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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 11,2015 Page 15 Mayor Roe clarified that all of the strategic priorities, KOI's and targets had been developed from joint discussions by the City Council and staff at the Retreat and were not just staff observations, but involved all participants in that conversation. City Manager Trudgeon sought to clarify that staff was not intending to com- municate that they were making any attempt to force decisions, but for those ac- tions needing more discourse and discussion, staff recognized delays were neces- sary versus those that allowed for immediate decision-making by the City Council without the need for further consideration. As an example, Councilmember Etten noted the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area discussion that involved complex and important decisions, but got delayed by a variety of issues. Councilmember Etten opined that this, in part, also involved the need for maintaining respectful dialogue rather than people using their positions to make personal points, whether to each other, staff or commission members. Councilmember Etten opined that this was the part for him that came off poorly as a result of such dialogue that put people in poor positions. Councilmember McGehee noted the positive steps staff has been taking with those complex issues in breaking them into more manageable chunks versus the City Council attempting to address the broader picture involving too many mov- ing parts; opining that was a big improvement. With a municipal election held every two years that may influence how a position or issue is approached, Mayor Roe noted some things are entirely out of staff or the public's control, a reality that needed to be acknowledged as part of this dis- cussion. However, Mayor Roe agreed that it was up to each Councilmember and the corporate body to manage things to get the business of the city accomplished. Mayor Roe reiterated the comments of City Manager Trudgeon that this was the first look at this draft summary, and would include public feedback prior to ap- proval. Civic Engagement Staff assigned: Police Chief Rick Mathwig, Assistant Parks Director Jill An- fang, City Planner Thomas Paschke Chief Mathwig provided an overview of the proposed strategic initiatives. Specific to the initiative to "establish community-oriented outreach program," City Manager Trudgeon identified an awareness of three new segments of the community, with others were yet to be determined. Mr. Trudgeon noted that fur- ther work would involve plugging this initiative with the Community Engagement Commission's (CEC) Neighborhood Group Task Force and Renter's Notification Task Force. Since this was still a work-in-progress, Mr. Trudgeon advised that this was only a portion of segments needing focus and identifying other groups