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City Council Meeting Minutes August 16, 2016 Page 11 of 12 Councilmember Leh stated a number of the Councilmembers do intergovemmental work and anyone of them can get out too far out on an issue without getting full input from the entire Council and there should be a process to handle that. Councilmember Stolzmann stated she would like a way for more public participation at the MCC and would like the meetings to be noticed for the public to be able to attend and participate as these policies have implications for Louisville residents. Deputy City Manager Balser noted the MCC is about building consensus and speaking with one voice. US36 would not have gotten the support it had and have been built if Broomfield and Boulder had not decided they had a unified vision for the corridor 16 years ago. The MCC has created a vision and agreed to work as a group to move these issues forward. This legislative agenda is an attempt to continue to build that consensus and be productive moving forward. Mayor Muckle stated he will work harder to bring MCC issues to the Council earlier for discussion. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked if these policy topics could be included in the discussion of the City's legislative agenda each year as that discussion is all done in public meetings and includes public input. He asked the Council look at regional legislative agendas each year to better understand how Louisville's agenda fits in. Mayor Muckle moved for approval of the MCC Policy Agenda, Councilmember Loo seconded the motion. All in favor. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT No report. COUNCIL COMMENTS, COMMITTEE REPORTS, AND IDENTIFICATION OF FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked if future landmarking items could be on the consent agenda as long as they are recommended for approval by the Historic Preservation Commission. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated he would like to schedule a larger conversation about boards and commissions and Council committees and the possibility of sun setting some groups before we start advertising for 2017 vacancies. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the Open Space Board would like the underpass at Highway 42 and Hecla Drive to be discussed when the Council discusses the Open Space Funding for the Capital Improvement Plan.