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Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated the motion did not reflect the discussion and she was not sure what the request was so she removed it from the agenda as she did not feel she could adequately explain it to Council. She further indicated she had sent it back to the Committee for verification as she did not know that Ms. DeVine would be at the Council meeting to interpret the motion. Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated Staff could not understand if it was money or land. Ms. DeVine indicated it was not the land or the sidewalks, it was the northwest stub for a trail, whether or not it was between Lot 1 and 2 or Lots 5 and 6 or at all. Council Member Broussard Vickers recommended having the motion read back for clarification ifthere is a long motion to avoid this type of issue in the future. Ms. Stephan indicated she listened to the tape and typed it verbatim but the Committee had a stub where it is not feasible to have a stub. There was confusion among three members DeVine said between Lots 2 and 3, Brian said between Lots 5 and 6 and that is swamp and Lots 2 and 3 is two lots away from the trail. Ms. Stephan indicated the motion did not explain any of the proposals that Mr. Carlson presented and, when Staff looked at the discussion, the motion did not make sense. Ms. Stephan indicated Ms. Moore-Sykes had asked whether the Committee wanted to take park dedication fees in lieu of land as that did not make sense when the Committee is accepting 4.5 acres of land. Staff brought up the sidewalk issue as the Committee made a motion to accept no sidewalks but that cannot be done because it is a collector street and collector streets must have sidewalks. Ms. Stephan indicated she had contacted Ms. DeVine to ask if the Committee wished to reconsider the motion and she said to put it through, so she asked Ms. Moore-Sykes who told her to send it back to the Committee for clarification and that is what she did since Ms. Moore-Sykes is her supervisor. 5. Proposed Police Consolidation Ms. Moore-Sykes reviewed her memo with Council on questions raised after the informational meeting. Council Member Capra commented that she now understands the comments of Mr. Wilharber concerning miles patrolled. Ms. Moore-Sykes indicated that grids would be established and officers assigned to those grids and those decisions would be made by the governing body. Council Member Broussard Vickers indicated her biggest concern is the discussion about reopening hiring for all of the staff and she would prefer to move all staff to the new department and let the natural process of attrition bring them to the numbers they want as Page 13 ofl7