Item 4A1STRATEGY SESSION WITH THE SOUTHLAKE CITY COUNCIL
HILTON SOUTHLAKE
1400 PLAZA PLACE
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL PRESENT:
Mayor John Terrell, Mayor Pro Tem Virginia M. Muzyka,
Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Laura K. Hill, and Councilmembers Brandon Bledsoe (arrived at
6:06 p.m.), Greg Jones, Carolyn Morris (arrived at 5:45 p.m.), and Pamela Muller.
CITY COUNCIL ABSENT:
None.
STAFF PRESENT:
City Manager Shana Yelverton, Assistant City Manager / Director of
Public Safety Jim Blagg, Assistant City Manager Ben Thatcher, Assistant to the City
Manager Alison Ortowski, Community Relations Officer Pilar Schank, Director of
Community Services Chris Tribble, Economic Development Director Greg Last, Director
of Finance Sharen Jackson, Interim Director of Human Resources Stacey Black,
Director of Information Technology Dale Dean, Police Chief Robert Finn, Fire Chief
Mike Starr, Director of Planning and Development Services Ken Baker, Director of
Public Works Robert H. Price, and City Secretary Lori Payne.
Agenda Item No. 1. Call to order. Mayor Terrell called the session to order at 5:40 p.m.
Agenda Item No. 2. Discussion of the Southlake Strategic Management System. City
Manager Yelverton gave the opening comments. She discussed the evening’s plans
and goals.
Assistant City Manager Thatcher presented information on the Strategic Management
System (SMS) timeline and reviewed an SMS report card with Council.
City Manager Yelverton asked for Council’s thoughts on the SMS and discussed its
alignment with the master plans.
Assistant City Manager Blagg walked the Council through a Visual Explorer exercise for
the evening where Council was asked to choose two photos that answer two specific
questions: “What is the most important challenge the City will face in the next year?”
and “What is the most important challenge the City will face in the next five years?”
Council participated in the exercise and discussed their view points.
Mayor Terrell called for a dinner break at 6:52 p.m. and reconvened at 7:50 p.m.
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Agenda Item No. 3. Discussion of citizen survey results. Assistant to the City Manager
Ortowski introduced Scott Hansen of Decision Analysts who conducted the citizen
survey. Ms. Ortowski reviewed the specific reasons for the survey and the general
format for this evening’s discussion. She discussed what will be done with the survey
results.
Mr. Hansen reviewed the mechanics of the survey and the objectives of the survey, the
five point scales, the representative sampling, and the demographics.
Ms. Ortowski reviewed some of the primary area responses and service satisfaction
responses.
Council continued discussing their thoughts and ideas related to the survey.
Agenda Item No. 4A. Executive Session. At 9:19 p.m., Mayor Terrell announced the
City Council would be going into Executive Session pursuant to the Texas Government
Code Section 551.072, deliberation regarding real property.
The Executive Session began at 9:25 p.m. and ended at 9:36 p.m. Mayor Terrell called
the meeting back to order.
No action was taken at tonight’s strategy session.
Agenda Item No. 5. Meeting adjourned. Mayor Terrell adjourned the meeting at 9:36
p.m.
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John Terrell
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lori Payne
City Secretary
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