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¿A- W-~ As we are a learning organization, it should be noted that we learned a great deal from the first session to the second. At the first session, we also asked the group to review and comment on Council's priorities. It was simply too much to cover in one evening. Therefore, in the future, staff will host a similar community input meeting in mid January dealing exclusively with Council's priorities. This meeting will occur several week's before the Council's Budget Strategy Session, which will likely occur in mid February. We have also decided not to use Finance's PACT night to gather input on the proposed budget in the future. Although, using the PACT session is a good way to capture 35 or so interested community members, we feel the group was not able to get a real flavor for the Finance department as they would have under the traditional PACT model. Conclusion Seventy nine people accepted our invitation and have a better understanding of how the City budget works and the impacts of the proposed service/expenditure reductions. We are pleased that we were able to get input from a larger group of community members this year as compared to last year. Of the 64 programs evaluations received, 28 rated the session as excellent, 29 good and 7 fair. A compilation of their reactions to the sessions is included as Attachment 3 and 4. Once again through this process, we have seen first hand that community members care very deeply about what happens in our City, are willing to take the time to provide input, and are willing to get involved in potential solutions. Fiscal Impact None ! , Htg ~/ ~ / \ , I ., / ... ~ "- Ed Everett City Manager A/) 7 ../ I / ~ t i ~~k-'t('~ Magda González Assistant City Manager Attachments 1. Community Input Notes from April 19, 2005 meeting 2, Community Input Notes from May 5,2005 Finance PACT meeting 3. Evaluation Summary from April 19th Meeting 4. Evaluation Summary from May'5th PACT Meeting