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Assistant Director of Public Works Olson agreed. <br /> <br />Councilmember Elvig inquired if it was possible for staff to review the proposal and determine if <br />there are things that are critical and areas that can be saved on in order to develop the retail parks. <br /> <br />Assistant Director of Public Works Olson replied that he was not sure that he was confident that <br />he could move around some of the costs without knowing some of the priorities of the Council. <br /> <br />Councihnember Elvig stated that he was not able to give him that information without reviewing <br />the document further. <br /> <br />Assistant Director of Public Works Olson stated that he could attempt to review the document <br />and try and shift some of the dollars towards the retail parks. <br /> <br />Councihnember Elvig stated that he thought it was important to get some sort of significance in <br />the retail park area and then build on it in future years. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman felt that they should focus heavily on the core parks and than look at <br />utilizing additional park funds when other surrounding development occurs to help develop the <br />north park. <br /> <br />Assistant Director of Public Works Olson noted that staff would be bringing forward an <br />extension request for 30 to 45 days to continue discussions and finalizing the document. <br /> <br />Mayor Gamec recessed the City Council work session at 8:08 p.m. <br /> <br />Mayor Galnec called the City Council work session back to order at 8:16 p.m. <br /> <br />3) Strategic Planning Session Follow-Up <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman stated that that the City Council held a leadership workshop <br />(strategic planning session) on February 2"0 and 3rd. During the session, the City Council, along <br />with staff, developed a number of visions and focus areas and then established a set of seven <br />high-priority goals. Staff was directed to create action statements for each of these goals and <br />bring it back for Council consideration. In reviewing the goals staff recommended that the <br />Council possibly re-word goal three. <br /> <br />Consensus of the City Council was to direct staff to reword the language appropriately. <br /> <br />Councihnember Strommen recommended that there be an action step to include public <br />participation or public visionary pertaining to the comprehensive plan. <br /> <br />City Administrator Norman replied that he would add that under the comprehensive plan section. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session/March 1, 2004 <br /> Page 10 of 12 <br /> <br /> <br />