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8.d 7-14-2020 Draft Tourism Committee MinutesSCANDIA Scandia Tourism Committee Minutes July 14, 2020 - 9:00 pm Meeting Via GoToMeeting.com and Boxcast.com Members in Attendance: Sarah Porubcansky; Lynne Moratzka, Dana Khu, and Carrie Mitchell. Absent: Kirsten Libby. Staff in attendance: Office Assistant Bee Stignani, Mayor Christine Maefsky and City Administrator Ken Cammilleri Call to Order — Committee Chair Mitchell called the meeting to order at 9:09am. Approval of the Agenda — Motion by Porubcansky, seconded by Mitchell, to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Approval of the June 6, 2020 Meeting Minutes — Motion by Porubcansky, seconded by Moratzka to approve the minutes. Motion carried. Settler's Monument — The Committee indicated that it wanted to investigate the possibility of relocating Scandia's historic monument dedicated to the first Swedish settlers in Minnesota. The current site of the monument was intended to be visible from the road. However, the road has been realigned twice throughout history, resulting in the current location being obscured from the road. The current location is accessible via a private driveway and does not have parking facilities in close proximity. Cammilleri was instructed to obtain pictures for the committee to evaluate the current site and location. The committee agreed to continue discussions of this issue on future agendas. Community Signage Theme and Design — Stignani prepared a staff report with information from Public Works that was presented to the Parks and Recreation Committee and guidelines they used in selecting park signage to recommend to City Council. Mayor Maefsky indicated that there are some large projects being considered by the City Council that may need to be considered by the Tourism Committee before approving the overall theme and design plan for all City of Scandia signage. The Committee agreed to table the discussion on signs while Mayor Maefsky solicits input from the Scandia Heritage Alliance. In the next meeting, the Committee can begin formulating categories of signs (trail signage, downtown city signage, park signage, etc.) to start formulating a policy to maintain a cohesive concept throughout the city limits. Motion to table community wide signage theme and design by Porubcansky, seconded by Moratzka. Motion carried. Website Design — Stignani prepared a staff report and presented the third version of the design concept by Revize for the City of Scandia's new website. Revize was able to clarify that we will be able to add the number of words (currently six) in our task bar at the top of the home page to fit our Page 1 of 2 needs past this design stage. Revise also clarified that hoovering a cursor over an item on the calendar will not pull up more information, that feature is not ADA compliant. More text is visible in the calendar square on the home page, and more detail will only be available by selecting the date and being directed to an interior page. Members also requested that the Mega Menu be slightly smaller in order to avoid the eye-catching words "Welcome to" being cut in half. Revize updated Committee members that the size of the window is dependent on the amount of information listed and is not a standard size. Committee members also discussed the font of "Scandia" in the Hero Section, and tones of blues. But in the end, it was decided that no further changes are considered necessary prior to formally accepting this design concept to move on to the next phase. Stignani also reminded the Committee that changes can be made at any time at the billable rate of $100/hr, or for no additional fee in the fourth year of remaining in contract with Revize. Motion to recommend Design Revision 2 to City Council for acceptance of the new City of Scandia website by Porubcansky, seconded by Moratzka. Motion carried. Next Meeting Date — The Committee unanimously agreed to set its next meeting date for Thursday, August 13`' at 9am. Adjournment — The Committee adjourned its meeting at 10:37am on the successful motion of Porubcansky, seconded by Mitchell. Minutes Prepared by: Ken Cammilleri, City Administrator Brenda "Bee" Stignani, Office Assistant Page 2 of 2