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Attachment B Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 22, 2015 Page 23 Specific to housing and redevelopment priorities, Councilmember Laliberte noted the many entities warking on those items, including the Planning Commission, HRA, Community Development Department and CEC. Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of retaining the priority for infrastruc- ture sustainability. Councilmember McGehee asked that her four overarching focus areas be incorpo- rated into each and every goal as finalized, and including: educational outreach, transparency, formulation of policy, and process. Public Comment Lisa McCormick, 2950 Wheeler Street North Ms. McCormick expressed appreciation for the thoughtful contributions provided by Councilmember Laliberte as well as the points brought out by individual coun- cil members tonight. Under effective governance, Ms. McCormick expressed her total agreement, not- ing culture references by several Councilmembers. As a member of the commu- nity, Ms. McCormick expressed her frustration at times to fully understand com- munity and civic engagement, opining that sometimes they appeared to be at odds. Without going into too much detail, Ms. McCormick referenced a personal inci- dent this week causing her to pause and consider the current Ethics Code, and lack of inention in the Mission Statement about a code of professional conduct. Ms. McCormick opined that this involved not only involved interpersonal interac- tion between Councilmembers, boards and citizen advisary commissions, but also should include those parties and their interaction with the public. Ms. McCor- mick opined that it was important to her to be assured as a citizen if she interacts with a board member or commissioner, she would receive courteous treatment. While appreciating the transparency efforts, and in her personal review of staff reports and staff presentations, Ms. McCormick noted the need to provide a re- view of financial implications as part of that information, especially impacts to in- frastructure and CIP, both important aspects. Ms. McCormick expressed appreciation for tonight's discussion, opining things were moving in the right direction. However, regarding accountability being ad- dressed at the next election as suggested by Councilmember Laliberte, Ms. McCormick stated she would prefer not to wait until them and as with conduct, people be held accountable as part of being challenged to be better. Kathleen Erickson, 1790 Centennial Drive Ms. Erickson expressed concern, specific to community engagement efforts, that often it seems like the only time the City was interested in that involvement was