Agenda - Council Work Session - 05/26/2015 - Joint CC & Planning Comm

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The City hosts a variety of special events that present a unique opportunity to capture an engaged audience of a large cross-section of our community. The City will utilize kiosks as a means of interaction to discover key `hot -spots' and trending topics. This medium has been used informally at Happy Days and Business Expo, providing important feedback and topics. 1. Happy Days 2. Business Expo 3. The Draw Summer Event Series 4. Business Appreciation Day 5. Business Networking Event 6. Fire Department Open House 7. Pet Clinic Social Media and Online Presence Ramsey Clyot rehrusry za at3 nzpm �+ The city is looking for resident Input on opportunities for residential, shopping and employment development in the city during an OPEN HOUSE on Thursday, March 26th at 600 pm at the Ramsey Munkipal Center. Far mare information, please visit http //vm ye_cilyeframsey.corn/carnprehensrveplart ....rout wbatAm mai. Itia..y,l11,..d...r.. .1=.,a„ eke Comment are Social Media is an ever growing means for individuals and the community to interact. The City will utilize social media where appropriate to supplement the other forms of face-to-face interaction to broaden its interaction with the community. The City will explore free social media options such as Facebook and Twitter. These are good options to consider, as they are free and widely utilized. The cost to the City would be the time and resources needed to compile and present the data and results. The City recently used Facebook to ask the community a question about parks in The COR leading up to an in-person workshop. The intent was more to advertise for the event, but the community did have to opportunity to comment on the Facebook post. The City ultimately received a larger number of ideas and feedback from the Facebook post than it did from the in-person workshop. The City not only gained insight on park -planning in The COR, but other ideas for desired uses for areas surrounding the area parks. The City was able to capture valuable feedback for little effort. The City is also exploring the use of other software vendors for online engagement. Some are a 'fee for service' options while others are a free option. Any option would need to follow the preferred structure of the Citizen Engagement Framework by asking the community a question that all can answer, and then displaying trend data and priorities. These options would be used for the ability for the system to automatically compile and display results and trend data, thus reducing Staff time in data compilation when compared to the Facebook and Twitter options. �5 mySidew_alk InIFL i w a Why do you love about your community? .{ Shure Poll Who's Listening You can select up to 3 choices.