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City Council Meeting Minutes August 16, 2016 Page 10 of 12 Councilmember Stolzmann asked if this requires a further commitment from our staff. Mayor Muckle stated this should not be a larger commitment from us as a practical matter. Councilmember Stolzmann stated the City recently passed a resolution regarding completion of the Northwest Rail to Boulder County, and parts of this document appear to be counter to that. It doesn't seem to support Northwest Rail. She added it doesn't seem to her that the document supports HOV3 in the manner we want. She noted the MCC meetings are not open to the public and she doesn't feel that is consistent with our goals. Councilmember Leh stated his appreciation for Councilmember Stolzmann's comments and noted the MCC does do a great deal of work. He stated he would hate to support the MCC in a way that would get in the way of the City's goals. He asked if this document would specifically help the MCC. Mayor Muckle noted it would help direct the MCC's lobbyist and staff during the legislative session when items move through the legislature quickly before the MCC can react as a group. Councilmember Leh asked how the Mayor would respond if the MCC took a position at odds with the City. Mayor Muckle stated the MCC works as a consensus group, so if Louisville is against something the MCC as a group would likely not lobby on it or the group as a whole would have to change the policy to reach consensus. Mayor Muckle stated there are not likely to be any issues the MCC decides to pursue that the City doesn't support. Mayor Muckle noted the language regarding HOV3 was meant as a push back to the state regarding the automatic switch to HOV3 next year regardless of the traffic levels, not that there was not support for it. The MCC simply doesn't want the change to occur until the capacity requires it. He added his reading of the language regarding rail appears to fully support completion of the Northwest Rail. Councilmember Loo stated we have been very successful on the US36 corridor and in transportation generally because of the MCC and we should not end support of the MCC now. Councilmember Leh stated his faith that the Mayor will represent the needs of Louisville with the MCC and noted the group has been critical in getting work done. He stated he would like to find a way to clarify how the Council controls statements made on its behalf; there should be a process and some working principals to use when that happens. Mayor Muckle stated he will try to make more consistent reports on what the MCC is doing, however it is hard to do that in a timely manner given the meeting schedule. This item is really about giving the MCC lobbyist the direction they need to work with legislators not so much that each of these items is an absolute priority