Minutes - Council Work Session - 04/05/2011

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Councilmember Backous stated that we talked originally about doing this on -line and mailing people and identification number and that they would get a $5 coupon. He asked why that is not a part of this proposal. Director of Public Works Olson responded it has to do with statistical significance. Councilmember Backous stated that he is saying to randomly select 400 households and ask them to participate and give them a $20 coupon, etc. Mr. Ulrich asked if Council is interested in a longer survey then; still look at the street survey as proposed but look at a broader survey. Councilmember McGlone stated to keep it simple. We could remind the public to do the survey on line and maybe solicit coupons from Ramsey businesses. Councilmember Backous stated we could randomly put a number on three or four of them — in the Ramsey Resident. Councilmember Wise stated that people that respond to any City initiative — they are the 10 percent of the citizens who go to the Council meetings or visit on -line. Mayor Ramsey suggested doing the 30 questions — get that done and then talk about other surveys. Mr. Olson stated there are no questions in there that are dealing with road reconstructions. They wanted to do research on other communities that have done this type of survey and provide what they had success with and what they experienced challenges with. They will spend the next couple of weeks doing the research and then draft 20 questions plus 10 demographic questions. They will deal with financing packets or challenges facing us today with regard to road reconstruction. The survey will be brought back to the City Council for approval — we may have a survey out as early as June 2011. 2.4) Game Fair Participation City Administrator Ulrich stated that last year the City became a more active participant in the Game Fair Event than it had in the past. As part of an agreement with Game Fair, the City discounted the charge for Police services from $9,417 to one -third of that. The City picked up the two- thirds through the HRA and the EDA as this was an economic development event — promoting The COR. Last year's booth was staffed by Council, City staff and Landform. We had a 10 x 10 booth in 2010; however, this year we requested a 20 x 20, which would cost an additional $750. Mr. Delaney has proposed that this be an additional reduction from his one- third of Police services. The additional space could be used to promote other aspects of the City which could include Police and Fire, Safety Camp, Police Explorers, Fire Safety, Recycling, local business contacts, large Public Works projects, park facilities, the boat launch, Happy Days City Council Work Session — April 5, 2011 Page 10 of 12