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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 14,2014 Page 17 Member Grefenberg opined that he didn't find it traumatic to delay action for one month for the CEC to meet with staff to review this; and expressed his interest in continuing this discussion with staff and state what was desired from the architec- ture. From his perspective, Member Grefenberg opined that what the site looked like was not of the greatest importance, but the need for the CEC to be listened to and be allowed to meet with staff, opining that this was his perception of what the City Council initiated the CEC for in the first place. Member Gardella stated that as long as she knew the opportunity for input and changes were available within the updated website structure, she was fine with the staff recommendations and process to proceed at this point. Recognizing that the CEC only met monthly, Member Gardella opined that a one month delay would not allow them to address the situation, and suggested that the CEC needed more time. If the RFP may be open again in the future if needed, Member Gardella opined that if the CivicPlus site was not working, and changes not working, she was fine moving forward with that potential for change available if and when needed. Member Mueller concurred with the comments of Member Gardena; and based on Mr. Bowman's comments, the vehicle was available to get to the goal and pro- vide input later. Member Becker, based on his experience and career designing websites, opined that when he reviewed proposals such as this one, he looked for "gotcha's". Member Becker opined that, when going with a contract management platform such as this, you were essentially locked in; and he had concerns about that, and continued to have many open questions, whether they were deal breakers or not. From his perspective, Member Becker opined that CivicPlus seemed inexpensive, and questioned if their initial proposal would require additional add-ons and addi- tional money to accomplish them. One example used by Member Becker was whether consulting costs would apply from CivicPlus if and when a third party in- tegration occurred and two-way dialogue needed. Member Becker advised that there were too many unknowns to him at this time; and many layers (e.g. mobile applications and GPS integration) that may all be additional things supported by the CEC, but not necessarily available from this simple redesign and relook of the current website; getting to the entire issue of parity. Member Becker encouraged the City Council to seriously think about that, and any potential design fee or an- nual fee from CivicPlus. Member Manke expressed her interest in receiving answers to those questions at this point versus waiting for those answers later and finding that the money could have been better spent.