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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 09,2012 Page 13 City Manager Malinen opined that while more heads at the table with staff to connect them with Councilmembers, he was confident that staff was prepared to complete the process and bring a document forward for the City Council to adopt as their official policy. Mr. Miller concurred, noting the need to complete production of the text; and an- ticipated staff would have something ready for City Council action in May. Mayor Roe suggested that any interested Councilmembers could work with staff off-line between now and then to provide additional input. Mr. Miller advised that it was staffs intent to identify the major steps in the cycle and their sequential order; however, he clarified that those were not the only steps, and that other interim steps would be needed in between those major steps. In terms of public input, Mayor Roe suggested ongoing citizen feedback through seeking their response to interactions with City government, similar to that done for participants in the recreation program. Mayor Roe suggested that, either via a questionnaire or through a website-based program, that input be sought regularly in addition to the input from a community survey; and thus providing a direct poll of their experience from a performance measurement that would be of great value for tracking purposes. Councilmember Willmus concurred; and suggested expanding the Parks and Rec- reation Department information process to other city-wide departments. Mayor Roe thanked staff and expressed his interest in the documents to be pre- sented by staff in May; and reminded individual Councilmembers to provide feedback in the interim to Finance Director Miller. 14. City Manager Future Agenda Review City Manager Malinen reviewed upcoming agenda items. 15. Councilmember-Initiated Items for Future Meetings None. Closed Executive Session City Attorney Charlie Bartholdi provided a background on the city-initiated condemnation action in May of 2009 against Xtra lease, et al on property located within the Twin Lakes Redevelop- ment Area; with the court granted the city's petition in July of 2009 and appointed commission- ers to determine the property value. During that time, City Attorney Bartholdi advised that the other party filed an inverse condemnation counter-claim, seeking that the city's cost allocation and overlay ordinance be declared invalid. City Attorney Bartholdi advised that a judge's deci- sion had recently been rendered.