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Council present: Kathy Coffey, Carmen M6ndez and Brad Hill
Staff present: Assistant City Man.•- y Cortez,• •ns & Public Affairs Director Randy
SonyaBeehler, Records Administrator Jodi Stephens, Senior Assistant City Attorney Helen Harvey, and
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1) Elect Chair
MOTION: Coffey moved and Hill seconded to appoint Mendez as Chair. The motion carried
by unanimous vote.
participation2) Telephonic
Harvey reviewed information relating to telephonic participation at Council Business
meetings. It was Committee consensus to request staff to draft a policy that the Committee
will review at the next meeting, which will include some of the following elements:
a. two events per year for business meeting and/or special meeting — includes
Executive Session (meaning any given member may call up to two times in a
calendar year for any of these)
b. two business days advanced notification to clerk
c. Up to two people may be on the phone
! Not an option • quasi-judicial meetings
e. Emergency - phone
f. Up to one person in committee may call in
g. Up to two events per year for committee (so a member may call in up to two times for
a committee meeting and two times for a regular council meeting)
3) Review Council Rules of Procedures and Policies
Committee members reviewed the City Council's Rules of Procedure and agreed to review
possible changes at the next meeting, which could include the following elements:
Add language from the City of Shoreline's Rules section 9 regarding
representation; however remove "or consensus" from section 9.6
Change Assistant Mayor to Deputy Mayor
• On section A4 add H.) and list who can call for a special meeting
• Item 8k — Records Administrator to update
• Update item B3 with new language
Update C2 to leave open the time when meetings occur
Add charter language to item C4
--• section C5 language! • a simple majority voteof • to .•
items to an _•e •
Update C5c to follow RCW 42.30.080
Change D2 to Shoreline's policy
Update E replace with -
• Update
• Bring a redline version with these changes and any additional clean-up of
outdated language to the next meeting
Committee members discussed conflicts of interest. Harvey will prepare a memo on this
issue. Beehler reminded Council that per Roberts Rules, a motion must be made prior to
discussion on
4) Review Olympia lobbyist
:-`... _ updated the
Committee on the Olympia lobbyistRequest for i!o . (RFP). • _...
recommended that the Council begin looking at legislative priorities in late July or early
August instead of later in the year and review current and potential legislative priorities at the
next meeting. Hill requested a bullet memo on the City's legislative priorities for all Council
members when traveling on legislative trips so they are prepared at any appropriate
opportunity to discuss
5) Yakima River Basin Integrated ` • to D
M6ndez updated the Committee on the opportunity to attend the Yakima River Basin
Integrated Plan trip to Washington, DC and that City Manager Moore is researching if
expenses may be covered by the Water Division. MOTION: Coffey moved and Hill
seconded to recommend that Mdndez attend the Yakima River Basin Integrated Plan
legislative trip to Washington, DC in May 2018, which was approved unanimously.
Other business:
• Committee members agreed to change the meeting date to the 31 Thursday of the month
at 8:30 _
• M6ndez updated the Committee on a TransAction legislative trip to Washington, DC in
April with expenses paid by TransAction. It was the Committee consensus to recommend
that Hill attend the TransAction Committee legislative trip to Washington, DC in April
2018. Hill suggested the City Manager determine if the Community Development Director
should also attend.
• It was the Committee consensus to recommend Margaret Luera to the Public Facilities
District vacancy.
• Members discussed having an electronic reader board device that would enable Council
members to push a button when they wished to speak and their name would show up in
the order they pushed the button to speak to an issue.
• Cortez discussed the briefing meetings. Claar Tee suggested Council updates be last on
the briefing agenda and the Committee agreed. Committee members asked Cortez to
provide a memo regarding the structure of the briefing meetings for the next briefing
• Hill reported he applied for the District 4 position on the Association of Washington Cities
iso. • however,
.. • - 1 - • - year o elected • i'.. background 1he may
• qualify.
comes• Cortez discussed having a sub -committee structure similar to the Plaza when the mill site
issue • • in order to include communityinput.
• Next agenda:
•ReviewOlympialobbyist proposals
• Review draft changes to Council Rules of Procedure to include telephonic
participation
• Role of the Community Integration Committee (Cortez to provide
recommendations)
• Review Strategic•-
• Review legislative priorities for1 9 (Beehler and •
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