This is a photo taken from the Fall 2006 Town Hall Meeting held at Summit Place Senior Living Center. The City is hosting its Spring 2007 Town Hall Meeting tonight. The Town Hall Meeting will be held at Hennepin Technical College starting at 7pm.
The purpose of our Town Hall Meetings is to provide what we believe is a more comfortable and informal setting for residents to share their thoughts, concerns and compliments with the City Council. Residents can always address the Council during the thirty minute session prior to the Council meeting. But some residents feel uncomfortable or intimidated by addressing the Council in the formal atmosphere of the Council Chambers. And sometimes there are more residents wishing to speak than the Council has time to hear during the time period prior to Council meetings.
The Town Hall Meeting is entirely dedicated to listening to residents. If there is a simple question, we’ll answer it. But we do not want to consume the available time with Council debate. We want to hear from as many residents as possible.
We’re grateful for the hospitality of Hennepin Technical College for hosting tonight’s Town Hall Meeting. I’ll recap the action in a future blog post.
