describe what issues and ideas you would like to see addressed by the board,commission or task force you would like to serve on.Water quality ponds are very expensive to maintain. As an alternative we need to seek more ways to improve onsite infiltration and retention other than ponds.The new Agora project in Plymouth may provide insight and guide future efforts along these lines. The cost of the De Cola Ponds project is a concern. The one-acre NET INCREASE in impervious area trigger point for application of MIDS standards is too lax. The BCWMC needs to upgrade and integrate its record-keeping systems to make them more accessible and secure. I:\Commissions,Boards,Task Forces\Applicants,Renewals,Openings\Application For Board, Commission,Task Force.Doc Page 2 of 3 COMMUNITY,CIVIC OR VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE Please list your volunteer experience.City Park and Rec Commission. Crystal Fund/Plant Sale. Church.Various Planning Task Forces.City of Robbinsdale Planning Commission (long ago).Joint membership on the Park and Rec Commission and BCWMC helps coordination in areas of mutual interest, e.g., Bassett Creek Pond. ATTENDANCE AND CONFLICT OF INTEREST Are you aware of the meeting schedule for this board,commission or task force,and are you able to attend meetings regularly?Yes For reappointments only:If you have not been able to attend meetings regularly,please explain: A conflict of interest may arise by your participation in an activity,action or decision from which you receive or could potentially receive direct or indirect personal financial gain.Do you have any legal or equitable interest in any business which ,in the course of your participation on this board, commission or task force,could give rise to a conflict of interest?No (If yes,please provide details on a separate sheet of paper.) As a board,commission or task force member,what issue(s) might cause conflict between your civic responsibility and personal or professional interests?How would you manage these conflicts? N/A NEW APPLICANTS ONLY: Have you attended and observed a board,commission or task force meeting for which you’ve made application? Yes,on Not yet,but I will attend a meeting on (date of meeting)(date of meeting) EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE REAPPOINTMENTS ONLY: BOARD,COMMISSION OR TASK FORCE HIGHLIGHTS Describe a highlight(s) or accomplishment(s)of the board,commission or task force during your last term.Fought valiantly to keep Basset Creek dredging and added enhancements such as fishing and expanded/upgraded shoreline buffers in the BCWMC’s capital budget, but high costs killed/deferred the project.Did Winnetka Pond instead. Argued successfully to keep these projects as BCWMC obligations instead of paid for by Crystal. Water quality TMDL measures are continuing to improve in Bassett Creek.Chlorides from de-icing salts, however, are an increasing concern and a permanent source of both surface and groundwater pollution. Innovative retention and recycling of stormwater for athletic field irrigation in New Hope and Golden Valley, and much more! I:\Commissions,Boards,Task Forces\Applicants,Renewals,Openings\Application For Board, Commission,Task Force.Doc Page 3 of 3 IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING YOUR APPLICATION DATA PRIVACY NOTICE:Minnesota law requires that you be informed of the purposes and intended use of the information you are providing on this application.Pursuant to Minn.Stat. §13.601,your name,address, length of residence,occupation,education,training,civic affiliations, qualifications and experience are public data and is available to anyone who requests the information. The information you provide will be used to identify you as an applicant,enable us to contact yo u when additional information is required,send you notices,and assess your qualifications for appointment.This data is not legally required,but refusal to supply the information requested may affect the City Council’s ability to accurately evaluate your application. Should you be appointed to a board,commission or task force,pursuant to Minn.Stat.§13.601, your residential address will become public information.In addition,either a telephone number or email address where you can be reached will become public.The purpose is to list contact information for board,commission and task force members on a public roster. Please select which of the following you will allow listed on a public roster (you must select either email or one phone number): EMAIL OR PHONE (may choose more than one):home work cell ALL OF THE ABOVE I have read the data privacy notice given above and authorize investigation into all statements contained in this application.Furthermore,I authorize the City of Crystal to conduct a criminal history background check,pursuant to Crystal City Code Section 311.01,Subd.2,for purposes of determining my eligibility for a volunteer position with the City. MN Driver’s License or MN State ID Number: If known by previous name,provide: Applicant’s signature Process Step 1 Complete an application Step 2 Return the completed application to the administrative services coordinator Step 3 Participate in a 10-minute interview with the cit y council Step 4 New applicants only:attend a council meeting to be formall y appointed to the commission Date:10/31/2017