Carmel-by-the-Sea commission restarts work on mission, will send public survey in August

Commission member Ashley opened the Community Activities Commission meeting by laying out a staged plan to relaunch the commission and refine its mission, strategic goals and public outreach tools ahead of preparing a budget request to the city. "I will do some editing. I will mash up this survey, these two together, make some of these multiple choice...and then send it out to all of you by the end of the week," Commission member Ashley said.

The commission framed its work against the city council's five strategy categories — financial stability; stewarding the natural environment; preserving village character; public safety and infrastructure; and effective government services — and largely placed the commission in the council's third category, preserving village character, with significant overlap into environmental stewardship. Commissioners said the group’s principal role is organizing and supporting events that foster…