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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 24, 2017 Page 8 Mayor Roe agreed that relevant parts of discussion could be provided in draft form, rather than awaiting a full transcription of non-land use items. City Manager Trudgeon agreed with the goal as a great idea, but also noted the logistics when the Planning Commission at one time each month met two days af- ter the City Council, and suggested in that case staff provide a verbal or written report, perhaps via a quick memorandum or an excerpt of draft minutes. As an advisory commission, Commissioner Bull asked if the commission was providing the City Council with sufficient information or if there were areas it needed to be more diligent with. As a group, Commissioner Bull noted the great variety of perspectives individual commissioners provided, and asked if there was anything different or in addition that would assist the City Council in its decision- making. In reading Planning Commission meeting minutes, Councilmember Etten ex- pressed his appreciation of the many thoughtful questions and different perspec- tives coming out in various ways, addressing many of the questions he might have before he could make a decision. Also, Councilmember Etten assured that even when the City Council chose, in their more technical role as elected officials in the community, to not follow the commission's guidance, the commission was doing nothing wrong on their part. Councilmember Willmus agreed with Councilmember Etten's comments and ap- preciation of commissioner perspectives. Councilmember Willmus also stated that the commission didn't always need a unanimous vote for its recommenda- tions, since individual council members in their view of commission meetings or review of meeting minutes, were looking at the rationale in any dissenting opin- ions from the group, providing for that mix of perspective and review of all areas. Overall, Councilmember Willmus opined that this indicated that the commission was doing a great job that was ultimately beneficial to the community and City Council. Mayor Roe agreed with his colleagues on perspectives and that there was no need for a unanimous vote at all times especially when that dissenting rationale was in- cluded. Mayor Roe opined that all commissioners were doing a good job in ex- pressing their views. Specific to another matter, if individual commissioners had questions, Mayor Roe asked that they make sure those answers were included as part of the meeting dis- cussion, or that the commission feel free to table recommendations until that in- formation was available. Mayor Roe expressed appreciation for the commission allowing for that delay as applicable to obtain additional information from staff or an applicant, resulting in a better product for the community. Even if there are