Additional
City Council Announcements
November 27, 2012
Information Needed by Council Staff
A. 7:51:46 PM Congressional City Conference; Washington D.C. March 9, 2013 – March 13, 2013
The Congressional City Conference is an annual legislative forum that brings together more than 2,000 elected and appointed city leaders to focus on the federal policy issues that are important to local governments. In addition to providing opportunities to learn about innovative practices implemented at the local level, the conference connects city leaders from across the country with NLC- the organization that members of Congress, the White House, and federal agencies look to for solutions to addressing the nation’s economic challenges.
Early registration will be open in early December
Date of Event: Saturday March 9, 2013 – Wednesday March 13, 2013
Location: Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, D.C.
Ø Are there any Council Members interested in attending? Council Members Love, Simonsen, and Luke were interested but wanted staff to check and see when the actual conference started. Ms. Gust-Jenson said they would get the information and get back to the Council. She said they would tentatively reserve four hotel rooms.
For Your Information
B. Draft article for the Citywide Newsletter (See attachment)
Please review this draft article for the citywide newsletter entitled “Council adopting philosophy statements to guide future decision making”. It will be sent out with the Public Utility bills beginning in January.
Ø Please send any suggestions to Molly Farmer. Councilmember Garrott asked if the article could point people towards a more expansive area of what was passed, the vision and the value statements. He said they were too long to list in the 300 word limit but could some of the text at the bottom has a link to the larger philosophy statements on the Council web page.