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Regular City Council Meeting Minutes of Monday, April 09,2007 Page 10 for the City Council to utilize when meeting with individual organiza- tions, civic or school bodies. Councilmember Pust further opined that while recognizing the need for staff's 90-day review timeframe, she preferred that items requiring less detailed analysis or having less fiscal impact, would be brought to the City Council before that allotted time, rather than waiting for the entire package to be presented; thus allowing more immediate City Council follow-up and citizen awareness that the process was ongo- Ing. Councilmember Roe opined that it made sense for the City Council to get their hands around sections, and have ongoing discussions, as well as more detailed discussions on certain areas after the 90-day time- frame; it was also imperative to get the Advisory Commissions in- volved in the process immediately. Further discussion ensued regarding the value of waiting for the entire 90-days for a systematic approach, or reviewing items in smaller pieces; and the need to keep citizens involved in the implementation process. Councilmember Ihlan was amenable to the 90-day approach; however noted that individual Councilmembers may have their own goals and priorities as the 2008 Budget process approached, and may need to do their own goal setting and priorities individually, while staff is doing their review; to allow all entities to be ready to discuss policy direc- tions the public advocated for implementation. Councilmember Pust opined that, with the visioning process repre- senting such an important investlnent of citizen time and resources, perhaps a standing item should be included on each Council agenda for ongoing updates and as another way to keep the item before citi- zens and hold the City Council accountable for moving goals forward. Further discussion included periodic review of the City Council and staff of broad goals and objectives to allow staff to identify particular steps and areas of interest, while recognizing changing technologies; how to provide staff of individual and corporate Councilmember fo- cus of the visioning with other City Council priorities and projects;