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City Council Study Session — 11/1��04 <br />Minutes Page 19 <br />10. Citizen Advisory Commissions <br />City Manager Neal Beets provided survey information recently <br />solicited at Council direction, for current Commissions regarding <br />size, term length, term limit, reappointment process, and addition <br />of environmental review by the Public Works and Transportation <br />Commission (PWTC). <br />Discussion included timefi-ame, term expirations; and additional <br />input fi-om staff. <br />Mayor Klausing opined his support for consistency in the size of <br />commissions from an organizational standpoint; consistency in <br />length of terms; and addition of environmental review to the <br />PWTC. <br />Councilmember Ihlan concurred with addition of environmental <br />issues to the PWTC; and noted that she was open to <br />standardizing terms or setting a minimum size with variations as <br />needed. <br />Councilmember Maschka opined that commission size in some <br />degree of consistency and standardized term lengths were <br />applicable; and noted with interest the lack of interest in <br />reappointment interviews. <br />Councilmember Kough opined that people shouldn't be <br />automatically appointed, but that each Councilmember take the <br />initiative to get to know applicants; spoke in support of adding <br />environmental review to the PWTC; further opined that the <br />Human Rights Commission was too large, but the other sizes <br />seemed appropriate. <br />Citizen Advisory <br />Commissions <br />