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City Council Meeting Minutes September 1,2015 Page 13 of 1,8 the discussion about sun- setting the Golf Board was to move them into some sort of a Parks and Recreation Board. He agreed staff would have to bring a proposal forward for Council consideration on a Parks and Recreation Board. Council member Lipton asked if there could be any consideration for rebranding the Horticulture and Forestry Advisory Board to include Parks. Council member Loo explained it is not that HFAB does not want to take on parks. There are all kinds of functions on a parks and recreation board which require a expertise and there are questions to be answered before taking on the responsibilities of parks and recreation.. She felt there may be some opportunities for having subcommittees on a larger board, merging some of the boards, but she did not see how there would be effective representation. Council member Lipton stated he was not advocating combining HFAB and Parks and Recreation. He suggested looking at parks with horticulture and leaving recreation with the senior services side. He felt there would be a better coalition. Council member Loo stated there may be concern no one is representing recreation. Mayor Muckle felt the Council should determine what they want in terms of advice from the boards. He felt the HFAB board could include parks. Council member Loo agreed HFAB was up to the task. Mayor Muckle stated the Council will appoint a task force to look at recreation issues through the end of next year. He felt a Recreation Board could be added at that time when is known whether or not the Recreation /Senior Center is going to be expanded,. He agreed with Mayor Pro.Tem Dalton with respect to not sun- setting of the golf course board.. He stated some of the Council long- standing committees, such as Water, Legal and Finance, have had relatively informal roles. He did not know whether their roles should be better defined or the committees should have a description of their duties. Council member Lipton requested more definition for what the City Council Committees roles are. He suggested a few well - crafted paragraphs describing the committee's roles. Council member Stolzmann agreed and stated it would be useful for staff and also new Council members to know what the Committee's do. COUNCIL DIRECTION: Mayor Muckle suggested staff email Council the current descriptions for the City Council Committees and if not available, a few well- crafted paragraphs be drafted for Council review. Public Relations Manager Muth inquired what changes Council wanted to see in board duties. Mayor Muckle wanted HFAB to be redefined to become a parks board.