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Board reviews past recommendations including bird-safe window presentation and hurdles to TV/web posting
Summary
Staff told the board a bird-safe building presentation was delivered to council but no formal action followed; multimedia/ADA formatting and staff transitions delayed placing the material on the city website or TV channel. The board discussed paths to transmit recommendations: motion, annual report or a resolution.
Staff reviewed recommendations going back to August 2023, including a presentation on bird-friendly glass delivered to council. Mahone said Jerry Reeves (presentation author) brought a refined version of the board's presentation to council in September 2023 but council took no action.
Staff explained technical barriers: the presentation was not "TV ready" and needed multimedia and ADA-compliant formatting before it could be posted on the city's channel or website. Mahone said the city would work with the multimedia team to define 'media ready' criteria and asked the board whether it preferred staff to run the conversion or to have the board prepare a presentation in a publishable format.
Options to transmit recommendations to council were discussed: (1) make a motion at a board meeting and route it through the staff liaison, (2) include recommendations in the board's annual report, or (3) prepare a formal resolution for council consideration. Staff suggested combinations of these approaches and offered to circulate approved minutes to increase council awareness.
