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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 19, 2015 Page 14 Mayor Roe welcomed a young gentleman froin Boy Scout Troop 231 in the audience tonight worlcing on his Citizenship Badge; and invited hiin to introduce hiinself. 14. Business Items (Action Items) a. Discussion of 2015 — 2017 Policy Priority Planning Document While this item is listed under "action items," Mayor Roe clarified that it was in- tended for discussion tonight; and introduced the topic and discussions held to- date. At the request of Mayor Roe, and as detailed in the RCA dated October 19, 2015, City Manager Trudgeon aslced that the first discussion be specifically address the "Infrastn�cture Sustainability" strategic priority followed by the "Housing and Redevelopment" priority as previously identified by the City Council. Mr. Tri.idgeon advised that staff was available at the City Council's discretion for re- sponding to questions or addressing anything during their discussion; and offered to share information related to the housing and redevelopment priority learned by staff earlier today and since previous discussions. Infrastructure Sustainabilitv To initiate discussion, Mayor Roe noted previous discussions among Coun- cilmembers on the actual titles and how to organize the inatrix going forward, seeking individual City Council input. Councihneinber Laliberte opined that the second column heading for "Key Out- come Indicators (KOI)" was not appropriate for the content of the categories listed. Councilmember McGehee stated she didn't have a particular problem in identify- ing iteins under this priority, opining that both categories under KOI were im- portant going forward and she felt were representative of what the City Council was asking staff to bring forward as additional information specific to each. Councilmeinber Laliberte questioned if and why staff was working on those cate- gories rather than the City Council's advisory commissions. Councilmeinber McGehee clarified it should be staff, and any additional help they wanted from advisory commissions. However, in deciding across-the-board asset categories, Councilmeinber McGehee adinitted she couldn't thinlc of a particular commission to whom that belonged. Regarding the infrastructure plan and fund- ing strategy targets, Councilmember McGehee stated her confidence in staff worlcing on funding ideas to malce things more sustainable, after which input could be sought from the Finance Commission or other applicable advisory com- missions after staff brought items forward to the City Council for ranking purpos-