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I I I Council Meeting Minutes December 9, 1986 Council Business, continued Send en further commented that each issue, a number of which may be combined, will be assigned to an individual or an organization and reports will be made back to the Committee; and cable tele- vision could be used to communicate to the public. Brandt commented those in attendance were people who have been involved and who have already demonstrated concern. Brandt stated because those in attendance were unaware of a lot of the things that are being done suggests there are a lot of people who know so much less. Senden indicated the first theme was Communication and the second was a need for {Re)Development. Williams asked what plans were made to communicate a summary of the workshop to the citizens, indicating there will be task forces and asking for input. Send en stated there would be a broad invitation for participation; categorization and priori- tization of the issues is in process; and an Executive Summary will be given to the Chamber and to the attendees for further review. Schmidt stated this really focuses on whether or not New Brighton has a sense of "community" and he sees a real need for communica- tion to help foster the sense of community. Schmidt continued that this city is split (multiple cities involved in the school district, part of us is connected to St. Paul and part to Minneapolis, and we have all of the suburban influences) and the issue of trying to create an identity and to shape a sense of community is a really difficult job to tackle. Schmidt strongly felt the need to establish the leadership group and subgroups which will focus on that kind of mission and to work in establish- ing a sense of community (promoting all of the good things that happen, who the people are community are that are participating). Schmidt suggested promoting not just what development hasn't occurred, but really promoting what development has occurred because people are unaware of what has gone on in-the city and, therefore, they believe nothing has been accomplished. Benke commended Risdall and Senden for their very productive work- shop and is looking forward with enthusiasm to addressing the issues and, on behalf of council and staff, offered resources to implement the plans. Sinda reviewed staff report and summarized the various meetings he had attended in conjunction with the Ramsey County court con- solidation issue; noting our civil attorney, Tom Hughes suggested if the judges did consolidate the courts, our recourse would be to go to appellate court and then, if necessary, to legislature. Page Ten Court Consolidation Report 86-319