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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 24, 2017 Page 10 ing with the interest of the commission in discovering how they wanted to work. However, Mayor Roe noted that this had resulted in the commission actually re- quiring more distinct guidance as to what the City Council was looking for, rather than avoiding micro-management by the City Council. Mayor Roe noted that the errors on both sides had been recognized to avoid duplicating them with a com- bined commission going forward, thus the early language in the ordinance (why the commission was being established—lines 17 and 24). Mayor Roe noted that more purpose language was provided (line 30) specific to the commission, with three areas outlined: evaluation, advising, and engagement; with specifics laid out for each category. Councilmember Laliberte referenced Attachment B in providing background on how the City Council made a decision and guided work of the Task Force. When reviewing language for this new city code, Councilmember Laliberte advised that the Task Force had considered work plan items for both the HRC and CEC— cur- rent and proposed — across the board elimination of none of the items on current work lists. Councilmember Laliberte noted that there appeared to be some mis- communication that the work of a specific commission was going away; however she sought to correct those misconceptions. Councilmember Laliberte clarified that city code (ordinance) didn't typically spell out actual work of a commission in detail, but noted those work plans were typically submitted annually or more often by the commissions when brought to the City Council during periodic joint meetings. Councilmember Laliberte further clarified that the combination of these two existing commissions should not be perceived as a negative for either commission, but a positive to expound on their collaborative efforts for the over- all good o the community. For tonight's discussion, Mayor Roe suggested two phases: first for City Council deliberation on the code language and any further revision based on that feedback; followed by a discussion on the actual name of the combined commission going forward. Mayor Roe suggested council member questions first, followed by pub- lic comment. Councilmember McGehee questioned the new "preamble" in the ordinance, sug- gesting it be struck, opining that it didn't come from either of the previous com- missions causing her to question if it really belonged outside the Unified Com- mission Code. With presentation of this proposed ordinance in this unique and different format, Councilmember McGehee questioned the need beyond Section 205.02 for consistency. In response to Councilmember McGehee about this format, Councilmember Laliberte stated that no one on the Task Force felt they were departing from pre- vious format, but based on one-on-one interviews with commissioners and the un- fortunate past false start for the CEC, the intent was to make sure things were