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Present: <br />Absent: <br />I� <br />the city that works fur you <br />Council Worksession <br />January 13,20 15 <br />5:00 pm <br />Mayor Dave Jacobsen <br />Councilmember Gina Bauman <br />Councilmember Brian Strub <br />Councilmember Paul Jacobsen <br />Councilmember Mary Burg <br />Staff in Attendance: Dean Lotter, Joe Hatch <br />Guests in Attendance: <br />ommuruty 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. Stafflooked fo rward to capturing and understanding new trends or issues. <br />Joe Hatch explained he contacted NRC, which was the organization that assisted the City with the 20 13 <br />survey. He hop ed 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 />Council member Jacobsen recommended a question be added to the survey to ask how residents fe el about their <br />neighborhood with an area fo r general comments. Joe stated he could add this question to the survey. <br />Councilmember Burg questioned what type of response rate was expected fo r 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 />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 20 13 and that <br />it not be posted on the City's website. This woul d allow the City to more closely track the results in order to <br />find compari sons between 20 15 and 20 13. <br />Lotter di scussed 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 fo r Council approval later in January. <br />Discussion: Annual Appointm ents and Delega tions <br />Lotter revi ewed 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 />Councilmember Jacobsen supported st aff s recommendation fo r the organizations he had been delegated to. <br />Councilmember Bauman discussed how the Cable Commission woul d be changing over the coming year.