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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 27, 2014 Page 7 Councilmember McGehee requested the addition under "duties and functions" to include their review of any project proposals coming before the City prior to the start of the 60-day official review period, with the purpose of providing a cost- benefit analysis for the activity and benefit to be realized by the community. Councilmember McGehee opined that this was not necessarily all related to fi- nancial considerations, but in an effort to provide a better understanding of the project and become a formal part of the documentation following the project. Specific to membership for this commission, Councilmember McGehee ques- tioned the need for seven versus five members, especially since they were new commissions, and suggested that they may work better with a smaller number of members at their outset. Community Engagement Commission (Chapter 208 —Attachment B) Councilmember McGehee reiterated her comments on the proposed number of members for this initial start up. Regarding the duties and functions (Section 208.04), Councilmember McGehee opined that Item A read more of a mission statement; and while she had no prob- lem with Items B through D, she wasn't sure that the commission's role was to develop policies and processes, but to make recommendations. In Item F, Coun- cilmember McGehee questioned if that commission was intended to serve as a li- aison, when the Fire and Police Departments were already performing that role; and wanted to ensure that they weren't tripping over well-established areas. Re- garding Item G, Councilmember McGehee opined that the commission could ad- vise the City Council on policy matters, but they needed to go through channels rather than coming directly to the City Council, similar to that used by other exist- ing commissions. Regarding Item H, Councilmember McGehee agreed that the commission could identify barriers and problems; however, she opined that it was not their job to remove existing functions (e.g. annual "Night Out" event), with emergency response teams (CERT's) already in place. With Item L, Coun- cilmember McGehee questioned what "encouraging fellowship and relationship building" actually meant. For Item M, Councilmember McGehee spoke in sup- port of including annual training/conferences in budgets; however, she didn't think it needed to be done annually. Specific to Item N, Councilmember McGe- hee spoke in support of engaging the rental population as a much needed effort; and also supported Item 0 for finding opportunities to communicate in a variety of ways and languages, opining that this item needed further expansion. General Comments Councilmember McGehee expressed her interest in a subsequent review by Communications staff on all commissions to provide consistency and commonali- ty in wording and duties in consistent formats. For example, Councilmember McGehee noted that not all commissions had a Vice Chair role, which she consid- ered preferable.