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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 2003 APPROVED 1 City Planner Smyser indicated the Environmental Board had suggestions he will get into as he goes • 2 through it with Council. He stated there were a few things he wanted to point out, and distributed a 3 handout that details some additional proposed changes. He indicated he would start with the easier 4 issues and go back to the hard ones afterwards. 5 6 City Planner Smyser advised that in Section 2, paragraph 5 he would like to change the wording from 7 The goal for new growth in the city is an average of 147 new housing units 8 to 9 The goal is to limit new growth in the city to an average of 147 new housing units. 10 He stated the Environmental Board was receptive to this change. 11 12 Councilmember Reinert indicated he had no problem with this change. Councilmember O'Donnell 13 agreed. Councilmember Carlson stated that `limit' is the word used in the Comprehensive Plan so 14 she agrees with this change. 15 16 City Planner Smyser indicated he wanted to add a sentence to the end of paragraph 5 to clarify 17 something he saw in reviewing it on Friday. The sentence states 18 This 147 growth target refers to units in future plats, not to units on lots in final plats 19 approved prior to 2003. 20 21 Mayor Bergeson asked where the sentence would be added. City Planner Smyser indicated it would 22 be tacked onto the end of the paragraph. 23 24 Councilmember O'Donnell asked if this wouldn't increase the number of units. City Planner Smyser 25 stated they cannot prevent lots already approved from being built on. 26 27 Councilmember Carlson asked to have the language repeated. City Planner Smyser indicated it was 28 on the memo he passed out, and repeated the sentence wording. 29 30 Councilmember Carlson asked how long it would take the City to reach their limit. City Planner 31 Smyser indicated they were going to closely regulate the number of plats approved, but previously 32 approved plats are not included in the 147 and will not be counted. 33 34 City Administrator Waite Smith explained that the actual number of houses built in 2003 could be 35 157, with 147 on plats approved in 2003 and 10 built on plats approved in 2002. City Planner Smyser 36 confirmed that was the case. 37 38 Councilmember Carlson stated that was the question she was asking. She added there was a good 39 chance that not all the plats approved in 2003 would also be built in 2003. She asked how many 40 years it would take before the City had used up their inventory. City Planner Smyser indicated 41 probably in 2005. 42 43 Councilmember Carlson asked how that fit with limiting growth. Mayor Bergeson stated it still has 44 the word limited, and still says limited to an average growth of 147. 45 46 City Planner Smyser reminded Council that there will be phasing plans on all new plats that come in. ak 47 He stated Council will have the ability to approve only a portion with the phasing plans. For instance, mir 48 he indicated a new plat that has 150 lots could be approved for only 50 lots this year. He stated this 11