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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MAY 19, 2004 APPROVED • 1 2 Community Development Director Grochala advised the meeting has not been scheduled 3 because it has not yet been determined who would be included in the initial process. He 4 stated he has not committed staff time to obtain all the necessary information because the 5 process has not yet been established. Staff did do a very broad outline that was 6 distributed to the Council at the last work session. 7 8 Councilmember Carlson stated the process should be put on the Monday night agenda for 9 a vote. 10 11 Councilmember Stoltz clarified that the issue is how to go about reviewing the 12 Comprehensive Plan. He agreed the process should be voted on. 13 14 Councilmember Dahl stated residents need to be aware if any changes were made to land 15 use or any changes are going to be made to their property. 16 17 Councilmember Reinert asked how the City would involve citizens first when the 18 Council does not even know yet what the problems are. He stated the City has a 19 Comprehensive Plan in place. After the Council gets a report from staff in relation to 20 issues within the Plan, the Council will determine if changes should be made. A date for 21 the review needs to be scheduled so the Council can find out what the problems are. The 22 Council may determine there are no problems within the Plan. He stated he believes it is • 23 very arrogant of this Council to think they passed a perfect Plan that never has to be 24 reviewed or revised. 25 26 Mayor Bergeson stated staff has asked for a chance to present concerns and potentially 27 start a review process. A review process is very different from a Comprehensive Plan 28 process. A review is to determine how the Plan has worked and the Council needs to hear 29 from staff. He stated he does not understand why that information should be hidden from 30 the Planning and Zoning Board. The Planning and Zoning Board should be involved. He 31 stated he has serious concerns about an individual Councilmember preparing a survey. 32 The concept of doing a survey is accurate representative data. A profession should be 33 conducting surveys. He stated that if a Councilmember does an individual survey he will 34 have a lot of questions about the validity of that survey along with other issues included 35 in that survey. 36 37 Councilmember Carlson stated she would contact residents about her concerns noting she 38 would prefer the City do a survey. 39 40 Councilmember Dahl stated other cities have Planning and Zoning Board members that 41 regularly attend Council work session as well as Environmental Board members. She 42 suggested the Council discuss that possibility. 43 44 The Comprehensive Plan Review Process will appear on the regular Council agenda 45 Monday, May 19, 2004, 6:30 p.m. •46 47