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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 8, 2016 Page 31 Regarding the points outlined in the report, Ms. Sanders questioned why the City Council would even consider accepting it, other than simply receiving the report and reviewing it. Ms. Sanders asked that they not consider action now, opining the city already had too much going on already and suggested reacting to the re- port at a later date, and including public participation in that discussion. Of those working on the Task Force, Ms. Sanders noted after many hours sacrificed to con- sider NAs, none of them supported this or were asking for it to become cit policy. While the report may have some good points, Ms. Sanders opined they were not necessary, even though she wrote some of them. Ms. Sanders stated she had a problem with people without experience encourag- ing the City Council to make policy. Regarding membership and vetting, Ms. Sanders addressed one group of residents seeking to be grandfathered in without any bylaws and holding no meetings to- date. Ms. Sanders asked that the City Council take their time with vetting, and determine whether or not representation was in the actual area, opining otherwise messy things could happen down the road, when things should be done prudently and done right. Ms. Sanders noted there were advantages for the city to help NAs advertise and with possible funding, but noted her NA did that on its own anyway, and refer- enced the Rice Street Gardens and Community Conversations as two examples of their efforts. Ms. Sanders noted their NA and those efforts were more resident- led initiatives and they could even do more. Ms. Sanders offered her availability in the future to assist the City Council and bring in those with experience in creating and running real associations — block clubs that were a building block for associations form an organic foundation. Ms. Sanders asked that the City Council wait until enough people want this and then do it right. Peggy Verkuilen, 1123 Sextant Avenue W Ms. Verkuilen expressed concern in attempting to draw boundaries, recommend- ing if doing so, their borders needed to touch. While recognizing the need far rules of order for meetings, Ms. Verkuilen noted the difficulty with bylaws. Ms. Verkuilen noted the whole object was to get information out, and opined that was what should be included, and with the right person heading up the job it could be done. Ms. Verkuilen noted her lack of support with mailings, opining the best thing was person to person contact and handing things to neighbors. With that personal con- tact and interest expressed, Ms. Verkuilen noted it allowed for ways to provide