Economic Vitality Committee Agenda and Packet 2023 03 10

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Economic Vitality Committee Meeting Minutes February 17, 2023 Page 3of5 "Advocates" should be changed to "Promotes" in statement #2. City Manager Jeff Durbin suggested that "results -oriented" could be added to the third bullet of statement #2. Chair Leh wondered whether "investment" should be added to the statement. Director Zuccaro asked what "investment" means in this sense, and suggested that everything in the Work Plan should be reflected by the Purpose Statement. Councilmember Fahey commented that the purpose statement should be the "why" while the work plan should be the "how". Chair Leh summarized that, based on feedback, the first part of the existing purpose statement should be combined with the bullets from statement #2. Public comment from Tamar Krantz: Ms. Krantz suggested adding equity and sustainability to the purpose statement. Public comment from Sherry Sommer: Ms. Sommer agreed that "investment" on its own might be too broad, but hoped that the overall community investment could be reflected in the purpose statement. Chair Leh asked for staff to add both equity and environmental sustainability to the purpose statement for review at next month's meeting. He reiterated the importance of agreeing on the purpose statement, and that a well thought-out purpose statement will help guide the work plan discussion. General revisions to the draft statements are captured in Attachment #2. 7. Discussion/Direction- Economic Vitality Committee Work Plan: Chair Leh requested that Agenda Item #8 be moved up in the interest of time. The EVC Work Plan will return to the EVC for discussion at a future meeting. 8. Discussion- Bag Tax Funded Waste Reduction Programs Proposal: Sustainability Coordinator Kayla Betzold gave a presentation on the five proposed waste reduction programs that will be funded by bag tax revenue. City Manager Jeff Durbin concluded the presentation with a budget update and request for a new Sustainability staff position. Councilmember Fahey thanked Kayla for her presentation and noted that restaurants have been struggling to find a POS system that correctly adds the bag tax without additional taxes. She wondered whether the costs of switching POS systems could be covered under this proposal. Staff confirmed that Program #5 could cover this cost. She also stressed the importance of communicating these options to the business community and confirmed that she is in support of adding a new Sustainability staff person. Councilmember Most agreed that she supports the budget update and increased staffing request. Agenda Packet P. 5