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language stronger. Jim Paulet stated that paragraph 18 on page 18 did address the school issue. <br /> SBruce Kunkel said that he felt that the paragraph needs to be rewritten to strengthen it. Jim <br /> Paulet agreed saying that it should address more than just K-12. Bruce commented that as a city <br /> we have more influence on the K-12 <br /> Rob Davidson added that we need to have the educators involved with us. Kevin Kelly stated <br /> that we can dump money into a stadium to create jobs for workers,but if we put the some money <br /> into education we'll get a lot more for our money. <br /> Mayor Aplikowski suggested pulling paragraph 18 from the "middle years" and put it into the <br /> "early years" section of the plan and strengthen the language. <br /> Nancy Kneeland stated that we need to sell it as a combination. <br /> Mayor Aplikowski added that if we can change attitudes, the money will follow. <br /> Rob Davidson suggested that as part of the presentation, the EDC should make recommendation <br /> as to funding to implement the plan. And added that he strongly encourages the EDC to present <br /> this with a request for funding. <br /> Bruce Kunkel asked Karen Barton to quantify the amount of money associated with the plan <br /> over the next five years for our next meeting. <br /> • Dale Beane inquired if we would want to get approval for the plan first and then request the <br /> funding? Mayor Aplikowski said that she thought the Council will ask how much it will cost <br /> when presented and recommended presenting it as how it can be used. <br /> Ray McGraw stated he thinks we should present it to Council in a condensed form. <br /> Bruce Kunkel suggested that we come to the September 20 meeting prepared to discuss the rest <br /> of the document and strategies to present it to Council. He wants Council to buy-in to this, not <br /> simply approve of it. <br /> Jim Paulet added that one of the key components of this plan is partnerships and we're sitting <br /> here in a vacuum. <br /> Nancy Kneeland asked if we could meet with the Council at a work session to discuss prior to <br /> the Council meeting. <br /> Mayor Aplikowski said we can look at setting up a special work session before of after a regular <br /> council meeting. <br /> Chair Kunkel asked for any final comments. <br /> Dale Beane asked if we could get a recap/timeline to get us up to speed. <br /> Chair Kunkel asked Karen Barton to provide a copy of the initial charter of the Commission and <br /> the resolution to request funding for this plan at our next meeting. <br /> 3 <br />