11 - Director of Planning & Community Development Appointment

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Item No. 11 TO: Mayor & City Council FROM: Grayson Path, City Manager SUBJECT: Director of Planning and Community Development Appointment of Andrew Mack City Charter Section 23 DATE: March 8, 2021 BACKGROUND: The Director of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) position has been vacant since October 2020. This was actually a combined position with the City Engineer which, by request of the City Manager and with City Council approval, has been separated out and refocused. It therefore became the task of the City Manager to seek out and select an appropriate candidate to fill this position. A copy of the Job Description is found below. The City Manager worked with Stephanie Harris, City Attorney, Michael Smith, Public Works Director, and Sandy Collard, Human Resource and Civil Service Director, to serve as an Interview Team. A total of five individuals were interviewed. STATUS OF ISSUE: I am pleased to present to you Andrew Mack as my selection for DPCD. Mr. Mack is the City Planning Director for Park Rapids, MN. He has 36 years of community planning experience, which includes zoning, planning, subdivision, code enforcement, building code, fire code and more. He has displayed a great depth of knowledge and understanding that matches the job description. He is an American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) member. He has also spent nearly ten years chairing statewide planning committees in Minnesota whose purpose was to track, analyze, and educate both the membership and legislature on legislative matters involving city planning. I am very impressed with this individual, both in his experience as well as his character. He possesses the right combination of potential, experience, attitude, energy, professionalism and civility that I want to see as the leader of the Planning and Community Development Departments. He holds an impressive array of education and training credentials that have helped prepare him