Council backs budget-mapping and asks for more representative engagement tools
Staff proposed options for earlier, more targeted engagement; councilors urged restoring budget mapping and reconsidering advisory committees in favor of tools that reach underrepresented neighborhoods, with staff noting resource and design constraints.
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Budget staff described approaches to community engagement that would take place earlier in the budget cycle and suggested revisiting budget advisory committees or using more tailored information sessions and Q&A with community-based organizations. Staff said previous approaches worked unevenly and that appointments, staffing and the charge of any advisory group would need clearer definition.
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