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Carl Cottrell, Chairman of the Planning Commission, asked Council for clarification concerning the Town Survey. He asked if Council could be more specific as to what they would like to see in the survey and what the objective of the survey was. He also asked if the Land Use Committee which had been established to formulate such a survey was still active. Casey stated that the objective of the survey was to find out what residents thought about land development issues. She felt the present survey was biased. Casey suggested that the Planning Commission test the present survey on ten people to ascertain if it was a useful working document. Did the answers help? Did they make sense? Finn concurred stating that the answers should be measurable and quantifiable. Dauber thought that the comments on the draft survey from the Council and the Commission were going to go back to the Land Use Committee. Council agreed that the primer was a good educational tool whether used with the survey or at Town Hall. Council also agreed that local demographics were not needed in the survey. MOTION FAILED DUE TO LACK OF A SECOND: Moved by Dauber and failed due to lack of a second to send the comments of the Council and the Planning Commission on the survey back to the Land Use Committee. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Johnson and passed by the following roll call vote to bring the draft survey back to the Council after Planning Commission review. AYES: Mayor Finn and Councilmembers Casey, Cheng and Johnson NOES: Councilmember Dauber Sharyn Brown, member of the Land Use Committee, stated that per the Council's direction the Town had hired a consultant to work on this issue with the committee and the committee was comprised of representatives from different groups as well as appointments made by Council. She was surprised that Council now did not appear to think the Land Use Committee was representative of the Town's interests. 5.2 Approval of goals and objectives for Fiscal Year 2000-01 Council discussed the objective of beginning an annual council/staff weekend retreat and was advised by the City Attorney that according to State regulations this retreat would have to take place within the Town's jurisdiction and would have to be open to the public. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Casey, seconded by Johnson and passed unanimously to adopt the following goals and objectives for Fiscal Year 2000- 01. s August 17, 2000 Regular City Council Meeting 4