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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />September 11, 2018 <br />Page 10 of 13 <br />Councilmember Stolzmann stated the overall question is what we are trying to <br />accomplish. Broadband question requires a lot of information as would pit bulls. These <br />would all be good to have a public hearing about because there needs to be a lot more <br />contexts to all of the questions. Most benefit from a public discussion and she didn't <br />think we will get good answers from a poll on most of these. Not sure how Council will <br />use this information. <br />Mayor Muckle noted by their nature all surveys will require interpretation. <br />Councilmember Maloney stated in the spring he wanted a survey to ask policy level <br />questions, but what we have now is much bigger than he envisioned with more topics <br />than ever considered. The questions need much more context. He was hoping for a <br />short survey asking about services and government, with three to five about policy. He <br />thinks the forced rankings should include our basic services. <br />Councilmember Loo agreed she was not comfortable with many of these questions. The <br />original reason she supported it was because there was a forced ranking in the 2016 <br />survey. In discussing the museum there needs to be a realization it will cost money. She <br />wants another forced ranking for a second look about where the museum ranks in the <br />list of everything the residents want. <br />Councilmember Leh would be interested in knowing if any of these questions are worth <br />asking right now, are there some the group would like to strike entirely. The forced <br />ranking from 2016 included basic services so it could be resurrected. Is it worth doing at <br />all and if the answer is yes, then we need to clearly consider what's in, what's out, and <br />what's missing. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton agreed we don't know what we want to accomplish with this. <br />Now it is just a wish list of what everyone wants to get support for. There needs to be a <br />new process. He is concerned about questions without context or pricing; tradeoffs <br />aren't listed. We need a lot more information to get informed decisions. Looking at the <br />2016 survey and it looks like we are still trying to get support for things there is not City <br />support for like museum, arts center, and broadband. We seem to be asking the <br />question until we get the answer we like. He suggested we start over or don't do the <br />survey this year. <br />Mayor Muckle stated all of the questions on the survey were suggested by <br />Councilmembers so it is frustrating. <br />Laurie Urban, NRC, noted tonight's questions are good questions. Feedback from <br />Council was applied to this draft. There are places information can be added, can do a <br />rating system as residents generally don't understand how much things cost. Financial <br />tradeoffs are challenging but a survey will give a broader perspective and can give you <br />the pulse of the community even if residents don't have all the details. It is a single data <br />