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Mayor Johnson reported the City's Open House would be held on Saturday, May 5t". She explained the City's <br />water, elections, and the Korean Church would be discussed at this event. <br />Councilmember Jacobsen recommended the I35W MnPASS project be discussed at the Open House along <br />with the impact of switching back to New Brighton water. <br />Councilmember Jacobsen commented he was in favor of the City Council holding additional neighborhood <br />meetings. He suggested the Council consider holding four neighborhood meetings each year, one per quarter. <br />He stated he was in favor of these meetings being recorded. <br />Councilmember Burg supported the meetings being recorded for the public to view. <br />Mayor Johnson feared that if the meetings were recorded some people may opt to not attend in lieu of <br />watching the meeting at home. He explained staff could investigate additional neighborhood meetings once <br />additional IT staff was brought on board. She commented the Council could consider holding a more casual <br />meeting, as was done at Vermont Park several years ago. <br />Councilmember Burg stated she was in favor of the Council holding casual neighborhood meetings at <br />Sunnyside Park and Totem Park. She suggested these meetings have minimal staff members in attendance. <br />Councilmember Jacobsen and Mayor Johnson supported the Council pursuing this further. <br />Councilmember Allen stated he was also in favor of holding additional neighborhood meetings as proposed by <br />Councilmember Burg. <br />Councilmember Burg suggested the neighborhood park events be held in June and September. She asked how <br />notices were handled last time. Lotter noted staff sent postcards regarding the event that was held at Vermont <br />Park. <br />The Council agreed to hold a neighborhood meeting mid-June at Totem Park with another meeting held at <br />Sunnyside Park in mid-September. <br />Councilmember Allen commented he received several complaints regarding the potholes along Sixth Street. <br />Lotter indicated staff would get to these when the plants open this spring. <br />Mayor Johnson indicated it was not appropriate for the public to tag City Councilmembers or the Mayor on <br />Facebook in order to bring attention to matters like these. She encouraged the Council to ask the public to <br />contact City Hall directly with their concerns. Lotter commented if the Council were to respond this could <br />create an expectation from the public. He noted the best option would be to encourage the public to contact <br />City Hall or the Public Works Department. <br />Lotter reviewed the City's website and noted a resident has requested easier access to City meetings. He <br />proposed adding several new links to the website in order to make the site more user friendly. He indicated the <br />website would continue to evolve over the coming months and noted the additional IT staff would help in <br />improving the user experience. The Council supported phone numbers being placed on the website for the <br />Parks Department and the non -emergency Police Department line. <br />Worksession adjourned at 6:13 pm <br />