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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 23, 2017 Page 10 Mayor Roe concluded that the one message heard tonight was the need for priori- tization; and also suggested that since it was the consensus that this action plan was very ambitious suggested that it be adopted to a two-year plan with specific focus on year one and year two, including the potential to move "parking lot items" during that timeframe as well. Based on tonight's feedback, Mayor Roe suggested that the HRIEC put less emphasis on issue monitoring and commission engagement, but to provide more support for idea-sharing and cooperative efforts. Mayor Roe clarified that it was not the intent of the City Council for the HRIEC to draft the welcome packet or facilitate or staff a Town Hall/Open House, but to simply advise on what the city should undertake. Specific to Councilmember McGehee's last comment about many groups in- volved in many things within the city, Mayor Roe suggested that the HRIEC needed to review what the city needed to be involved in or partnering with to fo- cus on the most important elements, through the HRIEC's determination of crite- ria and making recommendations accordingly. Mayor Roe asked that the HRIEC consult the Uniform Commission Code throughout the process, seeking City Council approval as outlined. Mayor Roe suggested that, based on tonight's feedback from the City Council, the HRIEC take the draft action plan back and develop a final updated action plan to present to the City Council for their review and approval. In conclusion, Councilmember Laliberte reported that council members and staff had learned from other entities (e.g. LMC, Metro Cities, etc.) that there is a"spec- trum of participation," and suggested that the HRIEC should review that concept; suggesting that the HRIEC inform the City Council of ways that they and/or staff could get better information to the HRIEC of how staff could identify points or projects for residents to be aware of where a project was at in the process. Coun- cilmember Laliberte opined that this was part of the learning or educational pro- cess for residents, staff and the City Council to involve residents and other stake- holders on the decision-making process to avoid frustration or lack of knowledge about a project concerning them. Councilmember Laliberte asked that the HRIEC find a way to attain that deeper engagement early-on in the process for decisions before the City Council. Referencing the enabling ordinance (Attachment B) for the HRIEC, Coun- cilmember Etten noted .their charge to look at and make recommendations about the bigger engagement picture, such as improvements made to the land use notifi- cation process and open house by developers, to determine if there were other or better ways to improve that communication effort. Councilmember Willmus concurred with Councilmember Etten's comments. Mayor Roe welcomed comment from the HRIEC related to tonight's feedback.