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  1. Assemble web_info by iterating over table cells parsed from Legistar GUI

  2. Assemble terms by iterating over City Council terms from Legistar API, adding members to the web_info dict as we go

  3. Assemble members by iterating over terms, storing names as keys, and Person objects, loaded with memberships for each City Council term, as values

  4. Continue to assemble members by iterating over body offices for each committee, storing memberships on the appropriate Person objects (or minting new ones where they don't exist) as we go

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