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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 13,2015 Page 12 goal or purpose in mind. Mayor Roe opined that the City Council needed to commit to and adopt those core public participation values early in the process. Other discussion topics by Mayor Roe and Councilmember Laliberte included be- ing aware of gaps or people perceptions in engagement; being aware of and open to stakeholders from a broader perspective; connections and involvement; and be- ing open to any opportunities to engage peoples in a valuable way to achieve the best possible outcome. Additional considerations included measuring results to determine if the outcome satisfied people or if they felt they influenced the deci- sion-making; and defining which engagement tools worked well and which did not for evaluation and future reference. Councilmember Laliberte again referenced comments by CEC Commissioner Gardella regarding tracking priorities beyond outreach; and as information comes forward, the need to acknowledge it, express appreciation, and show how that in- formation was used; opining that was a piece needing work by the City Council. Councilmember Laliberte further opined that there was no system or process in place for that, or a habitual routine for the City Council and/or advisory commis- sions to use and upon which to focus, as well as at the staff level. Councilmember Laliberte noted the need for that incoming information to be reciprocal. Coun- cilmember Laliberte clarified that the public participation piece was specific to the City's civic engagement portion, and how it worked with the community to make decision; with the community engagement piece much broader, and not within the City's control. Mayor Roe referred to the CEC to make a recommendation to the City Council on principles of local government public engagement specific to the commitment to core participation values for City Council policy. Mayor Roe then referenced the ICMA checklist/survey for assessing the organiza- tion and determining where improvement was needed. Mayor Roe suggested the CEC have a role in working with staff, commissions and the City Council in per- forming that assessment; beyond the overall assessments of the organization and those related to specific departments and inventorying what was being done and what needed to be done. Councilmember Laliberte noted anytime you performed an assessment you were essentially performing an inventory of available tools, or by creating a task force or commission, that tool box continued to grow; but this identified a formal step to use in assessing itself and the organization, and identify gaps and opportunities that were the greatest, the quickest, and having the most impact. Mayor Roe noted the philosophy of engagement was basically to identify what you wanted out of the engagement and expectations of the people implementing the engagement process and those participating in it. Mayor Roe noted part of