The City Council held its Spring 2007 Town Hall Meeting last night at Hennepin Technical College. The meeting started with a very nice meal for City Council and staff with leaders from Hennepin Tech. That’s Mayor Phil Young getting acquainted with College President Kathryn Jeffrey. It’s important for these two leaders to know each other in a town the size of Eden Prairie.
The photo on the right shows the Council and me at the Town Hall Meeting itself. It was held in the auditorium at the college, which was a great venue for such a meeting. The meeting started at 7pm. We fielded questions and comments from ten residents. Half of the questions/comments were about the City’s relationship with Flying Cloud Airport. The other half of the questions covered issues such as the City’s Deer Management Program, cable television regulation and the width of the City’s walking trails.
There were probably twenty citizens there, plus the 20 of us (Council & staff). The weather was terrible, so that might have dampened the turnout a bit. In any event, these Town Hall Meetings are good for us. Our Fall 2007 Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for November 27 at a location to be named later. Maybe we’ll see you there.
