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Rn•INEW 1U BRIGHTON building tomorrow today Council Worksession July 13, 2021 5:00 pm Present: Mayor Kari Niedfeldt-Thomas Councilmember Abdullahi Abdulle Councilmember Graeme Allen Councilmember Pam Axberg Councilmember Emily Dunsworth Absent: Staff in Attendance: Devin Massopust, Ben Gozola Guests in Attendance: Dana Healy Update from Dana Healy, Executive Director of Nine North Dana Healy, Executive Director of Nine North, provided the Council with an update. She provided a look back at the events that occurred in 2020, which included Zoom installs, and commented on the purpose and core services provided by Nine North. She discussed how the studio was redesigned and noted this led to a reduction in overhead by 33%. She described how Nine North was trying to fill the hole of local news and now Nine North worked to cover local events. It was noted the core services provided by Nine North included web streaming, municipal meeting coverage, social media content, cable playback, virtual events, podcasts, and video production. She reported New Brighton received 144 hours of web streaming in 2020 which led to 11,101 meeting views, 1,531 landing page views and 1,820 cable play backs. She discussed the growth Nine North saw in 2020 in reaching more people through social media. The migration to virtual platforms was described at length. Further discussion ensued regarding the New Brighton events that were covered by Nine North that were the most popular in 2020. She described how Nine North adds value to the City of New Brighton through their staff members, expertise, and programming options for the community. The new options available for translations services and closed captioning were discussed with the Council. Mayor Niedfeldt-Thomas questioned the quarterly reports can be utilized by the City. Ms. Healy explained quarterly reports can be done on snow plowing, special events or other City initiatives to inform the public. Councilmember Dunsworth asked how often the City's newsletter was printed. Massopust reported this was completed quarterly. Mayor Niedfeldt-Thomas inquired how neighborhood network programs are completed. Ms. Healy explained Nine North was committed to completing three neighborhood network programs for a City each year. She encouraged the City to focus on the City for these programs. Councilmember Axberg suggested the Council consider programming that is coordinated on behalf of the City. Councilmember Dunsworth agreed and recommended the Council work with staff to draft questions. She suggested a neighborhood network program be completed to get the message out on the Zoning Code Task Force and the Inclusivity Committee.