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Attachment B Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 22, 2015 Page 25 well as tonight's discussion. However, Councilmember Etten opined that he was still not ready to let go of the third piece of the document; and therefore offered a friendly amendment to include a strategic priority for "cultural change" and how best to communicate and provide information as a City. Etten moved, Roe seconded, an amendment to include a third category entitled "Community Outreach/Communication," and including process discussion from the current "Effective Governance" priority for process transparency and other in- dicators (KOI's) involving participation of other areas from the current "Civic Engagement" category; and those areas that fall into the CEC realm for further re- finement. To clarify the amendment, Mayor Roe reworded it as intended to add a third pri- ority entitled, "Community Outreach/Communication," incorporating the process transparency KOI category from "Effective Governance," and participation by underrepresented populations KOI category as part of "Civic Engagement" at a minimum. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her interest in working more closely with cit- izen advisory commissions on guiding principles to use in working on priorities, not as a checklist but guiding those things not being tasked to advisory commis- sions. Councilmember McGehee spoke in opposition to the amendment, agreeing with Councilmember Laliberte that the original motion presented a mare manageable and cleaner approach, while still allowing inclusion of those other items as ad- dressed by Councilmember Laliberte. Councilmember McGehee expressed her preference for a clean, comprehensive document. Councilmember Etten stated his rationale for including the amendment was based on the reasons outlined by Councilmember McGehee; opining that it included in the document it allowed for regular updates and tracking versus a checklist. Councilmember Willmus stated his concern was even in providing charges to citi- zen advisory commissions, as a body the CEC incorporated a good group of peo- ple that he would like to allow an opportunity to take this document and see what they returned with versus the City Council now establishing its own KOI and tar- gets. Councilmember Willmus suggested allowing the CEC to bring it back; and therefore would not support the friendly amendment at this time; concurring with the two items in the original motion as moved by Councilmembers Laliberte and McGehee, and including the four goals stated by Councilmember McGehee and embedded in each goal. Mayor Roe spoke in support of the amendment, stating that the priority of this City Council is to improve communications through the process of transparency,