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Attachment B Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 22, 2015 Page 24 when seeking help clearing Buckthorn or building a playground, or serving on a task force or commission. Ms. Erickson opined that it needed to start in the community and not just be a City Hall culture, but a recognition that each neigh- borhood had its own culture as well; and encouraged the City Council and staff to make themselves aware of the flavor of each neighborhood. While not necessari- ly perfect, Ms. Erickson opined that people lived where they did for a reason, but often when speaking to the City Council at a public meeting such as this, it felt like the City Council and staff were light years away from understanding what the neighborhood valued and what they didn't want to lose. Ms. Erickson asked that community engagement not be thought of as "drive-through government" cruising through their neighborhood, but by expending effort to find out who they were. As a result of recent neighborhood issues, Ms. Erickson noted she had found out she lives in a great neighborhood, and asked that the City Council and staff also look beyond the obvious perception of community engagement. Mayor Roe thanked the public for their verbal and written comments throughout this discussion process. Laliberte moved, Willmus seconded, renaming the document to "City Council Priority Plan — 2015-2016," iinishing out this year and tweaking it as needed in 2016; and adopt only two strategic priorities or goals entitled "Housing and Rede- velopment," and "Infrastructure Sustainability." At the request of Mayor Roe, Councilmembers Laliberte and Willmus confirmed that this would retain key outcome indicators as currently written. Councilmember McGehee offered an amendment to incorporate her four goals as previously mentioned. Councilmember Laliberte opined that those would come into the targets and initi- atives yet to be rewritten or refined. Councilmember McGehee noted the public comment reference and upcoming training sponsored by the Human Rights Commission for community training ad- dressing ethics and professional conduct. M�ayor Roe suggested that as an additional item, at the discretion of the body, fol- lowing this discussion. Councilmember McGehee reiterated the importance of ethics as an important part of civic engagement when citizens bring things farward and the City Council's current response is only "thank you." As part of this overall process, Councilmember Etten stated his enjoyment of the robust discussion resulting in the community and among Councilmembers, as