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Review advisory board feedback regarding meeting frequency and duties as defined by city code.
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SUMMARY:
As requested by City Council at the November 16, 2020 work session, advisory board liaisons for the Airpark Advisory Board, Environmental Advisory Board, Library Board, Marine Advisory Board, Parks & Recreation Board, and the Sister Cities Advisory Board were asked to provide feedback following their first meeting of 2021 regarding:
• Sufficiency of Powers and Duties as defined by city code
o All boards believed the powers and duties defined by city code were sufficient.
• Meeting frequency
o The Parks and Recreation Board requested to increase their meeting frequency to monthly. Monthly meetings would allow the Board to respond to issues and residents more quickly, be proactive, communicate more often, be engaged, know what is going on, provide timely feedback to Council requests, and improve community engagement by encouraging neighborhood participation in monthly meetings. The Board wishes to meet monthly for six months and reevaluate the meeting schedule afterwards.
o The Environmental Advisory Board believed the quarterly meetings were sufficient but requested to add two field visits (Spring and Fall) to provide Board Members with firsthand knowledge of projects.
• Identify a council meeting date to present their annual reports
o All advisory boards have identified a council date to present their annual report, except for the Parks and Recreation Advisory board, who tabled the matter to their April 27 meeting.
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