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• • • COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 2003 APPROVED 1 Council embarked on many years ago with the intent of ending up where the majority said they could 2 live with it even if it is not exactly what they wanted to do. He believes that has been accomplished. 3 He noted that the responsible thing to do is put in place those ordinances that will accomplish growth 4 management in a timely manner, adding that the Comprehensive Plan was not implemented in a 5 timely manner. He stated the Comprehensive Plan doesn't mean much without the ordinances to 6 support it. 7 8 Councilmember Reinert voted yea. Councilmember Carlson voted yea. Councilmember Dahl voted 9 yea. Councilmember O'Donnell voted yea. Mayor Reinert voted yea. 10 11 Motion carried unanimously. 12 13 Ordinance No. 01-03 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 14 15 Mayor Bergeson thanked all those who worked on the ordinance. 16 17 Mayor Bergeson called for a brief recess at 8:50 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at 8:57 p.m. 18 19 Consider First Reading of Ordinance No. 04-03, Adopting Subdivision Regulations, Jeff Smyser 20 - City Planner Smyser advised that the subdivision ordinance regulates the division of land to create 21 new parcels and is the next piece in being able to implement the Comprehensive Plan. Ordinance 22 No. 04-03 is the product of a year of work by the citizen task force, City staff, and the planning 23 consultant. The Planning & Zoning Board held a public hearing on this ordinance on August 14, 24 2002. The City Council received a revised draft, then held a special work session on October 30, 25 2002 to discuss the draft ordinance and provide guidance to staff on several key issues. Since then, 26 staff has been working to refine numerous aspects of the subdivision process, which will be very 27 important in implementing the growth reduction desired by the community and described in the 28 comprehensive plan. The draft under consideration tonight is dated December 19, 2002. 29 30 City Planner Smyser presented the following general points of interest: 31 32 Better list of definitions in Sec. 1001. These are still being coordinated with definitions in the zoning 33 ordinance. Some revisions may yet be appropriate. Staff will have the definitions completed for the 34 second reading of the subdivision ordinance. 35 36 Improved lists of submittal requirements for preliminary plats, final plats, and minor subdivisions. 37 There have been problems in the past from applicants being unclear what they needed to submit. 38 39 Clear descriptions of what is specifically required and prohibited in order to eliminate ambiguity and 40 confusion. This includes plat design, procedural steps, and development agreements. Provides clear 41 instructions on 'Thou shalt do this' or 'Thou shalt not do that'. 42 43 City Planner Smyser explained that as staff has been re-examining aspects of the ordinance, a few 44 corrections are appropriate. Those corrections are attached to the staff report and have been provided 45 for the Council's review. The intent is to incorporate these changes into the ordinance with the 46 approval of the first reading. 47 17