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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 11, 2015 Page 25 open to the process dictated by the City Council, but also cautioned that by bring- ing more people into the loop at this point, it would create a much larger need for context. While recognizing the benefit of tonight's discussion, Councilmember Willmus questioned how to bring Councilmember Laliberte into that discussion prior to taking formal action. In fairness to that desire, City Manager Trudgeon suggested perhaps another dis- cussion on June 8, perhaps a summary plan not fully ratified would suffice for the HRA's joint meeting with the City Council on June 15, provided the City Council was comfortable with the housing and redevelopment aspect and any other priori- ties involving the HRA directly that would serve to facilitate that conversation. Councilmember Etten agreed with City Manager Trudgeon that this document in- volved a lot of work for the City Council, and there would be many additional op- portunities for staff to involve the community and/or advisory commissions. Councilmember Etten also recognized that 2015 was half over before this docu- ment was going to be adopted, and therefore, he expressed his support for a final touch on June 8, followed by formal action at the next meeting to move it for- ward. Councilmember Etten also noted that this was a living document and should be flexible enough to allow revisions based on the six month updates — or quarterly if applicable — but would still allow those changes and the process to move forward sooner rather than later. Based on his perception of discussions to-date, Mayor Roe stated he considered these strategic priorities as the focus indicated by the City Council for the next few years, in addition to other items that are standard operating or special circum- stance issues. Therefore, Mayor Roe opined he didn't see a need at this time to seek agreement from advisory commissions with the Strategic Plan Summary, but instead to make sure they have an opportunity to engage and provide additional suggestions to the mix, with this document serving as a starting point. Based on that general under- standing apparently shared by the body, Mayor Roe suggested coming back to the June 8 meeting to incorporate Councilmember Laliberte's feedback with staff providing this original draft document, and a revised red-lined copy as well incor- porating tonight's discussion; with final adoption slated for adoption on June 15. Mayor Roe further clarified that future joint meetings of advisory commissions and through their feedback to staff liaisons, they would be plugged into the pro- cess, starting with the first joint meeting with the HRA, and provide additional in- put to the revised strategic initiatives. However, Mayor Roe supported going ahead with further discussion on June 8 and adoption on June 15.