08.d Tourism 5-25-2021 Minutes DRAFT
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Scandia Tourism Committee
Minutes
May 25, 2021 – 4:00 p.m.
Meeting Via Zoom and Boxcast.com
Members in Attendance: Sarah Porubcansky; Julie Gasek, and Kirsten Libby.
Absent: Lynne Moratzka and Lisa Schlingerman
Staff in attendance: Mayor Christine Maefsky, Administrator Ken Cammilleri, Office Assistant Bee
Stignani, and resident Sue Dickens
Call to Order –Chair Porubcansky called the meeting to order at 4:03 p.m., a quorum is present.
Approve the Agenda – Libby moved to approve the agenda, Gasek seconded. Motion carried
unanimously.
Approval of the Minutes – Gasek moved to accept the April 27, 2021 minutes, Libby seconded.
Motion carried unanimously.
Shrpa – Porubcansky led the committee through the process of filling out the Community Kickoff
Document provided by Shrpa as a way to identify a general scope of Scandia’s goals on the
adventures they will publish. This document was presented as a tool for Shrpa to identify which
professional creator will be a good fit for Scandia.
Signs – Wayfinding – Gasek will prepare an updated wayfinding sign mock up to staff. Members
requested staff to contact potential sign vendors with the preliminary information of color and
general sign shape already approved by the Tourism Committee for discussion at the next meeting.
Sister City – Mellerud, Sweden – Maefsky read the message from Mellerud’s governing body
expressing a desire to start and develop a “Twin City” relationship with Scandia.
Additional Discussion – Gasek questioned if the wayfinding signs on Hwy 95 will be amended to
add Scandia to the sign directing drivers to Forest Lake. Maefsky clarified that the existing sign is in
Scandia, so MnDOT would not likely add signage to direct drivers to the city they are already in.
Future discussions will address potential requests for MnDOT to include Scandia Business Signs.
Adjournment –The next meeting date is June 22, 2021 and will be in person at the Community
Center. Agenda topics will be Shrpa, Wayfinding Signs and Sister City updates. Libby moved to
adjourn the meeting, Gasek seconded. Motion carried unanimously at 4:35 p.m.
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Respectfully submitted by
Brenda “Bee” Stignani, Office Assistant