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} <br /> Standing Committees Focus Group <br /> (Members of Budget Committee, Planning Commission, and Human Rights Commission) <br /> Brainstorming session on citizen involvement - January 14, 1998 <br /> Participants: Budget Committee — Howard Bonnett and Craig Hawkins; Human Rights Commission <br /> — Scott Seibert, Favoure Miller, and Ron Chase; Planning Commission — Art Farley, John <br /> VanLandingham, Ellen Wojohn. <br /> Ideas for Improvement - High Priorities <br /> Each participant had seven dots with which to vote. Two participants left the meeting before the <br /> voting occurred. <br /> # of Dots Idea for Improvement <br /> 5 Allocate more funds to support citizen involvement activities. <br /> 4 Increase public input at the point policy decisions hit the neighborhood, i.e., the <br /> point City staff begin to implement the policy. <br /> 3 Work with the media to get coverage of policy /committee issues earlier on. <br /> 3 Start a mentorship program to train new members for committees. <br /> 3 Develop a more conversational form of citizen involvement. Localized <br /> conversation about what's important, where you don't need a high level of <br /> information to participate. <br /> Short-term task force on an issue. <br /> Generate genuine input from regular folks and allow for give and take. <br /> 3 Improve public notice. <br /> Have the material appear bigger, in a more predictable place. <br /> Put the information in several publications. <br /> Include meetings, coming events, upcoming issues. <br /> Give a month's notice, not just week -to -week <br /> II -4 <br />