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City Council Study Session - 07/17/06 Minutes - Page 6 water quality; the role of the Watershed District; and volunteering monitoring of water quality. Commissioner Neprash, in conjunction with water quality issues, discussed the area of pesticide application and notification to neighbors around properties where they're being applied; signage and notification methods; complications in state law pre-empting local control, while leaving room for some local control; and questions recently sent to the City Attorney by the PWETC pending the commission's discussion of different approaches, most likely through City Ordinance, for eventual presentation to the City Council for their consideration. Councilmember Ihlan expressed interest in following up on the pesticide and herbicide issue; water quality as a project for research; and how governmental agencies interact in various areas and how best to navigate the various levels of government related to water quality. Upon Councilmember Kough's mention of the city-wide problem of geese, Chair Wilke reiterated his frustration that the PWETC was not utilized by the City Council to address citizen concerns regarding issues, but rather those issues took Council time from other policy items needing action. How can the PWETC communicate more effectively with the Council? Mayor Klausing encouraged the PWETC to alert the City Council, through staff, of items needing to be on the Council's agenda for presentation by the PWETC and to allow the City Council to determine whether to pursue those issues or to direct to staff for further study and research; or to refer them back to the PWETC. Is there a role for the PWETC in the Council goal to be more proactive in regional and state transportation discussions? What other goals do you have for the PWETC? Chair Wilke encouraged the City Council to make more use of the PWETC; ongoing discussions at the PWETC-level of the Transportation Model process; their probable review of the proposals, as well as staff's analysis, for recommendation to the City Council; and the past work of the PWETC regarding the TranStop Bus Shelters.