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Council comments included desire to view priorities as a part of doing business day to day. Other issues for consideration were downtown improvement, an employee plan, housing, alternative traffic modes, esthetics, expanded downtown. Public Comment: Nita Spangler stated her objection to removing the issue of flooding from the priorities list. Pete Hughes agreed with the prior statement regarding flooding and stated that codes should be put back on the list. Manuel Sotomayer supported Ms. Spangler's statements as a "mandate" and requested the Port be placed high on the list. Janet Borgens stated flooding should be a priority and requested that the senior issue be kept independent. Robert Hoffman stated that the creeks are abused and the priority for maintenance of them should be raised. Bill Spence thanked Police and Fire for the clean up at Spring and Cassia. Expressed concern for the behavior emanating from the Flamingo on Broadway. He requested the south portion of Broadway be studied. Roseann Faust stated linking youth and childcare to education would make sense. J.R. Rodine stated the flood remediation issue should be a top priority. George McKibbon agreed that flooding in Friendly Acres should be a priority. Nancy Glaser spoke about the traffic situation on 101 between Whipple Avenue and Ralston and requested access between there and Holly Street. Brit Calloway submitted photographs of flooding at Friendly Acres. Manuel Sotomayer asked what the role of City Government is and requested keeping in mind a category of social services within community services. Bonnie Miller agreed that flooding is a major issue. Council comments included need for proactive communication, flooding, downtown and City codes to be top priorities. Council proceeded to prioritize areas with placement of dots. The Final List of Council Goals and Objectives was as follows: PRIORITY SESSION January 29, 2000 MINUTES PAGE