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. . . City Council Minutes July 11, 2005 Page 6 It was the consensus of the Council to create a new Gateway Business Zoning district with higher quality industrial design standards. It was also the consensus of the Council to align the two areas with the commercial area being between the new road and the highway. Ms. McPherson stated that staff's next step will be to invite the adjacent property owners for discussion of the two concepts and request their input for development. She stated that they would be invited to a Planning Commission work session in August. The EDA meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m. Mayor Klinzing called a recess at 8:26 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 8:31 p.m. 5.4. Adviso1:y Board and Commission Policy City Clerk Joan Schmidt stated that the Council had indicated at their meeting of February 14,2005 that they wished to discuss whether the Council wished to interview for appointments and/or reappointments and establish term limits. Mayor Klinzing stated that she did not feel the process is working on how we vote on candidates. She did not want to give the impression that we interview some and do not interview others, depending upon who they are, and wished to have consistency in our procedure. Councilmember Farber stated that Council should interview and then take one week to think about it. He feels it is important to interview and that since he and Councilmember Gumphrey are new, it gives them the opportunity to get to know the applicants. He feels that even if we are happy with the current applicants, that we should interview all the applicants to be consistent. Councilmember Motin agreed that interviewing is important and that it can be awkward when we have extra applicants. He stated the he feels that if we have more applicants than openings, including the incumbent, then we need to interview. However, he feels that if only the incumbent is reapplying, then we do not need to interview. Councilmember Gumphrey stated that by interviewing, the Council has the opportunity to get to know people who are applying and willing to get involved. He wished to do these interviews on cable TV; that way the citizens also get to know the applicants. Councilmember Dietz stated that he felt the process has not been very fruitful. He wished that each board and commission group would give the Council four or five questions so that the Council can be consistent when they ask questions of the applicants. He stated that he was not in favor of waiting one week. He stated that he would have a difficult time not having an incumbent return if they wished to return, and does not like the idea of appointing someone just for the sake of a new person on a commission. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER FARBER TO INTERVIEW ALL APPLICABLE CANDIDATES (INCLUDING INCUMBENTS) AND ELECT THEM BY SECRET BALLOT. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. It was the consensus of the Council that the boards and commissions put together questions for use by the Councilmembers when interviewing future candidates for appointment to the boards and commissions.