City Council Minutes 03-15-1997 SpecialMINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING - MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL
Saturday, March 15, 1997 - 8 a.m.
Members Present: Bill Fair, Brian Stumpf, Roger Carlson, Bruce Thielen
Members Absent: Clint Herbst
A special meeting of the City Council was held for the purpose of identifying
community attributes and values and developing a strategic planning process for
effectively managing community growth and development.
Assistant Administrator Jeff O'Neill and Chief Building Official Fred Patch
presented a proposed policy governance model, which stated that the purpose of the
Board is, "on behalf of some ownership, to see to it the organization achieves what it
should and avoids what is unacceptable." Mayor Fair noted that the Council must
clearly define goals and policies and provide funds to accomplish those goals.
Rita Ulrich, Project Manager for the Monticello Community Partners (MCP),
reviewed the MCP's vision statement, noting that many of the community
attributes identified by Council reflected the MCP's vision for the community.
Council then focused on describing the attributes of the community in which they
want to live, from which City staff will establish a mission statement for the City.
Attribute categories included aesthetics, community, culture, economics, recreation,
spiritual, and other. Ideas shared in the discussion favored an emphasis on trees,
boulevards, and natural vegetation; a central park area as the heart of the
community; renovation; promoting community ownership of parks; establishment of
a parks and recreation department; celebrating local heritage, history, and culture
through local events; providing amenities desired by the community through long-
range planning/budgeting; establishing Monticello as a destination community;
upgrading park facilities; caring for resources; and volunteerism.
Items on the prioritization worksheet were then rated by Council members and
discussed in terms of low/high priority and time frame for completion.
It was noted that staff would tally the results of the priority ratings, which would
be reviewed by Council at a future workshop. The next step in the planning process
would include establishing policies based on the values emphasized by Council.
Mayor Fair requested that additional input be received from city commissions prior
to establishment of the policies, which should be in place before the 1998 budget.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Kar n Doty
Office Manager