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