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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes January 22, 2019 Page 4 Parks Commission Chair Erin Jordahl Redlin presented the Parks Commission request of 1 proposed changes to Chapter 32.20 to 32.39 Parks Commission. On December 3, 2018, the Parks 2 Commission unanimously recommended the proposed changes. One potential issue would be 3 with their proposed non-voting liaison. There are currently nine microphones on the City Council 4 dais and this would add a tenth person at the dais. This could be problematic for the official 5 meeting minute taker who does the minutes remotely from watching the meeting on-line. 6 7 The current nine Parks Commission meeting attendees are: 8 1. Erin Jordahl-Redlin, Chair 9 2. Therese Bellinger, Vice-Chair 10 3. Marnie Overman, Commissioner 11 4. Sara Ksiazek, Commissioner 12 5. Jessica Rengstorf, Commissioner 13 6. Wendy Webster, Community Services – non-voting 14 7. Cassandra Palmer, School Board – non-voting 15 8. Aye Keita, Student Liaison – non-voting 16 9. Jay Hartman, Staff Liaison. 17 18 Parks Commission Chair Redlin noted the added member would be one non-voting liaison 19 member from a specified community group focused on sustainability. Ms. Jordahl-Redlin 20 reviewed the other modifications to the Chapter. If the Council chooses to amend the City Code 21 with any of the proposed changes, the next step would be for staff to prepare an amended 22 ordinance for Chapter 32.20 to 32.39 Parks Commission. The revised ordinance will be placed 23 on the City Council agenda for three readings prior to adoption. 24 25 Ms. Lona Doolan, 3511 Harding Street, spoke in support of the recommendation including 26 sustainability to the duties of the Parks Commission. 27 28 Mayor Faust stated he holds the word ‘sustainability’ as sacred and is reluctant to give that term 29 to the Parks Commission. He thought Environmental may be more appropriate. He questioned 30 why a school board member is on the Parks Commission along with Wendy Webster in 31 community services. It was noted the student liaison was added for experience. Mayor Faust 32 stated sustainability is the duty of the City Council so he does not agree someone not part of a 33 government agency should sit on a board such as the Parks Commission. He cannot support this 34 as it is written. 35 36 Councilmember Stille stated he had the same thought regarding Equity, Economic, and 37 Environmental. He does not care for Parks and Sustainability Commission. The focus needs to be 38 more environmental than sustainability, which is part of the City’s mission statement. He stated 39 the use of a liaison gets to be confusing, noting if ten were attending an additional chair would 40 need to be added and it would be confusing for residents to know who the voting members are. 41 42 Councilmember Gray stated he also had a problem with this and it seems it is not a natural fit. It 43 seems it should be a separate Commission as there is not enough of an overlap for it being one 44 Commission. 45 46 4