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<br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Members of All City Commissions, Boards, and Authorities <br />Staff liaisons <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Pat Klaers, City A~,AJ1in~~~!ator <br />,n /:-.1/ ~ _i/,~)/> /'1 <br />jj /vv'J 1 \r{ ~t.J>' '-'-~ <br />;- <br /> <br />October 4, 2005 <br /> <br />DA TE: <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />October loth Joint Meeting with the City Council <br /> <br />TIle second annual joint 1neeting benveen tlle City Council and all City Boards, C01ll1nissions and <br />..L\utllorities is sclleduled for October 10, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. at Lions Park Center. TIle nine City Boards, <br />C01nmissions and ..t\utllorities are as follo\vs: <br /> <br />· Housing & Redev'eloPlnent ..L\utllority <br />· Economic Developlnent ..L\utllority <br />· Planning C01nmission <br />· Energy City COlnmission <br />· Heritage Preser'varion Commission <br /> <br />· Parks & Recreation Commission <br />· Ice .1\rena Commission <br />· Library Board <br />· Utilities Cormnission <br /> <br />.l\ttacIled for your infor1nation is a brief narrati\Te on tllese city boards/ cormnissions/ authorities, the <br />1nelnbersIup roster, and tlle 1ninutes from tIle joint meeting tllat \vas held last year. Please note that <br />since tlle joint meeting last October, a ne\v city c01nmission Ilas been establisIled. TIle Energy City - <br />Action COlnmission for Energy (1\CE) Ilas transitioned into a City Council appointed Energy' City <br />Commission. .1'\ttacIled is a recent Energy City brocllure. <br /> <br />TIle idea beIllnd a joint meeting \,;~idl tlle City Council and all of its advisory boards, cormnissions, and <br />autllorities came out of Council discussions on \vays to imprO\Te communication. In addition to dus <br />annual joint 1neeting, tlle City Councilllas also appointed council liaisons to all of its boards and <br />cOlnmissions in an effort to Ilelp keep dle cormnunication lines open. <br /> <br />On Septelnber 12, 2005, tlle City Council discussed tlle for1nat for dus upcoming joint 1neeting and it <br />\vas tlle consensus of tlle Council to keep tlle meeting infor1nal and general in nature. TIle City Council <br />indicated dlat tlley \vould like to Ilear fro1n eacll group about a fe\v of tlleir UPCOlning projects so tllat <br />tlus inforlnation can be sllared \Vitll ev.eryone in attendance. TIle Council stated that they \vere less <br />concerned about re-capping recent accomplislunents and \vere more interested in talking about \VIlat is <br />anticipated in tlle next year or so. One of tlle pUlposes of tIus 1neeting is for boards and cormnissions <br />members to obtain a better understanding of \vhat otller groups are \vorking on. <br /> <br />S:\Council\Pat\2005\10 10 Joint meeting.doc <br />