06.28.2022 Minutes TC
Scandia Tourism Committee
Minutes
June 28, 2022 – 5:00 p.m.
Meeting at Community Center, Zoom and Boxcast.com
Members in Attendance: Sue Dickens, Lynne Moratzka, Sarah Porubcansky, and Mayor Christine
Maefsky. Absent: Lisa Schlingerman.
Staff in attendance: Brenda “Bee” Stignani (Office Assistant).
Call to Order –Chair Dickens called the meeting to order at 5:01 p.m., a quorum is present.
Approve the Agenda – Dickens moved, Porubcansky seconded, to approve the agenda with
Flexibility. Motion carried unanimously.
Approve the Minutes – Porubcansky moved, Moratzka seconded, to approve the May 24,
2022 minutes. Motion carried unanimously.
Wayfinding Signs Update –
Dickens summarized the next steps and clarified that this project will move forward with hired
consultants. Dickens will present to Council the request for funding to be included in 2023 budget
proposal.
City Wide Garage Sale – Feedback –
Stignani provided a written report. Moratzka reported approximately 50 shoppers at the
Community Center sales, with no challenges for dumping sale leftovers. Moratzka reported
feedback from participants onsite reflected those in the survey. Dickens facilitated further
discussion concluding with suggested improvements to organizing a 2023 sale to reach out further to
bring visitors to Scandia including opening registration in February or March for a sale with a digital
map in May. Consensus to keep participation free if Council will support purchasing generic signs
with the City’s logo and arrows to place on main roadways directing traffic towards homes
participating in the sale.
Shrpa –
Porubcansky reported there will be a 2022 partnership opportunity with Explore Minnesota.
Dickens ask Shrpa to if a renewed agreement entitles Scandia additional adventures being published
by their professionals and ask for the date expected with the new rates.
Suggested new adventures:
• Barn Quilt Trail – Dickens will make contact
• Historical Tour – Porubcansky will make contact
• Dala Horses of Scandia Tour – Moratzka will prepare and submit to Dickens or
Porubcansky for publishing
• Cycling Scandia – Dickens will make contact
Dickens asked for clarification between responsibilities for organizing city-wide events between
Tourism Committee, EDA and PRC, in particular, Best of Scandia Shopping Extravaganza since the
organizers no longer are members of the EDA. Stignani offered an explanation that individual
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volunteers “champion” the different city-wide events while the committees facilitate
communication, and therefore endorsement, with Council. General direction for the Tourism
Committee can be found in the U of Mn Tourism Study. Dickens will contact the other Best of
Scandia organizers to see which committee they will work through.
Adjournment –Motion by Porubcansky, seconded by Moratzka, to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 5:57 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by
Brenda “Bee” Stignani, Office Assistant