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to d1e council, they will have sufficient time to gather that information and,l��ore importantly, get it in the council pacl�et for the council and the public. It will also allow cou�ic�l members to request any ir��o��r�ation that they might think is relevant to a consideration of the agenda iten�c. Third, it will enable to council to better control their workload. If there is no interest on the part of the council in pursuing a particular agenda item, members can indicate so at the proceeding meeting. If council members have an issue that they think is important, it is generally preferable that the issue receives a ftill airing before the council. Nonetheless, there may well be particular issues that are of ilo interest to anyone but the individual council member. In those cases the council as a body ca1� indicate its desire not to consider a particular issue and vote to remove the item from the agenda. Finally, this procedure preserves the right of individual council members to place issues before the council and the public. Even if the council ultimately decides that it wants to remove an item froin the agenda, the item still receives a public discussion and the advocating council member has a chance to � i i�lti � the case to his or her fellow council members as to why the item deserves to remain on tl�e agenda. REQUESTED ACTION 1 a�n requesting that the council consider modifying its procedure so that the deadline for submission of council agenda items is changed froin the Wednesday before the rneeting, to 11 days before the meeting.