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09/13/2016 - Work Session - Announcements City Council Announcements September 13, 2016 9:02:43 PM Information needed by Staff View attachments A. City Council/School Board Leadership Quarterly Meeting 9:12:37 PM The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 6, 2016 from 2:00 pm to 3:3o pm hosted by the School Board. Please let Council staff know of any agenda items you would like Council leadership to discuss with the School Board leadership. Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director, said typically the Council Chair and Vice Chair and the Chair of the Redevelopment Agency (RDA)attended.She asked Council Members to let Staff know if there were any items/issues they wanted to have added to the agenda. Councilmember Johnston requested an e-mail follow-up reminder. B. Legislative Action Regarding Zoning Implementation for the Northwest Quadrant Master Plan Council Members Rogers, Luke and Kitchen would like to initiate a legislative action requesting the Administration develop the zoning consistent with the recently adopted Northwest Quadrant Master Plan. The Administration is encouraged to work with stakeholders to develop new zoning regulations that will successfully implement the vision outlined in the Northwest Quadrant Master Plan. If the Council is supportive of this request, a vote will be taken during the formal meeting to initiate this petition. Do Council Members support this request?No discussion(vote taken during formal meeting initiating the legislative action). C. NEW ITEM: Public Engagement Funding Cost Center Discussion was held on the attached handout provided to the Council by the Administration. Mr. Litvack explain the proposal to the Council. He said as part of the State funding for public engagement, the City was granted $ioo,000. He said he received a request to establish a grant cost center so the funding could be received from the State. He said some adjustments had been made to the proposal relating to bus tours, etc. He said the Administration planned to use a variety of ways to notify the public(flyers, mailers,workshops, etc). He said part of the funding would be used to pay Architectural Nexus (vendor)to perform public engagement work related to the issue. He said he was looking for a straw poll from Council to establish the cost center to receive the funding (to be formalized through an upcoming budget amendment). Councilmember Rogers asked if there was Council support.A majority of the Council was in favor. Council Members expressed concerns about the amount of money being proposed for snacks/refreshments and a graphic recorder.They expressed interest in having the Administration utilize the funding judiciously to reach as many people as possible.