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City Council Meeting Minutes September 1, 2015 Page 12 of 18 Mayor Pro Tem Dalton asked if a separate Tree Board was required or can it be part of another board. The City does have the requisite forestry staff so the City would not lose that designation. Council member Lipton explained several months ago he suggested looking at the boards before soliciting applications for appointments. He stated parks do not have an advocate from the land perspective, nor is there a recreation board.. He noted other cities have parks and recreation boards, who may look at issues such as additions and improvements. He felt there is a need for a parks and recreation group to work with staff to advocate for the needs of the facilities. With respect to the golf course, he felt the Golf Course Advisory Board should be maintained for at least another year. He noted that on the list of boards, the City Council Committees do not have purpose descriptions. He suggested some discussion about the role of the City Council's Water, Legal, and Finance Committees and if they are needed as permanent Council Committees. Council member Stolzmann stated she valued all the volunteer boards and commissions. She suggested when Council discusses boards and committees they consider inviting all the board and committee chairs to attend the meeting.. She felt it would be helpful to have a proposal before Council when discussing a Parks and Recreation Board. She felt it made sense to have the Horticulture and Forestry Board pick up some of the parks duties, but she was not convinced a Parks and Recreation Board is a small enough topic for one board and may require two boards... She felt the Sustainability Board has made excellent progress with their road map. She felt instead of one Sustainability Board, have one Sustainability Board member on each of the other boards to better facilitate their understanding of sustainability in the community. She noted the Golf Course Advisory Board suggested putting sunsets on all the Advisory Boards so there is some regular review of their mission. She agreed there should be some sort of review. She addressed the non- profit 501 c3 boards that are affiliated with various City boards and wondered if those (fund- raising) boards were working effectively for the City. With respect to the. Golf Course Board, she hoped their scope of work would include developing and monitoring a critical operations matrix for evaluation to be reported to the City Council. She noted before the flood the Golf Course Advisory Board discussed community programs for non - golfers. She felt, as a goal, those programs should be started again to provide recreational opportunity to the residents. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton stated he agreed with much of Council member Stolzmann's comments. He felt it would be appropriate for the Council to set up a review of each board's mission periodically. Perhaps every five years. He did not agree with sun - setting all the boards and then reintroducing them as it would cause uncertainty. With respect to the sun - setting of the Golf Course Advisory Board, he agreed with the Board that sun - setting should only occur when the Board feels it is appropriate. Mayor Muckle also agreed with many of Council member Stolzmann's comments. He did not feel the Council or staff should be overtaxed by adding boards. The reason for