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2247) DISCUSS AND PREPARE FOR THE JOINT MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ON 225 MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 226Staff provided history on the joint meetings between the Parks and Recreation Commission and the 227City Council. Typically, the Commission meets annually with the City Council in June or throughout 228the year as topics arise. The last joint meeting with the City Council was October, 2019 with the key 229topic of EAB. The purpose of the joint meetings are to share past work, upcoming work and to seek 230guidance on issues. 231 232The Commission reviewed possible items to include and topics to specifically discuss with the City 233Council. The Pocahontas Park naming discussion and EAB were agreed uponby the Commission as 234specific topics to present to the City Council. 235 236Commissioner Lenhart suggested that Youth Commissioner Kim lead the discussion on the 237Pocahontas Park name as he originally brought up the topic to the Commission and he is a good 238spokesperson for the topic. 239 240Youth Commissioner Kim agreed withCommissioner Lenhart’s suggestion. 241 242 The Commission discussed how to best present the Pocahontas Park name topic and EAB to the City 243 Council. 244 245 Commissioner O’Brien commented that when presenting to the City Council it is most important to 246 come away with an understanding of what the City Council is supporting and thinking. She 247 continued that for EAB the City Council should hopefully be alarmed with what they are seeing/ 248 hearing and after the presentation they hopefully ask for a resolution plan. For the Pocahontas Park 249 name discussion it would be beneficial to have the City Council get a good sense of where the 250 Commission is at in their plan and then find out the City Council’s feelings about the plan and topic. 251 252 The Commission discussed potential City Council responses to the Pocahontas Park naming 253 discussion and potential answers the Commission could use in responding to the City Council’s 254 questions. 255 256 Commissioner O’Brien added that historically the City Council has applauded community 257 engagement efforts and those plans should be emphasized when preparing for the Pocahontas Park 258 naming presentation. 259 260 Chair Hoag suggested Commissioner Baggenstoss assist Youth Commissioner Kim on the 261 Pocahontas Park presentation. 262 263 Staff agreed to create a Power Point for Commissioners to present at the joint meeting. 7