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is another tactic in here under another heading that addresses the code. Simplification, primarily with the Planning Department, he will get to that but in terms of operational efficiencies, anything that should be added here, if ten strategies that are on the board are agreed upon, input will be taken tonight plus Staff will do some brainstorming on potentially different ways to achieve those strategies for the Council and bring those back for additional discussion. He asked if there was anything that popped up under this category for anybody. Councilmember Riley commented that maybe it falls under number six, but he knows of people very interested in the website as City Administrator Ulrich had mentioned and there are techy people in the room, he asked if a committee could be created to study or come up with what is being looked for, if that would be helpful. Communications and Events Coordinator Thorstad replied that is part of the discussion next week at the Work Session. The creation of a one to five person committee will be discussed to oversee the redesign of the website. Councilmember Musgrove offered for consideration one of the things discussed at the Public Works Committee, operational efficiencies by catching issues on the front end of plans and developments versus on the back end. She didn't know if that was something that could be put in as a goal because she believed that Staff is going to work on that and will be able to accomplish that. She thought City Engineer Westby may be able to add input but just working on definitions of things such as a sound wall is a sound wall, not just a wall or a fence. Descriptive terms and making sure that descriptions of the wall isn't just the wall but in relationship to other areas like the roadway. It was talked about in Public Works and she thought this might be a category for that but wasn't sure. City Engineer Westby replied he was thinking about what the tactic would be called. Councilmember Woestehoff commented that he agreed but that one of the hard things in making it a tactic is it is hard to calculate that,how many things were caught versus how many were missed. In looking at some of the tactics it is pretty clear which ones are complete and which are incomplete, those are pretty clearly defined. What is talked about is more ambiguous in terms of its outcome. He agreed that it should be a part of what is being done but as City Engineer Westby pointed out, he didn't know how to phrase it or track it. City Administrator Ulrich stated what comes to mind for him is to review and analyze the process for reviewing developments so that they have taken a look at the process and how is that proven to eliminate mistakes at the tail end. He thought a review might be the tactic, that they are going to sit down and take a hard look at the process, how to get from the start to the finish and what things could possibly be improved. He asked if that is what Councilmember Musgrove was asking about. City Engineer Westby asked if the tactic would be improve the development review through a process and improve a development review team communication or something to that effect, he wasn't sure how to phrase it. City Council Special Work Session/February 15, 2022 Page 17 of 31