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NAPPFIOVED undoubtedly will require some extra time and effort on our parts in order to do this right the first time. And, to the citizens of this town, I call upon you to consider changing your mind about this City, to commit the belief that we can come together and forge a new and exciting vision for our City. This is not a time for individual egos or fame, this is about never allowing that which is important to fall victim to the trivial. So let us dare to be bold and different, we don't have to do things a certain way just because other cities do. This is our town, and for once I would like to call on the ordinary people, the people who have not normally had a voice in this town, and ask them what you want your City to be. All bets are off, the sky is the limit, let us dare to dream. In all of this,let me issue you a bit of a warning. It is natural that when the winds of change blow across the waters of the status quo,that waves of resistance will rise up. The stronger the wind for change,the larger the waves of resistance become. We must resolve in our hearts and in our minds to face those ways head on, and press through them and seek after our goals, or our goals will never be reached. This is not a time for the timid. So in closing,I would ask all of you to begin to ponder the questions I put before you: who are we?; what do we want?; where are we going? In the upcoming months, you will be asked to answer these and other questions. And, once we begin to find out collectively what our community's vision is, I will then call upon the residents of this City to volunteer and take part in discussion groups and come forth with an answer to a fourth question: how do we get there from here? If we are willing to pause at this time to begin to answer these questions, we can truly become a proactive community. A people with a vision and a people with a mission. One last thing that I would add personally as I end this address,to those who are so inclined, I would ask for your prayers for this City and its future. It is my belief that without a strong dose of higher wisdom, our hope for having a vision for this City will be much harder to accomplish. I thank in advance for those prayers. And, I thank you for your time and consideration as well. Thank you. 5. REPORTS Mayor Coughlin extends a thank you to Council Member Stigney for running last week's work session. Mayor Coughlin attended an airport mediation meeting with Mr. Whiting and Carl Schmidt,and Bob Long. Ms. Thomason attended an EDC meeting on February 17. Mr. Stigney stated he attended the Planning Commission meeting February 17 as well. Two new members of the Planning Commission were introduced, and time was spent going over with all the new members the process used by the commission and its variant forms of meeting. There was discussion of the bylaws that changes were made before and then changes were reintroduced at this Planning Commission and brought the new members up to date to where we were at. Both of the bylaws and the comprehensive plan changes that are in effect. There was additional discussion in both those areas and also some discussion pertaining to permits for vendors coming with their fruit and vegetable stands in the summer so they can bypass CUP process that has to be attended to every year. Also, the normal resolutions coming before the Planning Commission, such as an oversized 3C:\ADMIN\MINUTES\CC\2-22-99.CC