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Councilmember LeTourneau stated that he likes the aggressive nature of the engineering <br />department and agreed that although the timeframe is constrained he would be okay leaving that <br />item as proposed. <br />Councilmember Riley stated that perhaps the language should be to identify projects rather than <br />completion of the projects, or to perhaps change the goal from two projects in two years to one <br />project within two years. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that perhaps the goal could be to identify and commence <br />projects in the corridors. <br />Councilmember Kuzma also liked the aggressive nature of the goal and asked for input from <br />City Engineer Westby. <br />City Engineer Westby stated that staff will be meeting with the County in July and will know <br />more information after that meeting. He stated that if assistance from the County could be <br />gained, that would help push projects forward. He stated that staff is committed to moving <br />forward as fast as possible. <br />Mayor Strommen confirmed the consensus of the Council that the language should be changed to <br />identify projects and for one high priority project to commence within the specified timeframe. <br />City Administrator Ulrich continued to highlight the changes to the draft documents. <br />Councilmember Riley referenced the item which refers to a volunteer coordinator staff position <br />and questioned if the City would hire someone to coordinate volunteers. <br />City Administrator Ulrich stated that had originally been discussed but agreed that the Work <br />Session consensus had been that a new staff member would not be necessary. <br />Mayor Strommen noted that staff position should be deleted and coordinator should be changed <br />to coordination, as that item could be completed by existing staff. <br />Councilmember Riley referenced language regarding a commitment to a regional solution and <br />stated that perhaps that should be changed to consider a regional solution, as the City cannot <br />control the other municipalities involved. <br />Mayor Strommen stated that the goal would be to receive a commitment to a regional solution <br />and confirmed the consensus of the Council to leave the language as proposed. <br />Councilmember Riley referenced an item with a proposed completion date of 2016 and it was <br />confirmed that date would be changed to 2017. <br />Mayor Strommen stated that she has additional notes from the last discussion that did not seem <br />to appear in the changes. She provided an example referencing the item that states review <br />existing events and consider reducing and noted that the suggestion had been to change the <br />City Council Work Session / June 9, 2015 <br />Page 3 of 7 <br />