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Roseville City Council Meeting Minutes Special Meeting of February 10, 2007 Page 3 of 10 Councilmember Pust suggested Councilmembers make every effort to reduce as much paper as possible to facilitate responsible environmental conservation. Councilmember Kough arrived at this time; and Mayor Klausing briefly sumn1a- rized discussion to-date and the next discussion of proposed Rule 4 from City Manager Malinen's memorandum. Discussion ensued regarding proposed Rule 1 entitled "Timing of Council Packet Formation and Delivery," and Rule 3 entitled "City Council-Requested Items and Location on Agendas." Discussion included the goal as well as the reality of al- lowing 10 days advance notice for an item appearing on the agenda; location of those items on the agenda; whether items should be limited to Work Sessions; waiting period for discussion of items of interest to individual Councilmembers; and First An1endment rights and representative government concerns in limiting individual Councilmembers' ability to bring forth items. Councilmembers, by consensus, agreed that receiving DRAFT agendas in elec- tronic format rather than paper would be sufficient for information and would avoid confusion with the FINAL agenda in paper format. Councilmember Ihlan supported using Rule 3 as a guideline in bringing items to Work Sessions, but would not support the provision that items could be placed on a Council agenda at the request of at least two Councilmembers, and not by indi- vidual request. Councilmember Kough concurred. Mayor Klausing opined that he interpreted the provision as a response to previous concerns voiced by Councilmember Ihlan regarding pursuing items and balancing the rights of individual Councilmembers while allowing the body to manage their meeting agendas. Councilmember Pust opined that in accordance with current rules there was no vot- ing at the Work Session and even if a minority wanted to have an issue voted on, if new items were considered only at a Work Session a vote was prevented on that topic with no representative option for a vote up or down.