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Regular Meeting March 6, 2007 Pagell second is to move $10,000.00 of General Fund balance into a river maintenance account for costs associated with a pilot program to remove non - native plants behind Rio Vista Falls. He stated the third is to move $10,000.00 of General Fund balance into a Fire Equipment account for matching funds required for a Fire Department grant for computers for Fire engines. The Council then voted unanimously for the adoption of the Ordinance on emergency. Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration approval to set date Citizen Summit. Mr. Thomaides moved to set the date of the Citizen Summit to March 22, 2007, 6:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Activity Center, and Ms. Couch seconded the motion, which passed unanimously. Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration approval to set date for Workshop for Review 2007 CDBG funding request. The Council agreed by consensus for the City Clerk's Office to find a date and bring back to Council at the next Regular Meeting. Mayor Narvaiz introduced for consideration approval to set date for Visioning Workshop. The Council agreed by consensus for the City Clerk's Office to find a date that would work for all Council Members, and to bring back to Council at the next Regular Meeting. Mayor Narvaiz introduced a discussion regarding Boards and Commission and direction to Staff. Mayor Narvaiz stated there are several options to the Council can choose to receive reports from the Board and Commission members. She stated a different Board or Commission can provide a report at every Council Meeting, or hold a Workshop with all Boards and Commissions, or hold a luncheon for a roundtable discussion. Ms. Robertson stated she feels there should be a meeting with the Board chairs and also have them summit a quarterly report. Mr. Thomaides stated he would like to meet with a few of the Boards, but he also suggested for the remaining Boards each Council Member should meet with a different Board every year. The Council agreed by consensus to bring this issue back during the Visioning Workshop. Mayor Narvaiz introduced City Council direction on future agenda items. 1) Mayor Narvaiz stated a future discussion will be regarding the possibility of shared bus systems. 2) Mr. Jones stated he would like to hold a discussion on the livable wage. 3) Mr. Bose stated he would like to have an update on traffic signal systems. 4) Mr. Jones stated he would like to have a discussion regarding the Convention and Visitor Bureau possibility doing a designated bus route from the hotels to downtown to the outlet mall. 5) Mr. Jones stated with the Conference Center coming on line, the Council needs to start discussions on expectations with our current contracted services with the CVB.