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City Council Regular Meeting - 02/14/05 Minutes - Page 14 Councilmember Maschka spoke in support of a survey, from a business perspective, as a step in a more global visioning process in 2006; with proper selection of random people to survey and a firm that could meet the community's needs in performing the survey. John KysyIyczyn, 3083 N Victoria Street Mr. Kysylyczyn spoke in opposition to this type of broad survey; expressing preference for a more focused survey (i.e., recycling survey); and provided his own "action plan," based on previous comments expressed by Councilmember Ihlan. 1) Do not take any action on the citizen survey tonight; 2) Spend 2005 reviewing the Communications budget similar to the review of the tax-supported funds in 2005; 3) Address issue of Communications budget's eminent 2007 "bankruptcy;" Finance Director Miller disputed Mr. Kysylyczyn's interpretation of past comments related to reserves in the Communications Budget. Mr. Kysylyczyn continued with his "action plan:" 4) Review Council policy on how cable franchise fee money is spent; 5) Have the Council prioritize how they would like cable franchise fee money spent; 6) After completing Items 1-5, - follow through on priorities in 2006; 7) If survey ranks high enough in 2006, then make sure that only the Council approves questions. This is a policy issue! Councilmember Schroeder addressed Mr. Kysylyczyn's comments related to operating reserves in the Communications Fund and the analysis of the budget by the Council. Al Sands, 2612 AIdine Mr. Sands expressed his deep reservations about any real benefit of a general survey, opining that such a survey was 'fluff' and had no accountability; noting the apparent apathy of citizens in past voting records; and encouraged Council concentration in