So this is a continuation of what you're talking about on the report, the environmental scams in the packet, and I did just want to let you know what a wall is on this way, so we'll be here shortly.

No, I don't know how shortly what is it.

Area, she will be here.

So with that, I think I would turn it over to Michelle and Maddie to kind of go through their process.

Well, good afternoon.

As Alison said, my name is Michelle Ferguson, and with me is my colleague Maddie Shay, and it's a pleasure to be with all of you this afternoon.

I'm a little shorter than my colleague Julia who was here back in January.

And you all look a little different from when Maddie and I were up on that screen back in January.

So we're excited to be with you as you continue the conversation about really establishing the strategic plan elements, and in particular, today's conversation is really about coming to consensus around what the strategic priorities are in your strategic plan.

We're gonna share a couple of pieces of information with you, but um just as was the case back in January, um, a big portion of this conversation this afternoon is really going to be among among all of you to really come to consensus around what you believe are the most important strategic priorities to advance as part of your strategic plan.

So as we talk about uh this conversation today, um I always like to share a couple of norms.

These are probably ones that look familiar from uh from January, uh, but these are just some some guiding principles as we go about this afternoon's conversation.

Um, as we engage in the conversation, we certainly encourage you all to continue to treat each other with respect as I know that you will, one person speaking at a time, to listen to each other and really uh be attentive to the conversation at hand.

Um you may hear things as part of this conversation that you may not necessarily agree with, and that's that's okay.

Part of this is to have that conversation to understand where those areas of consensus, where those areas of agreement are in your kind of big picture strategic priorities for the strategic plan.

Um we're gonna ask you to look for those opportunities for agreement.

Um even when you disagree, we ask that you do so agreeably again.

That's part of just treating each other with respect.

Um, and certainly we're gonna encourage you as you think about the future of this great community to be bold.

You know, what are those important things that this governing body really does want to prioritize as part of the strategic plan?

And we're gonna spend time today really defining what those priorities are.

We've had an opportunity, um, my colleagues and I in different forms to speak with each of you to hear your reflections on the existing strategic plan.

And one of the things that we heard was um some of the the strategic priorities that you currently have aren't as well defined as you would like them to be.

Well, this is your opportunity to really engage in some conversation about what those collective definitions need to be to help provide guidance, not just for the organization, but also for the community.

And I think that's gonna be a really important part of also your conversation and what we heard is how to involve the community's voice in in the strategic plan as well, too.

Um Maddie.

So we're gonna just do quick introductions in just a moment, um, and then we're gonna spend a little bit of time reviewing the environmental scan.

Hopefully, you all had a chance to peruse that at least briefly.

We'll share with you some feedback that we received from the conversations that we had as well as of some of the research that we've done.

And then, as I said, we'll spend a good portion of the time really engaging in conversation around the elements of the of the strategic plan.

And then I just want to remind you of this of the elements that you currently have within your strategic plan.

We heard a lot from the conversations that we've had to date about general agreement around the city's vision that that's still a very important uh touch point, really that North Star for this community.

And but we're gonna spend our time today really looking at these strategic priorities.

And I'll ask you probably more than once in our conversation.

You have three strategic priorities right now in your strategic plan.

After you hear some of the feedback that we heard in the environmental scan, I'll ask you, are those still the right strategic priorities?

If not, which what should they be?

And once you come to agreement on what those strategic priorities are, then how do you define them?

Let's be specific about what they mean so that when you look at the strategic plan, you all have an understanding of what you mean by each of the terms that you put in for those strategic priorities.

So that's really again this area right here.

That's going to be the focus of our conversation this afternoon.

So with that, I'm gonna um go around.

I'll ask you just to um do quick introduction introductions.

I know you all uh know each other and certainly have nameplates, but uh for the sake of the owl as well as uh the microphones that are on, I'll ask you to introduce yourself and then um just a thought that you have an expectation that you may have for today's conversation.

I'll be back in the go first or last.

I'll go last.

Okay.

Well, uh that means that he volunteered the person to his left to go second.

So Andy, that means you're wonderful.

My name's Andy Fredericks, I represent Lauren Fourier in Rochester, Minnesota, and my expectation for a conversation today.

Um I don't have a lot of expectations.

I'm gonna have an open mind, give my feedback as concise as I can.

I'm Sean Palmer, I'm the representative for the fifth ward, and I'm here to listen.

Uh my name's Dan Goring, I represent Ward 6, and I'm looking for clarity and collaboration in our conversation.

How is an idea?

Um, Alison Zell, City Administrator, and the looking for clarity will be very helpful to staff to have that counsel.

Michael Spindler, Greg City Attorney with Raj, and um keeping an eye out for clarity uh within legal guard redes.

Appropriate.

Mayor.

Hi, Kim Norton, Mayor, City of Rochester, and um I think I'm interested in honing in on strategic goals as because I think they're super important and the priority for budgeting, and we're starting our budget process, so I want to make sure our goals and our budgeting are aligned.