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'Framing Our Future' outreach pushed as council seeks more public feedback
Summary
Councilors discussed low online engagement for the 'Framing Our Future' outreach (roughly 33 comments to date), proposed pilot briefings with interested community members, and suggested forming an ad-hoc volunteer working group to boost public participation.
Councilors and staff said the city's 'Framing Our Future' initiative needs broader community input before the council makes funding decisions. One councilor said staff had found only about 33 comments on the project's site and urged a 'test run' of small briefings with five or six interested residents to see how outreach could scale.
Councilors suggested recruiting through neighborhood associations, service clubs such as the Lions or Rotary, and potentially creating an ad hoc task force later in the process. The city manager said staff will work to present to neighborhood associations and support councilors who wish to speak at local meetings.
Councilors framed this as a high-priority outreach step because residents often do not understand what services the city provides and how those services are funded; the city plans targeted briefings, more online material, and a potential volunteer advisory group to build community readiness for any future funding requests.
