City staff and council sponsors presented a CCR to create a commerce advisory council intended to provide recommendations on projects, policies and economic development priorities and to center the voices of workers who maintain city infrastructure.

Mike Shannon, director of the Department of Capital Delivery, told the committee the pilot is intended to run one year and produce monthly reports, with the office of economic development and the city attorney's office working on structure and legal alignment. Councilmember Castillo said the advisory group would give "the men and women who maintain the city's infrastructure" a voice in decisions that affect their lives and that she supported moving the item forward after legal alignment.

Shannon said staff had revised the draft following prior discussions and that the redlined version aims to clarify membership and scope. Councilmembers asked for additional legal review and clarity about the advisory board's alignment with city code and recommended limiting the initial scope so the membership and terms are clear. Several councilmembers also noted they had received letters from business organizations and trade groups asking for inclusion in the conversation and emphasized a broad stakeholder engagement process.

A motion was made and approved by voice vote to refer the CCR to the committee on workforce/economic development (the committee named in the meeting discussion). The committee did not adopt the CCR ordinance or resolution at this meeting; staff will continue legal review and return with clarified scope and membership language before bringing a final proposal to council.