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REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 9, 2022
CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof the meeting of the Technology Task Force of the City of
Rosemount was called to order on March 9, 2022 at 6:38 p.m. in the City Hall Conference Room.
Attendees included Task Force Members: Mohammad Khan, Steve Thoennes, Robert Kidwell, Tim
Bornholdt, and Mike Cahn.
Staff present included the following;
GIS Coordinator Aaron Menza
City Council present included the following;
Councilmember Heidi Freske
ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA
None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Motion by Kidwell, Second by Bornholdt
Motion to approve the minutes of the February 9, 2022 Technology Task Force meeting.
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0. Motion carried.
PRESENTATIONS
None
OLD BUSINESS
4.a EV Charging Stations Updates
Task force members held a discussion on their findings from their research on what ordinances and
policies other cities have in place regarding Electric Vehicles (EV). It was noted that very few cities
have ordinances governing the installation ofEV charging stations innew developments.
Task force member Cahn mentioned that the Clean Energy Resource Team will be releasing an EV
station ordinance guide in March. This guide will contain sample language that can be used by cities
to develop ordinances.
GIS Coordinator Menza mentioned that he and City Administrator Martin would be meeting with
Energy Management Solutions regarding their recent EV charging station projects around the
Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and potential opportunities for Rosemount.
TECHNOLOGY TASK FORCE
REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
MARCH 9, 2022
4.b Technology Base Inventory Updates
Task force members reviewed a proposal for having a technology base inventory performed.
Councilmember Freske mentioned that the Dakota Broadband Board is having a similar inventory
performed which will be available to the City after completion. Task force members questioned if
doing an additional inventory would beredundant. Councilmember Freske shared a few deliverables
from the broadband board project including analyses on future needs, evaluation on fiber network
capacity, identifying ring redundancy, cost estimates for future extensions, and others. It was
deemed that an inventory performed by the City would be redundant.
OTHER UPDATES
The task force discussed the need to revisit their list of potential projects with an interest in selecting
additional projects for implementation. Additional ideas that were shared include digitizing city
interactions, promoting the use of the City’sReport an Issue tool, increasing security with cameras
and other technologies, increasing communication between City Council and residents, creating an
open data initiative, increased budget transparency, and internet access assistance for low-income
families.
ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn 7:56 pm by Kidwell, Second by Bornholdt
Ayes: 5
Nays: 0. Motion carried.
Next Task Force Meeting April 13, 2022.
Respectfully submitted,
Aaron Menza
GIS Coordinator