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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 22, 2015 Page 20 Councilmember Etten agreed that individuals could work on respectful interaction on their own,but opined that things were in a better spot than in the past. Councilmember Etten suggested moving the community survey into the Organi- zational Effectiveness priority. Regarding resolving items as introduced, Councilmember Etten agreed that sometimes items may need deferral to receive additional information or for a rec- ommendation or clarification from a citizen advisory commission, but suggested that simply could involve providing additional information in packet materials for follow-through. Councilmember Etten supported retaining the process transparency KOI as being vitally important. Councilmember Etten recognized his appreciation of Councilmember Laliberte's idea to work with boards and staff assigned to those boards by providing clear di- rection allowing them to be more productive and positively engaged. Coun- cilmember Etten opined that this was a good goal to retain, as he had heard com- ments from a number of advisory commissions that the City Council had not helped as much as they could have. Under a new document title of"City Council Priority Plan — 2015/2016," Coun- cilmember Etten suggested revising the goals to focus on just a few things that would end before a new City Council is seated and as follows: 1) Housing and Redevelopment; 2) Community Outreach/Communication(formerly civic engagement); 3) Infrastructure Sustainability; and 4) Effective Governance/Organizational Effectiveness Councilmember Willmus Councilmember Willmus thanked Councilmember Laliberte for providing her perspective; and offered his agreement with much that she had stated and the in- put from Councilmember McGehee. While appreciating the ranking or prioritiza- tion suggested by Councilmember Etten, Councilmember Willmus was unable to fully support that, and agreed that "Effective Governance" and "Organizational Effectiveness" could fall off. In reviewing strategic priorities and tasking citizen advisory commissions, Coun- cilmember Willmus opined that civic engagement specifically could fall within the role of the CEC. When starting this process, Councilmember Willmus noted his understanding that this would identify several areas of focus for the City Council over the next two years.