Webster Groves commission finalizing position statement to align work with Forever Webster plan

The Green Space Commission reviewed a newly drafted position statement designed to map the commission’s activities to the Forever Webster plan and to provide an outward‑facing summary of the commission’s goals.

Commission members suggested edits to wording, fixed typographical errors and discussed which material in the draft was internal guidance versus public content. One commissioner said the document should be a living resource and updated periodically to reflect work priorities.

Members agreed the draft should be finalized with tonight’s edits, then submitted to the staff liaison for cloud filing. Rory (commission member) said the chair would send the final document to the city council email address so the statement can be added to a council packet and distributed to all council members, including the mayor.

Commissioners discussed whether to route the message through the mayor and city staff; staff advised routing by the council‑email mechanism so city staff will place it in council materials. The group also discussed whether to include budgetary context and whether the statement should call out specific initiatives (the draft references several initiatives, including dark‑skies work, but does so in general terms).

No formal vote to adopt the position statement was recorded in the meeting transcript. Commissioners set a process: the chair will circulate the final edits to Emily and David (staff) with Yvonne cc’d; staff will archive a final copy in the city cloud and forward the document to City Council.