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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 2004 APPROVED 1 requirements the City has for expansion. Staff has explained the process to the owners 2 and provided a list of the required information. To date, staff has not received that 3 information from the owner. 4 5 Community Development Director Grochala advised the size of the expansion would 6 require sprinkling. The property does not have City utilities. If City sewer and water are 7 necessary on that site there would be Comprehensive Plan issue. 8 9 Community Development Director Grochala indicated he would ask the City Planner 10 about any recent conversations with the owners and forward that information to the City 11 Council. 12 13 Councilmember Carlson stated there was a senior citizen that called and expressed 14 concern regarding the expansion of Body Works. Community Development Director 15 Grochala stated the Fire Chief was adamant about the sprinkling requirements when the 16 Fire Code was adopted. 17 18 Councilmember Carlson asked that the City Planner call Mr. McDonald regarding this 19 issue. 20 21 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS, MICHAEL GROCHALA 22 23 City Administrator Heitke stated the Comprehensive Plan review process has been 24 discussed at the last two Council work sessions. Staff is requesting Council action 25 regarding this issue. 26 27 Community Development Director Grochala distributed and reviewed a flow chart 28 outlining how staff envisions the Comprehensive Plan review process. 29 30 Councilmember Carlson stated she agreed to conduct a review with staff prior to the Goal 31 Setting Session. She stated the agreement did not include the Planning and Zoning 32 Board. She stated she is concerned that this was a commitment to the citizens. She read 33 a portion of an article from the City newsletter regarding this issue noting the 34 Comprehensive Plan is a citizen's plan. She stated that if the Council agrees to the 35 review process with the Planning and Zoning Board, she would have to be involved but 36 would do her own survey before any decisions are made. 37 38 Mayor Bergeson stated the Council has to consider what the law says regarding review of 39 the Comprehensive Plan and common practice. 40 41 Councilmember Reinert stated the Council needs to look at the problem to see if it can be 42 solved. He indicated it makes no sense not to include the Planning and Zoning Board. A 43 date needs to be set for the meeting. 44 45 Councilmember Dahl stated the Council agreed to a review of the Comprehensive Plan 46 with staff. She asked why the Council does not have an outline of the issues and why the 47 meeting has not taken place.