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City Council <br />Meeting Minutes <br />September 6, 2016 <br />Page 6 of 9 <br />Councilmember Stolzmann asked if Economic Development Director DeJong could <br />bring back some ideas on what/how a new board could look and what their " <br />duties/mission might be. <br />Councilmember Leh stated the Council needs to create an economic development <br />vision for the community and needs robust community input. A lack of vision will <br />discourage economic development and time is of the essence. <br />Mayor Muckle stated there appears to be support in reconstituting this board. He asked <br />staff to bring back some recommendations for further consideration. <br />Michael Menaker, 1827 West Choke Cherry Drive, stated we do need a more expansive <br />economic development effort. However, he would like to get input from BRaD before <br />making any decisions. He sees value in the current construct, it insures a parity of <br />interests with a variety of players with different perspectives and it creates excellent <br />interpersonal relationships between these players. There is merit in expanding <br />economic development but he would hope the current board would have an active voice <br />in whatever changes are made. He suggested keeping it as it is or expanding its current <br />form. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton suggested staff confer with BRaD about how to face economic <br />development challenges better as a citizen board with new purpose. <br />Mayor Muckle stated he doesn't agree with automatic sun -setting but prefers to have <br />two -three boards discussed each year to refine or adjust as needed and only sunset as <br />needed. <br />Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated he would like a very careful reevaluation of two -three <br />boards each year; what is their role, what is needed, how it is defined. This needs to be <br />done on a schedule. <br />Councilmember Maloney stated Council has an obligation to set expectations for the <br />boards and needs to do it more frequently. <br />Cultural Council <br />Councilmember Stolzmann stated her concern that the Cultural Council members are <br />also members of a concurrent nonprofit. As the City is the biggest donor there may be <br />ways to not transfer the money to the nonprofit at all, could it be a City board with a <br />standard City budget? <br />Councilmember Leh stated the Legal Review Committee is looking at the nonprofit <br />issue. It needs to be addressed. It is complicated and involves liability issues, staff time, <br />and much more.—Everyone wants clarity on this issue. It is not likelytobe resolved by <br />