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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 34 Councilmember Etten suggested sitting down with the HRC and review their charge and that of the CEC as part of the anticipated recommendations from the HRC as previously noted, and before meeting with the CEC to allow the City Council to have that discussion among themselves to find clarity and ideas with- out crisscrossing that process and ramifications to each commission. To be fair to the CEC, Mayor Roe suggested asking the CEC to also review their scope or function, as previously directed to the HRC, to allow the City Council to take that into consideration during their discussions as well. Councilmember Laliberte agreed to have both the HRC and CEC review their re- spective enabling ordinances, sooner rather than later, and to plan on more fre- quent check-ins with the CEC rather than only once or twice annually. Without objection, Mayor Roe asked staff to include the CEC along with the HRC directive in charging them to look at their scope and functions and to provide their feedback to the City Council. Ciry Manager Trudgeon duly noted that revised directive. As part of this broader review, Councilmember Willmus asked that City Manager Trudgeon also consult with commission staff liaisons as assigned and provide feedback on whether those positions were good fits, and a sense �rom staff on their level of commitment. Councilmember Willmus opined that aspect could have great impact on the success of an advisory commission. e. Consider Purchase of Transit Shelters Written comment was provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof, via ernail dated November 25, 2015 frorrc Roger Hess, Jr., 1911 Rice Street, generally in opposition to expend taa�payer dollars of any amount over $1.00 each for purchase of the bus shelters. Public Works Director Marc Culver initiated discussion of the current transit shel- ter franchise expiration at the end of 2015; and provided a presentation to detail those aspects, and substantially included in the RCA dated November 30, 2015. As recommended by the Public Works, Environment and Transportation Com- mission (PWETC), by unanimous vote at their November 24, 2015 meeting, rec- ommended to the City Council that the City not purchase the shelters; that they autharize staff to examine the potential removal and related costs of the concrete pads at a future date; that staff be authorized to consult with the firm(s) having the bus bench franchise for their interest in movement or replacement of those bench- es near or on those pads; and that staff be directed to make site-specific recom- mendations on those sites they feel should be maintained as concrete slabs ot nat- ural restoration.