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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017 02-13 CCM Work SessionMINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL/ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER IN THE COUNTY OF HENNEPIN AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA WORK SESSION FEBRUARY 13, 2017 CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS CALL TO ORDER The Brooklyn Center City Council/Economic Development Authority (EDA) met in Work Session called to order by Mayor/President Tim Willson at 9:19 p.m. ROLL CALL Mayor/President Tim Willson and Councilmembers/Commissioners Marquita Butler, April Graves, Kris Lawrence-Anderson, and Dan Ryan were present. Also present were City Manager Curt Boganey, Interim Assistant to the City Manager Reggie Edwards, Assistant City Engineer Andrew Hogg, Program Supervisor Janelle Crossfield, and Michaela Kujawa-Daniels, TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc. YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT DAY PLANNING - MR. BOGANEY Mr. Boganey introduced Recreation Program Supervisor Janelle Crossfield to provide a presentation and background on this item. Councilmember/Commissioner Lawrence-Anderson stated she would choose to have dinner with the youth group from 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m., in order to have a longer discussion with them and forego the Study Session. She stated she wants to hear more about what the youth want to talk about. Mayor/President Willson stated he agrees with Councilmember/Commissioner Lawrence- Anderson and would like to go with the first dinner option but he would like to have a City tour that would extend longer so they can see the inner workings more in dept. It was the consensus of the City Council/EDA to have dinner with the youth on Youth in Government Day at 5:30 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. and not hold a study session as well as to allow for a longer City tour. Ms. Crossfield asked the Councilmembers/Commissioners to provide her any questions they may have for the youth ahead of time. Councilmember/Commissioner Butler stated she would like to hear what the youth would like to see the City doing or what they feel they can do within the City to provide more opportunities for the youth. 02/13/17 -1- Councilmember/Commissioner Graves stated she would like to know if they feel there is a safe place for the youth in the City to go to and in general what can they do to better serve youth and people of color. DISCUSSION OF THE BROOKLYN CENTER BRANDING & IDENTITY CAMPAIGN - MR. EDWARDS Mr. Edwards introduced this topic and provided a presentation on this item. There was discussion on the different logos and branding messages provided from Vitalink. Mr. Edwards asked Councilmembers/Commissioner to look at each logo and decide what they believe they see the message is within the logo. He then reviewed the messages and meaning of each logo. Mayor/President Willson stated he likes the "At the Center" tagline the best. He noted if he had not been told, he would not have known the new logo was a heart. Councilmember/Commissioner Lawrence-Anderson stated she likes the "At the Center" tagline, along with logo option 1, in the same font as logo option 3. Councilmember/Commissioner Ryan stated he prefers "At the Center" tagline as well. He stated he isn't in favor of any of the logos and noted after presenting these to the public maybe someone with graphic art skills will present a whole new logo option to them. He stated he thinks they will know the right logo when they see it. He stated he still likes the idea of incorporating the current tagline for the City "Great place to start, Great place to stay" along with "At the Center". Councilmember/Commissioner Graves stated she likes logo option 4 the best, with the tree and the "Get Closer" tagline. She stated she likes the ratio of color to white space on logo option 3. Councilmember/Commissioner Lawrence-Anderson stated her favorite is the tree logo but would like to see it with distinctly different colors for each person within the tree. She also suggested removing some of the leaves to tone down the color and incorporate more white space like Councilmember/Commissioner Graves liked as well. Councilmember/Commissioner Butler stated none of the logos jump out at her and she really does not like the heart logo. Mr. Edwards stated the City will put all of the logos and tagline messages out for the residents to rank each one from 1-4. He stated he will talk with the designer and see if they can make all the fonts the same for the wording Brooklyn Center so the focus remains on the logo and tagline and not the font differences. He noted the City Council/EDA can review the results afterwards and then come to a consensus on the font and color for the font. The majority consensus of the City Council/EDA was to remove the heart logo and present the other 3 logos and taglines to the residents for their input. 02/13/17 -2- SOLAR OPPORTUNITIES Mr. Boganey introduced this item and invited Andrew Hogg, Assistant City Engineer forward to provide a presentation and background on this item. Mayor/President Willson stated he doesn't like any of these ideas if the City will need to commit to a 25-year contract for all of them. Councilmember/Commissioner Ryan echoed Mayor/President Willson's thoughts on the opportunities presented. Councilmember/Commissioner Graves stated she was disappointed in the information presented because she wanted to see more about the impact on the environment and how they can make cost efficient changes to help preserve the environment. The majority consensus of the City Council/EDA was to have Mr. Hogg gather more information and options then present his findings to the City Council/EDA at a later date. ADJOURNMENT Councilmember/Commissioner Lawrence-Anderson moved and Councilmember/Commissioner Graves seconded adjournment of the City Council/Economic Development Authority Work Session at 10:38 p.m. Motion passed unanimously. 02/13/17 -3- STATE OF MINNESOTA) COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) ss. Certification of Minutes CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER) The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, certifies: 1.That attached hereto is a full, true, and complete transcript of the minutes of a Work Session of the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center held on February 13, 2017. 2.That said meeting was held pursuant to due call and notice thereof and was duly held at Brooklyn Center City Hall. 3. That the City Council adopted said minutes at its February 27, 2017, Regular Session. City Clerk Mayor 02/13/17 -4-