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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 8, 2016 Page 28 news as well as the additional staff time that would require. Mayor Roe agreed with the seed money concept for NA mailing leaving it up to them how they used it. Related to the notification process, similar to that used for land use issues, Mayor Roe noted this brought up the question of who provided the mailing list, suggesting that may be a service the city could provide, to determine what made the most sense versus an unlimited mailing. Mayor Roe agreed with the one-time only NA creation mailing. Additional discussion and clarification included the initial mailing would be for a newly-forming NA to solicit for their membership in establishing as a group; clar- ification of the results of a mailing and what constitutes a NA by reporting the number to the city, without identifying members, just a head count; and prefer- ence for NAs to maintain communication with the city with updated meeting minutes or notes and a current tally of their membership on an annual basis. Councilmember Laliberte noted her struggle in how to define members of a NA; while applauding NAs that strengthened their membership among themselves and funded their activities, opining that was the best case scenario from her perspec- tive. Councilmember McGehee agreed with Councilmember Laliberte, noting an ex- ample with the fence issue earlier this year, with a cohesive group coming togeth- er around a project, and continuing to get together around other projects and posi- tive things and without an established boundary. Councilmember McGehee opined that certain personalities could make this idea problematic, and further opined how much nicer it was to have neighbors arrive spontaneously, and re- ceive any additional information they requested from the city without the more formal aspects being suggested. Councilmember Etten clarified that he didn't have a perception that city recogni- tion would give a group some special powers; and suggested Councilmember McGehee was over-representing who NAs represented. Councilmember Etten further clarified that the goal was not to empower anyone, but to bring people to- gether to communicate and provide a vehicle far them to do so, such as a NA. Councilmember Etten noted this was not guaranteeing people extra control over the city or their neighbors. Councilmember McGehee opined that the Night to Unite event, block captains, and the NextDoor.com program provided significant and sufficient outreach. City Manager Trudgeon noted this is all predicated on fostering NAs so they could foster community and civic engagement. Mr. Trudgeon noted there was a lot of information in this report, and clarified that there was no suggestion that everything be implemented all at once. Mr. Trudgeon suggested starting with basic resources and a tool kit for NA self-organization and offering the support