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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Council Worksession <br />January 13, 2015 <br />5:00 pm <br /> <br />Present: Mayor Dave Jacobsen <br /> Councilmember Gina Bauman <br />Councilmember Brian Strub <br /> Councilmember Paul Jacobsen <br />Councilmember Mary Burg <br />Absent: <br /> <br />Staff in Attendance: Dean Lotter, Joe Hatch <br /> <br />Guests in Attendance: <br /> <br />Community Survey Question and Process Review <br />Lotter stated the City was looking to launch another community survey. He noted the new survey would be <br />modeled after the 2006 survey. Staff looked forward to capturing and understanding new trends or issues. <br /> <br />Joe Hatch explained he contacted NRC, which was the organization that assisted the City with the 2013 <br />survey. He hoped to have NRC make a presentation at the Town Hall meeting. He discussed the expense to <br />have NRC assist the City with the survey and requested direction from the Council on how to proceed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jacobsen recommended a question be added to the survey to ask how residents feel about their <br />neighborhood with an area for general comments. Joe stated he could add this question to the survey. <br /> <br />Councilmember Burg questioned what type of response rate was expected for the survey. Joe reported the City <br />received more than 400 surveys last time. He explained that the City hoped to receive 35-40% of the surveys <br />back again this year. <br /> <br />Councilmember Bauman questioned if the community survey would be posted on the City’s website. Joe <br />commented that NRC recommended that the survey be distributed scientifically, as was done in 2013 and that <br />it not be posted on the City’s website. This would allow the City to more closely track the results in order to <br />find comparisons between 2015 and 2013. <br /> <br />Lotter discussed the potential of doing an online survey along with the technology available from the City of <br />Roseville that could assist with this. Further discussion ensued regarding the community survey. Staff <br />anticipated that the NRC contract and revised survey would be ready for Council approval later in January. <br /> <br />Discussion: Annual Appointments and Delegations <br />Lotter reviewed the annual appointments and delegations with the Council. He noted that Twin Cities <br />Gateway had been added to the list of delegations. He requested comments or questions from the Council. <br /> <br />Councilmember Jacobsen supported staff’s recommendation for the organizations he had been delegated to. <br /> <br />Councilmember Bauman discussed how the Cable Commission would be changing over the coming year.