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City Council Strategic Planning Meeting Monday,January 30,2012 Page 13 provisions were currently available in State Statute and City Code that could bring those properties into compliance. In response, Mr. Trudgeon advised that here were some tools on a state level that could be utilized, noting that current HRA discussions would percolate up to the City Council level in the near future; some of those tools previously available but not used in the past. However, Mr. Trudgeon noted that staff and the HRA were starting to hone in on some of the inadequacies, ambiguities, and inconsistencies in City Code, found through ongoing discussions among the Police, Fire and Community Development Departments as well as the HRA and the need to refine and revise those codes to be able to leverage properties. Councilmember Johnson noted that this was also on last year's radar, and spoke in full support of those efforts. b. Councilmember Willmus (Attachment Item 9.b,dated January 30,2012) Councilmember Willmus stated that he wasn't sure he wanted to reflect on goals based on the three categories outlined by Councilmember Pust: control, impact, and resources. Based on his written submission, Councilmember Willmus noted, with the local option sales tax as an example, he wasn't sure that the goal should be set aside just because the City didn't have complete control over it; since he was the City Council's job to find or reallocate resources to accomplish goals and priorities. Related to the issue of control, Councilmember Pust questioned if Councilmem- ber Willmus agreed with City Manager Malinen for that specific goal (local op- tion sales tax) that the City didn't have the same level of control, and what his definition of"control,"would be. Councilmember Willmus opined that the City did, otherwise they wouldn't lobby the community or legislators; and further opined that the City had a higher level of control. Councilmember Pust asked for Councilmember Willmus' highest priorities from his list. Councilmember Willmus noted his written submission, specifically noting his goal of re-evaluating the City's "" "nuisance" codes and the level of detail intend- ed in some of those code provisions. From a process perspective, Councilmember Willmus noted his goal for resuming Council work sessions to allow more efficiencies among the City Council and staff and their interactions, rather than formal presentations at a business meeting, and allowing for more detail before making decisions.