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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 11, 2015 Page 33 adoption of the strategic plan. City Manager Trudgeon noted previous discus- sions for involvement of advisory commissions at some point in the future, but not for adopting the underlying strategic priorities developed by the City Council at their Retreat. Mayor Roe clarified that the intent was for involvement of advisory commissions as things proceeded, but focus discussion and approval on the Strategic Priorities and KOI's themselves; and revise the draft document to identify staff's proposed strategic initiatives as "Preliminary Strategic Initiatives." Mayor Roe opined that this should make it easy to receive feedback from anyone on those first two col- umns for Strategic Priorities and Key Outcome Indicators (KOI's). Councilmember McGehee suggested that tomorrow, every advisory commission chairperson send a link with this document and any other applicable information provided in tonight's agenda packet, for circulation to their members,but not nec- essarily for feedback. Councilmember McGehee further suggested providing the information on the City's front page website. Mayor Roe concurred; however, corrected the process for disseminating that in- formation to advisory commissions through staff, not by chairpersons; and sug- gested instructions for them to provide their feedback on or before June 8 and an- ticipated adoption by the City Council. Mayor Roe noted this would allow them to determine if they wanted to provide any feedback. City Manager Trudgeon opined that a lot of context needed to be given beyond just the document itself; opining that it would lead to discussion at those advisory commission meetings that staff would need to address. Mayor Roe opined that the context could be obtained by commissioners or the public through their own review of the retreat materials and meeting videos at their option. City Manager Trudgeon responded that it could be provided with substantial staff time. City Manager Trudgeon apologized for his continued attempts to get clear direction. However, Mr. Trudgeon noted that, while the strategic plan summary was in writing, it still needed some context, and if the intent and direction was for staff to be responsive to advisory commissions, the strategic plan should be an agenda item for their meetings. Mayor Roe clarified that the intent was for advisory commissions, just like for any other member of the public, have this information and be given the opportuni- ty as individuals to respond with their feedback, and provided the dates for those opportunities. Mayor Roe further clarified that it was not intended as an advisory commission agenda item, but intended for the awareness of commissions and the opportunities available for their personal feedback.