04-26-16 Worksession CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Richfield, Minnesota
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Special City Council Worksession
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April 26, 2016
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Goettel at 6:15 p.m. in the Bartholomew Room.
Council Members Debbie Goettel, Mayor; Michael Howard; Edwina Garcia; Pat Elliott; and
Present: Tom Fitzhenry.
Staff Present: Steven L. Devich, City Manager; John Stark, Community Development
Director; Pam Dmytrenko, Assistant City Manager/HR Manager; and Cheryl
Krumholz, Executive Coordinator.
Item #1 DISCUSSION REGARDING PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
(COUNCIL MEMO NO. 25)
Lisa Hendricks, Partnership Academy Executive Director, and Karl Jentoft, Development
Consultant, presented their interest and preliminary proposal to build a new facility on a vacant piece
of land at Penn Avenue and 72nd Street. The estimated timeline of completion is May or June 2018.
They were bringing this to the City Council to obtain their feedback before expending time and money
on fully developing their proposal.
The City Council expressed the importance of community support for the project and
suggested options to involve and communicate with the neighborhood.
The City Council consensus was for Partnership Academy to proceed with their proposal.
Item #2 DISCUSSION REGARDING A NEW CITY FLAG (COUNCIL MEMO NO. 23)
Assistant City Manager/HR Manager Dmytrenko discussed the five, new flag design
renderings and requested the City Council consider selecting one.
The City Council consensus was to select the flag rendering with the solid blue background
and have an additional flag that includes `Minnesota' on it.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 6:45 p.m.
Date Approved: May 10, 2016 / r f//e
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Executive Coordinator -City,-Manager