City Council Study Session Summary 2005 05 10

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City Council Study Session Summary May 10, 2005 Page 5 of 7 Gail Dunning stated that no one wants to have trashy dumpy vehicles parked on a neighbor's front yard; however, she felt that this ordinance goes over board. She requested that Council not penalize everyone who owns a recreational vehicle. She encouraged Council to address safety, not esthetics. Mayor Sisk stated that it appears Council agrees the current ordinance needs to be repealed and replaced with another ordinance. He encouraged staff to review current ordinances of other cities in Colorado. Councilmember Brown suggested conducting a public workshop on the issue. Mayor Sisk directed staff to schedule discussion on whether or not to repeal the current ordinance at the June 7, 2005 regular City Council meeting. Review Technology Plan Survey Questions Julie Boyd explained that the home rule charter amendments approved by Ballot issue 200 require the City to create a technology plan. Section 5-5 of the City Charter reads as follows: (f) Any letter, memo, map, drawing, plan or other document that is not an agenda-related material or contained in a communications file and that is submitted to the City Council or Planning Commission during a meeting shall be immediately made available to the public either by making copies available to the public at the meeting or by displaying the document at the meeting so that the public can view the document. No discussion or consideration of such a document by the public body shall occur unless the document has been made available to the public as provided in this subsection (f). Whenever feasible, the City shall cause such documents to be displayed so that citizens observing Council or Planning Commission meetings on television can view the documents. (g) The City shall make available to the public, at least on the City's web site and City Library, agenda-related materials for each public body. If agenda- related materials are unavailable in electronic format, each such item shall be described on the web site. Within one year from the effective date of this Section, the City shall have a plan for making available on the web site all agenda-related materials. The City shall invite public participation in creating the plan. Julie Boyd explained that staff has made a concerted effort to change the process for gathering information for public meetings. There are fifteen City boards/commissions for which agendas and agenda-related materials are posted on the City's website. In order to comply with the revised language and receive citizen participation in the preparation of the technology plan, staff has proposed that an informal survey