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3 <br />1. What does success look like for our time together? What outcomes do you want to <br />produce? <br />• More collaborative processes where we set the agenda; create a process with a <br />leader who facilitates the structured process (requiring more discipline than with <br />the current structure we use); more effectiveness in our decision making process <br />and meeting structure (we are pretty good in this but I would like us to be even <br />better) <br />• Create agreement on how things happen in our sessions (but I don't want the <br />restrictions of Robert's Rules or Order); create a higher degree of trust among <br />ourselves <br />• Adopt meeting rules — create those at retreat; everyone walks away with a sense <br />of success and no feelings are hurt; Open and honest/candid conversation with <br />each other <br />• Greater clarity of our understanding of our role as policy makers; meeting <br />management protocols with equity for public comments; creation of trust <br />among Council members that we will each other's backs (this is much better <br />than in the past) <br />• Not coming across as divided to our new City Manager; do not want a "touchy- <br />feely session" <br />• Learn some communication tools that work for seven bright, articulate, forceful, <br />opinionated personalities; explore some commonalities in the vision we have for <br />the new City Manager; surface elephants in the room; ensure that everyone <br />feels heard and no one feels singled -out necessarily <br />• Good, thorough discussion about our relationships, our roles, and our roles with <br />staff; agreement that we want the new City Manager to be successful and let <br />new City Manager manage the way we said we wanted him/her to manage; <br />discussion on how we hold each other accountable <br />2. Your vision for the City <br />• We do a good job of representing our Wards but always in the best interests of <br />the entire City <br />• Maintain being a great City — we have good infrastructure along with health and <br />safety for our residents; sustainability of quality of life <br />• I love the town and the culture; how to stay a friendly, small town (this is a <br />mindset; not the limitation of number of people in Louisville) <br />• Louisville remains unique as Louisville; small-town character that is fiscally sound <br />with good developmental plans; keeping the good things about our current city <br />• Maintain our small town character; helping neighbors; pride for our City — <br />continue to improve it and make it even better, especially around environmental <br />issues and open space <br />5 <br />