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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION January 5, 2009 DRAFT 45 The council concurred that it is in the best interest of the city for the hotels to do well and 46 the new bureau seems like a good idea. A resolution will be considered at the council 47 meeting on January 12, 2009. 48 49 2. Comprehensive Plan Discussion — Community Development Director Grochala 50 reported back on the items requested by council at their last work session discussion of 51 the comprehensive plan update (the Plan). 52 - It was confirmed that five -year phasing will be included in the Plan; 53 - Language can be added to the Plan to indicate that the city will perform an 54 intensive review at least once every five years to ensure the Plan addresses changing 55 needs and conditions; 56 - The concept of adjusting density of the High Density Residential Land Use 57 Districts to reflect the current range of 6 units per acre with a cap of 12 units per acre is 58 still being reviewed by staff since the proposed change would drop the city's overall net 59 density below the threshold that would most likely be needed with no flexibility from the 60 Metropolitan Council. One possibility would be to reguide land for medium and/or high 61 density areas to compensate for the reduction in the density range. 62 - A policy statement can be added to the Plan that requirements will be established 63 to provide for affordable housing in all residential land use districts. That would have to 64 be implemented by ordinance that, before passage, would be fully discussed by the 65 council. 66 - The concept of density bonuses is included in the land use policies and, at 67 council direction, would be addressed as part of the zoning ordinance update. 68 69 Staff will meet with the Met Council and put some numbers together for the council to 70 review. The council would like to see where there are differences and how far they run. 71 72 The next council review meeting was scheduled for January 12, 2009, following the 73 regular city council meeting that evening. 74 75 3. Advisory Board Appointments — The council reviewed the list of openings and 76 applicants. Noted was a letter from Vern Reinert withdrawing from consideration of 77 serving on the Centennial Utilities Commission since he no longer lives in the city. The 78 council decided that they will interview only for those situations where there are more 79 applicants than openings and also those individuals who are new applicants. The 80 interview process will occur on January 21, beginning at 5:00 p.m. 81 82 4. City Code Update - City Clerk Bartell responded to questions raised at the last 83 review. Regarding the Lawful Gambling Ordinance, the new attorney is in the process of 84 responding to the council's question on the viability of the proposed ordinance. Staff 85 intends to provide the proposed ordinance to those organizations that currently practice 86 lawful gambling in the community when that ordinance has been reviewed. Regarding 87 the Peddler Ordinance, a new page was distributed that makes the change back to a 88 process that requires formal council approval rather than administrative, and changing the 89 allowed hours of operation to end at one -half hour after sunset. 2 • • •