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Lotter stated Vermont Park could be a good venue for a neighborhood meeting. He believed this would be a <br />great location to meet the public. He encouraged the Council to move away from off site Council meetings. <br />He discussed how difficult it was to pull this off from an IT standpoint and feared the integrity of the decision <br />making process could be compromised. He encouraged the Council to consider holding an offsite panel <br />discussion versus a regular Council meeting. <br />Councilmember Burg was not in favor of holding another Council meeting off site. She agreed with Lotter on <br />this matter. She would be happy to hold an Open House or neighborhood meetings instead. <br />Further discussion ensued regarding the proper dates and times for holding neighborhood meetings. <br />Councilmember Bauman supported the idea of holding a neighborhood meeting in Vermont Park. <br />Councilmember Burg stated she would even support holding a meeting in Vermont Park on a Saturday <br />morning. <br />Councilmember Jacobsen questioned if the Council wanted to do anything further at Stockyard Days. He <br />asked if the Council was interested in having a booth or table. <br />Mayor Johnson stated a senior sing along was being considered for Stockyard Days and this would be a great <br />event for the Council to attend. <br />Councilmember Bauman indicated the Council could also attend local Bingo events. <br />Mayor Johnson stated another option would be to hold meet and greet events with the public. <br />Councilmember Strub stated he supported holding one off site Council meeting each year. He believed that <br />holding these meetings off site invited the public in to see how the Council conducted its business. He liked <br />the neighborhood meetings as well, but encouraged the Council to consider how to draw in new members of <br />the community. He supported the idea of holding neighborhood meetings throughout the summer, in a tent if <br />need be. <br />Councilmember Bauman could support holding one offsite Council meeting each year. She understood the <br />Council was trying to invite more people from the community in to its meetings and this may be the way. <br />Councilmember Burg suggested the Council plan to hold a Town Hall meeting in the spring, two neighborhood <br />meetings during the summer and hold one offsite Council meeting in the fall. <br />Lotter stated if this was the direction the Council would like to go, he wanted to see the agenda items be <br />managed in such a way that the integrity of the decision making was maintained. He suggested a special <br />Council meeting be held offsite. This would ensure significant issues and land use cases would not have to be <br />presented at an offsite location. He stated several business items could still be addressed along with regular <br />dialogue, but he did not want to have any ethical concerns arise. He recommended that an offsite meeting be <br />held on the second Tuesday of the month and not the fourth. <br />Councilmember Burg did not necessarily agree with holding Council meetings offsite given the logistics. <br />However, she would support the consensus of the Council. <br />