SUMMARY MINUTES OF DINNER MEETING

Monday, April 11, 2005

Shoreline Conference Center

6:00 p.m. Highlander Room

PRESENT: Mayor Hansen, Deputy Mayor Jepsen, Councilmembers Chang, Fimia, Grace, Gustafson, and Ransom

ABSENT: none

STAFF: Steve Burkett, City Manager; Bob Olander, Deputy City Manager; Joyce Nichols, Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Director; and Debbie Tarry, Finance Director

GUEST: Jim Reid, Retreat Facilitator

Deputy Mayor Jepsen called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m. All Councilmembers were present with the exceptions of Mayor Hansen and Councilmember Fimia, who arrived shortly thereafter.

Steve Burkett, City Manager, began a discussion of the memo sent to the City Council regarding preparations for the Council Retreat scheduled for April 29 and 30. He noted that Jim Reid will be facilitating the retreat.

Mayor Hansen arrived at 6:25 p.m.

Mr. Burkett noted proposed topics for discussion at the retreat include:

· Discussion of the City’s long term financial situation;

· Discussion of options for new sources of revenue and expenditure reductions;

· Identification of budget priorities for 2006;

· Identification of priorities or any desired changes as staff begins work on the 2006 – 2011 Capital Improvement Plan;

· Review of the status of work on existing Council goals; and

· Consensus on the 2005 – 2006 Council work plan.

In addition to these, other topics suggested by Councilmembers were:

· Review of Council meeting public participation and Council procedures and operations;

· Review of City Manager performance goals as developed by Deputy Mayor Jepsen and Councilmember Ransom;

· Councilmember Fimia’s proposal for committees;

· Report/update on economic development, including the next steps in economic development strategy and outcome of meetings with City Councilmembers;

· Discussion of the business registration program proposed by Councilmember Ransom in previous years; and

· How to live by Council goals once adopted if a Councilmember wants to deviate from the goal

Councilmember Fimia arrived at 6:35 p.m.

Councilmember Grace suggested that if Councilmembers wish to propose other items for discussion at the retreat, requests should be forwarded to Mr. Burkett by April 18 so the staff can gather information for retreat discussions to make the most productive use of the retreat itself.

Councilmember Fimia requested that copies be included in the retreat notebooks of the 2004 Citizens Satisfaction Survey questionnaire and responses. She wanted to be able to track how the 2004 survey results tracked with the 2002 survey. She also requested crime statistics for Shoreline in the past five years for Part 1 and Part 2 crimes.

Councilmember Fimia also wished to have a discussion of affordable housing issues, including: unmet needs for affordable housing in the community; amount of substandard housing in the community; homelessness issues; potential public/private partnerships for developing affordable housing; and potential for a housing trust fund.

Addressing next steps, Mr. Burkett said that Jim Reid will develop a draft agenda for the retreat based on Council comments and circulate that draft to the City Manager and the City Council.

Mayor Hansen adjourned the meeting at 7:25 p.m.

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Joyce Nichols, Communications and Intergovernmental Relations Director