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• Planning & Zoning Board Minutes August 10, 1994 July. You did not review the plat. The Planner called the plat a composite, Corsan called it a concept, the agenda called it a preliminary plat. What is a composite. Mr. Lyden asked if the P & Z ever saw where a plat was approved by the Council without the P & Z seeing it. Mr. Robinson indicated that it had happened years ago. Mr. Lyden further indicated that he believes there was a conscious effort to undermine the policies, procedures and the due process and that the P & Z was made to be a joke. The Council should find someone else to do their dirty work. He is now going to go home and would invite any of the members of the board to drop their paperwork in the basket and follow him out. Kathy Nordine asked for a point of clarification. If there is a substantial change in a preliminary plat, they way I interpret the Ordinance, its not really required to come back to us - is that true. Planning Coordinator Wyland explained that the original plat consisted of 124 lots, there was discussion of a 104 lot plat and the Planner's recommendation were used to make up the 118 lot plat - so there is a question as to what a substantial change is - it went from 124 to 104 to 118 to meet the Planners report - then, no it would not have to come back to the P & Z. John Landers stated that he felt the plat was a whole new concept and is still asking for the PDO. He felt it should have been sent back to the P & Z because the public was not allowed to speak and therefore denied due process. I do not feel it was a legal act. Kathy Nordine stated that the Council does not hold the public hearing the P & Z does, however, she too felt the public should be allowed to speak. Mr. Schones asked how many lots did not conform to the R -1X Standards. Ms. Wyland explained that she did not have the exact number, however, the majority of the lots met the area requirement with flexibility given on some for lot width. Carolyn Dahl of Holly Court stated that she would like to speak in regard to the P & Z minutes. As a member of the Trappers Crossing neighborhood, she feels trapped. She stated that she spoke at the Council Work Session regarding the inaccuracy of the P & Z minutes. Excessive summarization resulted in important statements being omitted. Staff has to prepare a staff report, address the meeting and at the same time take accurate notes. This is physically and mentally impossible. You can not take accurate notes and talk at the same time. What is needed is a recording secretary at each and every meeting so that the staff can do the accurate, precise presentation they are equipped to do without interruptions. The City only has a record of what the City Hall wants put in the minutes because tapes are recorded over and over again. On 1/12/94 I stated three times I would prefer R -1X to R -1 yet in the minutes it was typed that I stated R -l. I also stated I wanted the property back to rural and that was omitted. Others stated R -1X and it was omitted. 2