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<br />e <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />statement what we want to accomplish and the work plan is a statement of how we <br />will accomplish it. He felt that the Council has meaningful priorities and <br />that those were substantive enough to give a sense of where the group wanted to <br />go with the issues. He suggested that CCED work on these issues and bring more <br />details back to the Council. <br /> <br />Miller proposed that the Committee on Committees review the issues and bring a <br />proposal back to the Council, and if there is no agreement on the item, it can <br />be a topic at a process session. <br /> <br />The group finished their discussion of this item and then decided to discuss <br />citizen relations next. <br /> <br />Schue began on this topic by saying that the citizen meetings regarding the <br />library issue did not work well; the issue is too complex for the structure <br />that was set up to present it to the public. <br /> <br />Ehrman mentioned the discussion around the library parking issue within the <br />Voter's Pamphlet committee. <br /> <br />Rutan agreed with Schue's position. He noted that the neighborhood organiza- <br />tions were not attended by a great number of citizens. He feels for the most <br />part the people are happy and sometimes when there are only a few citizens at <br />hearings he feels good because people aren't there to complain. He thinks the <br />emphasis should be on creating opportunities for citizen involvement, but <br />doesn't want to create something that doesn't work. <br /> <br />Miller said that he thought the issue here was that information sharing; how <br />can the citizens being affected by an issue be informed about it. He suggested <br />that a publication of some type might be used to fill the information gap that <br />he thinks exists in the community on certain issues, such as the library. <br /> <br />Boles noted that the neighborhood groups are not necessarily the only structure <br />with which the Council can communicate. He said that he would like to get a <br />sense of where the community is on the issues, like tax issues. He suggested <br />that a good random sample of the community be surveyed to get a more realistic <br />impression of what is of importance to the community. He also said that he <br />would like to have a town hall type meeting. <br /> <br />Bascom noted that the survey might be a good idea, but that it would not just <br />be to present information; it should be used to gather input from the comm- <br />unity, and especially around certain issues. <br /> <br />Schue agreed that getting information out was needed and in theory agreed with <br />Miller's newsletter comment. However, she noted that 4-J regularly puts out a <br />community newsletter and wondered how many people read it. In her opinion, <br />people will read information about a hot issue and that people are interested <br />in specific issues. She said that thought needs to be given about how a <br />newsletter would work. She mentioned that cable TV is a resource that might be <br />used to communicate issue related information to the public. <br /> <br />Bennett said that he wants to get information out to the community, but noted <br /> <br />DRAFT COUNCIL GOAL SESSION <br /> <br />PAGE 7 <br />