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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10. Ann Carroll regarding Community Visioning Progress /D CITY OF SHAKOPEE Memorandum TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Mark McNeill, City Administrator SUBJECT: Anne Carroll Presentation DATE: January 13, 2005 INTRODUCTION: At its meeting of January 18th, there will be a presentation from. Community Visioning Facilitator Anne Carroll. BACKGROUND: In May, 2004, the Council hired Anne Carroll to help facilitate a Community Vision for Shakopee. At the Tuesday night meeting, Anne will provide an update to Council as to what has transpired since she began work, and what she sees needing to happen now, and in the future. We estimate the presentation will take.about 20 minutes. '14{~ Mark MeN eiII City Administrator MM:th " II/() , City Council Update . ~Shakopee Visioning Initiative 18 January 2005 Below is a progress update, followed by a list of participants to date, initial stakeholders identified in August 04, an overview of responsibilities and list ofthe community-based Steering Committee members appointed by the Council, a list of groups participating in Community Conversations to date, and a compilation of input from Community Conversations. I look forward to responding to your questions at the Council meeting or at 651-690-9162, carrfran@qwest.net. Thanks. - Anne Carroll Process Update · Shakopee faces the "problem" of being a stable, healthy commtmity so attractive to both long-time residents and newcomers that rapid growth that threatens to outpace your ability to responsibly plan. This rapid b~siness and residential development brings exceptional demand for new utility/street infrastructure, public safety, housing, parks and recreation, telecommunications, transportation/transit, education, environmental protection - and overseeing growth so it meets standards . The visioning and strategic planning process addresses the range of perspectives and dimensions of Shakopee, and brings them together into a vision and plans that resonate from community values and priorities, and set a durable direction. Working from the community's strengths and capabilities, seeking and building on common ground, and using a customized approach ensures that Shakopee "owns" the process and the outcomes. . Jointly developed process based on the framework below, with 18-24 months to develop a vision and begin implementation Develop Scope and launch Proiect . Create internal/staff contact structure: Done . Create Steering Committee (SC): First meeting scheduled for 1/24/05. Their original first task was to think through early communications strategies and identify partners to help launch and maintain energy around this effort; in spite of the timing, this remains an important task that must be completed shortly. . Develop identity and "branding": . Created brochure and logo in summer 04 . Initiative was central focus of the school district's annual calendar; we prepared content; 9/04 . Initiative featured twice in the Chamber publications in 04 and mentioned in the Valley News . SC will help extend these efforts considerably . Identify and engage strategic champions: Some ofthis occurred through the Council's stakeholder identification process, selection of SC members, and the Community Conversation process. The SC will extend this to lend further credibility to the work, open doors, smooth the occasional ruffled feathers, and generally help buoy the initiative at the community level and beyond. Identify Stakeholders and Perform Initial Analyses . Council members and staff identified an initial list of stakeholders and performed an initial analysis in August 2004 . SC will extend this by identifying and convening other groups, find out who is missing (and then add them), and do some additional analyses. They will also help build awareness of and participation in this initiative through additional gat4etings and communications strategies. Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 1 Carroll, Franck & Associates " "~ Create "Live" Issues and Search for Solutions (winter-earlv sprinq 05) . · A key objective in this phase is to build common ground.. .to find a set of common values and priorities for this community rather than to focus on differences. Doing so provides a strong foundation of values from which issues can be explored more productively. · Although the SC had not yet been appointed, a large number of Community Conversations in late summer and fall helped identify legitimate issues that may gain a place on the public agenda. To date, nearly 170 different people have participated, and more Community Conversations are scheduled. The SC will help extend this effort to groups and paIis of the community not yet represented. · To expand communications and awareness, Community Conversation input and participation information is being displayed at city hall, the library, Chamber offices, and we are working with the Chamber and school district to have them post the information on their web sites. A variety of other options and efforts will be pursued with the Sc. · With the SC in place, we will weave this work through the schools to engage youth more seriously · The SC will work closely with input from the Community Conversations and other information- gathering strategies and begin to articulate some common themes. · Workshops with the Steering Committee, Council, lead staff, champions, and key stakeholder representatives will address commtIDity findings, and move forward using a facilitated process to identify major public issues and a broad range of strategic solutions. This will lay the groundwork for community visioning and detailed implementation planning. · SC may consider field trips, open houses, or events to explore problems and issues that emerge · NOTE: Five graduate students from the Humphrey Iristitute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota will be joining the project beginning this week: Kelly Betteridge, Nick Wallace, Breanne Dalnes, Lynn Van der Vort, and Katie Farnham. I'll provide you with more information about them shortly, and you'll get to meet them all over the next couple of weeks. .. Formulate Vision and Plans (throuqh late 05) qear community values and priorities, critical issues/problems, and general solution strategies will grdpnd the community vision, from which you can formulate goals, strategies, and action plans to achieve that vision. . Work with the CoiIDcillo define a specific process to draft Shakopee's vision statement based on all the work to date. W orkshop~are likely using a consensus-based process. . Council, SC,staff, and key stakeholders extend the thinking deeply into the strategic planning dimensions that support the yisioI!; broader public communications guided by Council and SC. Key decision makers, champions,<and implementation leaders representative of key stakeholder interests will USe an ova,I mapping process inl+workshopsto develop goals, strategies, and initial "action steps necessary to implement the vision... · A follow-up stakeholder analysis could deepen stakeholderengagement, identify potential threats, and seek opportunities, to build coalitions,followed by community-level stakeholder commitments to specific tasks, thnelines, responsibilities, interrelationships, and resources. Monitor. Evaluate. and Evolve (late 05 and ongoinq) At this point, coalitions have formed, decisions are being made, and work is beginning. Regular monitoring, evaluation, and updating is critical to ensure that plans evolve to reflect the changing realities of your dynamic community, and we will jointly factor these into the work. Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 2 CarrolJ;,:Fh3hck & Associates .."~,. '''fy,::::::;,:,,_>.,f ~- - . <v . . Participants Current to 1/14/05 1. Benjamin Adams 46. Steven Hanson 91. Steve Molsather 2. Tara Aldrich 47. Mark Heller 92. Dave Moonen 3. Patty Allison 48. Terri Henke 93. Mort Mortenson 4." Barrett Anderson 49. Jerry Hennen 94. Perry Mu1crone 5. Bill Anderson 50. Judith Hentges 95. Jim Murphy 6. Todd Anderson 51. Chris Hilfer 96. Brad Nelson 7. Heidi Benedict 52. Mark Hillegas 97. Bill Nevin 8. JeffBenusa 53. Mike Holmes 98. Brian Norris 9. Marty Berens 54. Brent Holtz 99. Eric Nutter 10. Dean Bohn 55. CodyHorner 100. Rob O'Brien 11. Renee Brandt 56. Dennis Hron 101. Scott O'Brien 12. JOaIme Bratland 57. Dan Hughes 102. Dave Pass 13. Scott Breimhorst 58. Harold Johnson 103. David Pass 14. JeffBrenke 59. Marcus Julian 104. Willard Paul 15. Teresa Brenke 60. Tim K 105. Matt Pauly 16. Chris Brinkhaus 61. Dawn Kines 106. Jim Pavek 17. Kathy Busch 62. Craig Kinsel 107. Gordy Pehrson 18. Charlie Capesius 63. Chris Kleindl 108. Sandy Peichel 19. Kevin Carstens 64. Duane Krautkremer 109. John Perry 20. Gaylen Case 65. Duane Kreise 110. Maureen Peterson 21. Ben Cedarbloom 66. Dutch Latour 111. Pete Petrini 22. Steve Cedarbloom 67. Kate Lease 112. Jay Pexa 23. Jackie Colby 68. Diane Lee 113. Michele Pitschneider 24. Angelica Contreras 69. Matt Lehman 114. Nate Plagge 25. Stan Dircks 70. Bob Loonan 115. Deanna Reihs 26. Jim Dorenkamp 71. Joan Lynch 116. Eldon Reinke 27. Dick Erickson 72. Kelli Lynch 117. Mike Reyonds 28. Connor Felix 73. Kenneth Manske 118. Arlen Richerson 29. Aaron Fluto 74. Dick Marks 119. Meesh Ries 30. Alex Fluto 75. Duane Marschall 120. Travis Ring 31. Mark Foudray 76. Jon McBroom 121. Mike Rislund 32. AC Fournier 77. Corinne McDonald 122. Paulette Rislund 33. Andy Frank 78. Amy McGarness 123. Elezer Rivera 34. Bob Friendshuh 79. Julie McNeamey 124. Mary Romansky 35. Pat Fritchlen 80. Terry Meiller 125. Rob Rood 36. Kathy Gerlach 81. Bill Menden 126. Cathi Rude 37. Bob Geyen 82. Dave Menden 127. Aaron Sauer 38. Richard Giddings 83. Kevin Menden 128. Bob Schilz 39. LauriGlenn 84. Steve Menden 129. Doug Schleif 40. Bob Greeley 85. Tom Menden 130. Joe Schmidt 41. Mark Greely 86. Greg Menke 131. John Schmitt 42. Kevin Grove 87. Bill Michaelson 132. Bob Schneider 43. Mark Gruetzmacher 88. Bob Micheletti 133. Becky Schultz 44. Michael Guncheon 89. Dan Miller 134. Carol Schultz 45. Sarah Gust 90. Bob and Bonnie Mitchell 135. Ed Schwaesdall Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 3 Carroll, Franck & Associates . 136. Sue SichmelIer .' 137. Corey Sinz 138. Paul Snook 139. Elise Souders 140. Glenda Spiotta 141. Brian Spott 142. Michael Stephens 143. Sharon Stephens 144. Dick Stoks 145. Kris Sweeney 146. Tami Sweeney 147. Walt Sweeney 148. Joe Sybrant 149. Hank Theis 150. Keith Theis 151. Monte Theis 152. Richard Theis 153. Bryan Turtle 154. Anne Tuttle 155. Andy Unseth 156. Debbie V oit 157. Jane Von Bank 158. Stan Von Bokem 159. Dave V osejpka 160. Don Wagner 161. Ed Wagner 162. Marcia Wagner 163. Steve Wagner 164. Mike Walsh 165. Bill Wermerskirchen 166. Billy Wermerskirchen 167. Mark WiIliemson 168. Steve Zastrow Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 4 Carroll. F:ranck & Associates . .~ Initial Stakeholder List Generated by City Council andstaffin August 2004 (in alphabetical order) · Outdoor Heritage Educ Ctr · Teens, young children . Builders Association of · Parks and Recreation · Telecommunications Twin Cities Advisory Board Commission . Canterbury Downs (who?) · Planning Commission · Three Rivers, DNR, US . Chamber of Commerce · Police officers Fish and Wildlife members? Board? · Public Utilities . Valleyfair (who?) . City Council Commission · Vision Shakopee Board . City staff and dept heads . Realtors · Watershed districts · Civic/service groups · Red Oak School . Civil Service Commission PTO/Southbridge . Communities of faith · Regional medical . Community Education community Council · Renaissance Festival , . Crime Prevention Fund (who?) . Disabled citizens . Rental residents . Downtown businesses · Residents on septic . Economic Development systems Authority . Riverfront residents . Enigma Teen Center Board . Rotary Club members? . Environmental Advisory Board? Commission · Russian church . Explorers . Russian-speakers . Families . Scott County Bd . Firefighters · Scott County Housing . Friends of the Library Development Auth . Heritage Commission · Seniors/Senior Club . Iglesia de la Luz del · Shakopee Catholic Schools Mondo Board . Industrial Park business . Shakopee Catholic Schools leaders senior staff . Jackson Twp · Shakopee Public Schools . Jaycees Board . League of Women Voters · Shakopee Public Schools ** proxy group PTOs . Legislators · Shakopee Public Schools . Lions Club senior staff . Living Hope church, · Shakopee Valley News leadership . SMSC Business Council . Long-time residents . SMSC community . Louisville Twp · Southbridge businesses . Ministerial Association · Spanish-speakers . Newcomers . Specific religious groups . "Old" Shakopee . Sports Association · Star Tribune south Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 5 Carroll, Franck & Associates . y Steering Committee Current to 1/14/05 Steering Committee (SC) members were appointed by the Council in December 04 and will meet for the first time in late January 05. The Council's decision to legitimately engage community members is a critical step. SC members bring a wonderful range of backgrounds and perspectives to this volunteer role, and are essential to extend and deepen the visioning work under the Council's guidance. As with all aspects of this process, the results oftheir work will be open and accessible to the public, and they will routinely provide updates to and seek direction :from the Council. As a working group, SC members will process, consider, and reflect on information originating :from people just like themselves who care deeply about the future of Shakopee. And as champions, their energy, commitment, and hard work will ensure success and ownership at the local level. As desclibed more fully in the process update above, SC members will help identify and engage additional stakeholders; identify more communications and involvement mechanisms; sort through the input from the Community Conversations to articulate common values and priorities; begin identifying "live" issues for further consideration; and help develop ideas for problem identification and solution strategies. They will also advise on process issues, and offer their strategic insights on how to ensure success. Below is the list of SC members appointed by the Council in December 04: Carol Schultz Kathy Gerlach Wayne Herstad Duane Marschall Charley Kubler Marge Henderson Bill Nevin Jane DuBois Paulette Rislund Arv Somberger Bob Mitchell Don Wagner Joan Lynch Tom Steininger Phil Burke Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 6 Carroll, Franck & Associates . '.. Groups Participating in Community Conversations 1/14/05 Civil Service Commission Community Education Council Crime Prevention Fund Enigma Teen Center Board Environmental Advisory Commission Heritage Commission (1122/05) League of Women Voters (proxy group) Lions Club Parks and Recreation Advisory Board Public Utilities Commission Red Oak PTO/Southbridge Riverfront neighbors Shakopee Catholic Schools Board Shakopee Catholic Schools senior staff Shakopee Public Schools Board Telecommunications Commission Vision Shakopee Board Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 7 Carroll, Franck & Associates ;. ~. Compiled Community Conversation Input Current to 1/14/05 Community Conversation Date: July 21,2004 Kick-off question(s): What values characterize Shakopee? In what ways are each ofthese part of Shakopee's past, present, and future? Input . It's a family place . Entertainment community . People know and take care of each other . Safe place . Knowing each other - sense of safety and comfort . Connectivity . Small enough to have lots of connections . A free-standing community vs. suburb or bedroom commUnity . Value of being close but not too close to metro -live in small town but with access to big; city amenities . Opportunity . Optimism. about future . Unique: river, tribal community, 22 languages in school, variety of jobs, entertainment/tourism, industrial park provides tax base . People value education more than they used to, and willing to pay . Strong sense of history . Historical connections to faith or ethnic communities . River town (though not actively used - barriers, transportation issues) . Sense of opportunity, entrepreneurship - especially for small businesses to thrive . Place you can live AND work - good employment opportunities of all kinds and wages . Excellent local healthcare and employment opportunities . Staying close to family (life-cycle housing) . Importance of public transit - essential with low density, seniors . Desire to be informed about what's going on (though Shakopee Valley News no longer the source) . High schools . Outdoor recreation/sport What to preserve, maintain, enhance: . Preserve/enhance quality of education; up to date (more fine arts) . Keep Shakopee safe; enhance personal safety . Ensure clean and safe water and air, and sufficient water . Enhance sense of neighborliness and community as Shakopee grows, changes, and becomes more bifurcated (front doors, sidewalks, porches, alleys, back garages) . Enhance open-spaces, parks, trails . More acceptance of racial, ethnic, religious diversity . Establish more comfortable and cooperative relationship between city and tribe; resolve Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 8 Carroll. Franck & Associates , "< misunderstandings, and address land ownership issues . Value diversity more, rather than fear of change and differences . Educate people about pressure on historic. infrastructure . Preserve history and oral traditions . Maintain importance of downtown as a historic center - "old Shakopee" has lots of history . Focus more attention and activity on the river . Maintain neighborhood/smaller shopping opportunities that are pleasant, efficient, and accessible . Don7t abandon downtown for east end development . Adapt in spite of rate of change/growth . Manage growth rather than fear growth or rate of change . Protect community-based vs. developer-based decision making . Use policy-based decision making Community Conversation Date: 8/03/2004 Kick-off question(s): What values characterize Shakopee? What makes it special and unique? Why is Shakopee important to you? Input . Downtown is the heart of the city . Has a sense of history . History/settlement started in downtown . Downtown as historical entertainment center . Downtown helps create a sense of community identity . Local ownership . RiverCentre's success proves downtown is still valued . River is important to Shakopee . Importance of river historically (used to focus attention with the regular flooding) . Shakopee was built around personal and family relationships, cOl1l1ections through word of mouth . Sense of "community" - which is lost when it gets too large . Strength of the core . Tight-knit rural community, though newcomers may not have same rural values . Was small town with small-town feel . People move here for traditional town center and small-town feel . Sense of "belonging" . Sense of dedication, reliability of people . Maintain sense of community identity . Sense of pride and competition between cities . Importance of service/civic organizations . Long-time residents are very active in the community, but newcomers less so (less time to be involved); they are more complacent and suburban-oriented; they have less sense of ownership and sense tfUlt this is "their town;" we need to help them develop sense of community; kids and schools are a key link . Southern edge doesn't feel a part of Shakopee; more the center of other communities . People living in some parts of community see it as a bedroom community, rather than being active residents Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 9 Carroll, Franck & Associates , Community Conversation v Date: 8/10/2004 Kick-off question(s): What makes ShakopeespeciaI/unique? What values and priorities characterize Shakopee? Input . Small town . Stays small community in thought, . Knowing a lot of people . The people/relationships . People have a lot of common bonds . Family feel and values with family-oriented entertainment and venues . Caring . People want to know their neighbors and help . People help people . Feels safe . Common sense . Small community with big-town things to do . Communityis still "human" - sense of individual identity . Convenience/proximity to big cities and cultural options . Entertainment: Renaissance Festival, Valley Festival, Canterbury . Access to decent highways such as 169 . Quaint downtown core . Good retail within the city . Bigger than one main street and six businesses, but not yet too big and congested . Can do business with a handshake . Business willing to invest in the community and people in it . A lot of family~owned businesses, where 1'd prefer to do business . Great schools . With single high school, everyone's there for games . Lots of faith-minded people, manifested in the way people do things . Biking and walking trails; prospect for good parks . Beautiful place/area . River . Still drivable . Good bus service . Importance of service organizations especially with long-time residents Community Conversation Date: 8/21/2004 Kick-off question(s):What values characterize Shakopee? What makes Shakopee unique? Input: . Small town feel . People know each other . Combination of old downtown and new construction; balance between old and new; quaint mixture . Old town feel . Sense ofidentity Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 10 Carroll, Franck & Associates ., . Sense of roots, history; commitment to history and sense of place . You can feeVsee the history of Shakopee driving through . Creating connections to past . River town . Brick homes made from local brickyard . Long-time neighbors . Long-standing residents with sense of personal history . Newcomers who are engaged . Friendly community . Sense of safety . Quietness . Good place to raise kids . People can come together around community activities, and events such as music, ice cream socials . Physical connection between people and special place like parks, river, special buildings, coffee shop, ice cream shop, and cafe . Community-wide activities that bring together different ages . Ability of people to get together . Conservative, therefore expenditures only on necessary services . Proximity to river - in the middle of nowhere yet still in city . Ability to "get away" right here . Birds, rabbits outside my door . Trails/regional trail system . Diversity of housing, business, industry, commerce, special shops, people - very strong . Live, work, shop in Shakopee . Affordable place to live (now) that allows long-time residents to stay and newcomers to move in . Affordable commercial . Access to multiple opportunities in one place - residential, retail, parks . Good access to transportation routes . Tourist/recreational amenities Community Conversation Date: 8/24/2004 Kick~off qllestion(s): What values characterize Shakopee? Why is Shakopee unique? Input . Small-town feel within larger community (gathering places) , . "Edge of the city, edge of the country" . Pro~imity to farms . Great neighbors . Know alot of people around town; run into people everywhere . More diverse than we thought . "Family" feel - extended families and connections add to appeal . Easy to get involved, make friends . Small town close to big city . Nice to have a downtown . Sense of it being a "town . Historic/quaint downtown Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 11 Carroll, Franck & Associates , . Historical value of community J . Connection to history and the past with people born here as well as new immigrants . Desire to hang on to quaintness and small-town feel . Sense of community with neighbors and city events . Sense of people being needed and feeling needed, happy, worth something . Feeling like you are contributing and making a difference . Thousands of volunteers . Community involvement . Elected officials actively solicit community involvement . Meets need of wide variety of slow-pace, fast-pace people in downtown . Feels safe day and night . Community celebrations are connected to the community . Accessibility to local government - open-door . Transportation accessibility to rest of metro . Senior housing downtown . Blue-collar feel plus good work ethic . Growing and changing along with the growth . River valley wildlife (birds), untouched areas, closer to nature, bluffs are pretty . Nice walking and bike paths . River paths . Parks . Soccer complex . Schools . Phenomenal community education classes . A lot of pride in all sorts of teams . Diverse and unique entertainment venues help to define Shakopee . Affordability plus appreciation plus good value Community Conversation (youth) Date: 8/25/2004 Kick-off question(s): What are special places, events, spaces, and pathways in Shakopee? Input . Movie theaters . Shakopee Cinema . Ice cream shop . Coffee shops . Friend's houses . Community Center . Valley Fair . Cub Foods (to hang out) . Church . Parks . Fantastic Sam's . Hobby shop . Taco John's \ . Places. ..: Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 12 Carroll, Franck & Associates , - . Where people are nice to us . That people know and where your friends like to hang out, too . With a good atmosphere . That are clean and not stinky . Where there's free food . Where there's no smoking . That are geared toward broader community vs. just Shakopee . Where adults are respectful and nonjudgmental . Where there are adults who act like us . Where there are opportunities (but not requirements) to get involved 0 Where we can just do nothing if we want to . Where they set reasonable limits . Where we can sit . That don't have a "no loitering" policy . Where people aren't afraid of us . Where we can stay for awhile and not get yelled at . That have both indoor and outdoor spaces Community Conversation Date: 8/28/2004 Kick-off question(s): What values, places, priorities make Shakopee special or unique? Input: . Small-town feeling . Moral ,?ommunity . Quiet neighborhoods . In older areas, individuals homes on individual lots with varied setbacks . Old, big, shade trees in some areas . Good services . Good parks . Sense of community identity . Tight-knit . Get to know people . Community involvement, volunteerism ties past to future . Old church~s, schools . Low crime rate and commlU1ity commitment to being so . Sense of security, belonging, history in old Shakopee . Can do most anything you want right in town - choice of restaurants, entertainment options . Access to small shops and big box retailers . Viable historic downtown con-idor . Tourist destination - Valley Festival, Renaissance Festival, Canterbury, Raceway, Mystic . Outside of the urban area but close to services . Proximity to Minneapolis . Business and population diversity . Open city government - community-oriented and accessible . County seat, so accessible to government services . Low tax rate Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 13 Carroll, Franck & Associates . . Conservative . . Variety of environmental amenities, accessibility to wildlife area - bluff, trails, lake, parks, river . Diverse sports facilities: hockey rink, soccer complex, swimming pool . Lots of personal memories and sense of connection Community Conversation Date: 9/14/2004 Kick-off question(s): What values characterize Shakopee? What makes it special? Unique? Input . River town . Geographical location with river as physical barrier creates small-town feel . A downtown that gives own sense of identity . Entertainment Mecca for Twin Cities . Get everything household needs right in Shak.opee . County seat offers all services here . Close to airport, Minneapolis, etc~, to get all we need - yet secluded in our "own little world" . Still room for growth withouttearing something down . Major, working highway system with 169 . Parks and recreation for all ages (including large number of lighted fields, more than city our size would have) . Rapidly growing immigrant community, agricultural history, and established wealth is valuable . Support for public schools . Great industry provides financial support for services city needs to provide - fire, police, street, parks, and schools . Active recruitment of new business and good local networks . New police facility illustrates growth, opportunity for community use, more welcome . New library (part of county system) indicates importance and value of education and appeal to community members . Good land values attract strong businesses, Globe Business College . Mystic Lake contributes back with income and fosters ancillary/support of businesses of all kinds and support for hospitals, crime prevention, etc. . Good corporate givers . Strong employment base . Own/local utilities allow personal service and lower prices . Good public servites like public works, police, fire . Relationshipwith tribal community , . Teen center, workout center, and skate park provide great value for youth and adults . Appreciation/value for local health care services . Comprehensive, local medical services and facilities . Variety of senior housing options . Support for seniors such as circle, congregate dining, bus trips, social groups . Community service groups are active and major contributors to local "causes" . Strong engagement of community members in volunteer efforts . Good public and parochial school systems . Varied and huge faith community . Clean air Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 14 Carroll, Franck & Associates ,. \;v, . Small-town feel: . Safe . Warm and welcoming community . Having a downtown . Knowing most of the people you walk by . Sense of history/roots . Little/less traffic . Variety of churches . People who don't move away or if they do, come back . Nice people . Nice place to live . Community events . Lots of public engagement in major community decisions (e.g., new high school) Community Conversation Date: 10/13/04 Kick-off question(s): What community values characterize Shakopee? What makes Shakopee special or unique? Why do you stay here or why did you move here? Input received: . Civic organizations . Opportunities to work here · Recreation: trails, parks, river, future Quarry Lake project. .. . Desire to protect natural resources . Great natural amenities . Affordable housing · Respect for historical residents, buildings, downtown · Downtown core · Small-town look, especially in historical downtown area · Small-town feel · Good educational oPPOliunities for children; good schools . Good hospital · Variety of entertainment venues in and around community · Everything here we need, and theaters, etc., within easy commute · Small town with big town amenities close by · Community that embraces change and new residents; some tensions, but by and large pretty smooth · Accepting community · Accommodating school district · Newcomers feel welcome · Friendly and kind people who are easy to work with . Safe .. Reasonable commutes due to good transportation networks · Excellent county staff who work closely with cities, including Shakopee, to help our city work better; they do lots of good things, well o Good intergovernmental and interorganizational relationships . Master gardener program · Good industrial base Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 15 Carrol/, Franck & Associates J . Lots of young families who energize the community "' Community Conversation Date: 10/27/04 Kick-off question(s): What is it about Shakopee that caused you to move here or stay here? What is it about Shakopee that you value? Input . Honest politicians . Friendship of family and friends . Small town feeling . Mix of country and city . We have a downtown . Good mix of business and residential (a place to work and live) . No congestion . Good schools . Local sports (rec and associations) . Parks . River (river town) . Good community involvement . Organizations like the Lions . Entertainment . Historical housing . . Clean (cleanliness) and neat Community Conversation Date: 11/17/04 Kick-off question(s): What are the values and priorities that shape Shakopee? What makes it special or unique? Why do you stay or why did you move here? Input . Far enough outside of Twin Cities to have feel of fi:esh air and open space without long commute . Far enough away from city but not in the middle of nowhere . Far enough but not too far from Minneapolis . Old (vs. new) town . Small town feel in large-town area . Look and feel of small town . Personal memories of growing up here . New things happening with growing community . Unique, with a real downtown presence . Local retail options . Presence of river (until 169 bypass) that allowed city to develop as self-contained and self-sustaining community with residential, commercial, industrial all here . Individualistic, yeoman spirit, especially in old town . Generate our own jobs and trips to jobs vs. a bedroom community . Freestanding sense Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 16 Carroll, Franck & AssoCiates -, . . Exciting, desirable community . Place where people can be part of the community . Opportunity for new ideas, new values, new investment . Parts ofthe community embrace newcomers . Personal attention to children in schools and perception of better education . Sense of community . Continuing to help create sense of community that is appealing and attractive to people not living in old Shakopee - inclusion . Acceptance of diverse cultural population . Home to high-tech.. .not small town trapped in the '60s . Lower density . Uncrowded . Feeling of space around houses and not too many people . Infrastructure that matches scale of development . Able to sustain and maintain community infrastructure . Good public transit . Lots of ways to get where we want to go in a timely fashion - multimodal transportation . Easy to get through town . Pride in what city looks like . Pride in downtown . Central business district . Commitment to an attractive and economically healthy downtown including residential, banking, restaurants, library, government center . Central downtown full of services . Unique and varied retail and real restaurants (vs. all chains) . Continued investment in community, especially downtown; sense of it being an anchor . Community personality . Wide streets . Sidewalks, walking paths . Varied entertainment venues . Continuing tie to agricultural sector (Scott County fair, for eXaI11ple) Community Conversation Date: 11/22/04 Kick-off question(s): What are the values and priorities that shape Shakopee? What makes it special or unique? Why do you stay or why did you move here? Input . Sense of our identity from the past . History of area plays unique role in community . Balance of businesses, retail, and residential . Stable balance of old and new . Real community rather than bedroom suburb . Close-knit community; strong relationships between people . Easy place to set down deep community roots . Opportunity to make a positive difference . People are really engaged in what's going on inthe community Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 17 Carroll, Franck & Associatas I- . Affordable housing . . Speci~l attractions and activities . Lots of opporttmities for newcomers to help the community . Good Place to raise a family I . Good schools I . Good job market in area . AccesJ to jobs . Proxi~ity to Twin Cities area and with easy access to south metro and downtown Minneapolis, but not right in the daily hubbub . Edge ~f rural area with open space, green space, river . River: history, quiet, natural space . Lake, ~eenway corridor, riverfront I . Natural resources . Good Jark and trail system . Recreation opportunities abound; cool park and recreation oppOltunities . Strong I community support and city commitment to provide needed park and recreation resources and respond to growth . Sports lassociation . Recreation facilities aIld maintenance that are well above average . Joint uke/cooperative agreements with other entities for shared use of park aIld recreation facilities . contrittes to betterment of commnnity Commu1nity Conversation Date: NovFmber 30, 2004 Kick-off question(s): 1. H~Jv long have you lived in Shakopee and from where did you move? Most people in Shakopee co ld move someplace else, but don't. What makes you stay? 2. WHat are your favorite spaces or gathering places? What makes those places special to you? I Input rec~ived: How long 1ave you lived in Shakopee and from where did you move? Most people in Shako pee could move someplace else, but don't. What makes you stay? . Plymouth, wanted to south of river I . Large lots, good value . Liked sball town feel, not sure about schools I . Pretty area . When te moved in, there were lots of trees and the promise of parks, not that way now . Growing school district, with pretty good scores . Good t1xes over Savage; some Savage kids still attend Shakopee schools, so no advantage in paying the higher taxes of Savage if our kids would still attend Shakopee, made sense to opt for lower taxes . New hdme potential . Good n~ighbors [lots of agreement from group, very strong feeling about neighbors and that's what keeps them here. The perception is that other areas don't have the same feeling among neighbors] . Familit with kids, y>lIds to play in . Feeling of safety · Good sidewalks . Want td be more like Eden Prairie than BurnsvilIe . Need t~ keep commercial development under control, directed Shakopee Vi~ioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 18 Carroll, Franck & Associates I I '. . . Don't stir pot too much [a concern over perceived "leveling" factor in commercial development, comparing Southbridge with Vierling/Target] . Established/older neighborhoods have a good mix . No theme, no vision to growth . Want a good mix of townhomes and single-family homes . Strong desire from group for City to manage growth - if Shakopee is so far over growth projections, why can' the City slow it down and manage to those projections? . Perception that the City is allowing the horse to go before the cart What are your favorite spaces or gathering places? What makes those places special to you? . Have no kids, so go to Eden Prairie and downtown Minneapolis . Memorial Park - like the open space, trees, acorns, river . Use parks in EP, Savage, BumsviIle - prefer their facilities, cleanliness, bathrooms, seem to be more fun for kids (Staring Lake, Lakefront Park) . Go to Bloomington for parks . Use Southbridge park daily - but no bathroom, too small, and designed for very small children . Go elsewhere to eat out - no good dining options in Shakopee . Like Canterbury - enjoy races and lots of other good events . Gather at neighbors' houses . Ladies group meet regularly at neighbors' houses . Neighbors are greatest strength . Shop at SuperTarget in Savage over Target in Shakopee . Everyone in group shops in Savage (42 &13) rather than Shakopee; faster, shorter drive, nicer shopping. Perception is that all of Southbridge does same . Use Chaska Community Center regularly . Community Ed and Parks & Rec are doing a g09d job in Shakopee; several participants take classes regularly Community Conversation Date: 12/13/04 Kick-off question(s): What values or priorities characterize Shakopee? What makes it special? Unique? Input . Rural values . Strong family connections . Sense of community cohesion . Connectedness with people and city . Sense of identity . People know their neighbors . Some families here for several generations . Great volunteer investment in community . Community investmentin local activities; lots ofboosterism and pride; helps retain sense of community pride . Sense of identity retained in part because of the insulating effect of the riverlflooding . Stand-alone community with downtown, long history, own schools . Own town vs. bedroom community . Legitimate town in own right Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 19 Carroll; Franck &Associates' .' . Close to services, employment, recreation opportunities . . Close t6 major metro area without being right there . Welcoiliing community, especially from relative newcomers to other newcomers . County!seat . As county seat, more "cosmopolitan" with hospital/doctors, attorneys, own downtown . High fr6quency of families using public services . W orkiJg ethic . Historid downtown . Historicl roots with river, Murphy's Landing, Native Americans . Riverfrbnt provides long-term natural resource and open space . Riverfr6nt community: adds beauty to city; unique natural resource; acts as psychological and practidl bmTIer with regard to perception of "south of river"; serves as market destination for south side I . Diversel history with various religions, languages, and cultures.. . and now the same again . Eclectic mix of people . Treme~aous employment opportunities within community, both historic (Rahr, Anchor) and present (hospitals, etc.) I . Strong growth . Managihg growth vs. fighting it . Not mubh divisiveness through change . Well-plbed and kept-up housing and businesses; no slum areas . Socioedonomic/housing diversity . Issues dfbalance between new and old residents' influence on future/community decisions . Growin~ school district with excellent teachers and lots of community support for schools . TremeJdous investment in schools . Willinghess to invest in schools growing to meet changing needs and demands . People (especially in newest developments) find sense of identity in schools vs. town/downtown I . Entertainment opportunities . Well-krlown throughout Midwest as tourist destination Shakopee Visioning Update to Council, 1/18/05 Page 20 Carroll, Franck & Associates I