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.. KAREN RA Y ASSOCIA TES Voice 612-377-2128 Fax 651-488-0590 e-mail karemay0lvisi.com MEMO . DATE: 03-20-06 TO: City of Arden Hills City Council Members Michelle Wolfe, City Administrator FROM: Karen Ray RE: March 2006 Strategic Planning Retreat Thank you for the opportunity to work with you and City staff during the Council retreat held March 10,11 and 15,2006. It was an honor to help you think through plans and opportunities to uphold the City's vision. Attached please find a report on the results of this retreat. During our discussion we agreed to focus on goals for 2006-2007 for City staff to use to create their work plans. Michelle will be sharing those work plans with you. . The Council itself has a list of goals to complete in the next 3 -4 years. I have made recommendations to Michelle about how to keep these goals 'front and center' during your meetings. In addition, you agreed to take a more rigorous look at vision and philosophy than can be obtained in a few hours of retreat time. The Council and Michelle will be scheduling a series of discussions to be held during Council meetings on the vision I measures of excellence for a variety of topics. I have made several recommendations to Michelle on how these discussions might work. Importantly, you took time during the retreat to set groundrules for discussion, and address issues about communication. You agreed to a modified format for the "Administrator's Update". You will limit your agenda for work sessions in order to avoid the perception of decisions as "done deals" and to maximize a work session's opportunity to ask hard questions and deliberate on complex issues. You will use a longer consent agenda, and bring more items to discussion and vote at the regular Council meetings. .