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• • • CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION February 7, 2007 APPROVED 46 addressed before development moves forward. While staff recognizes that development 47 in the vicinity will occur over time and in steps, it is important to have a plan in place to 48 guide that development. The master plan attempts to consider the impact of development 49 on existing residential and business properties but it must be recognized that some impact 50 is inevitable. Staff intends to incorporate as much conservation development into all 51 projects. In the area of guiding development, the proposed comprehensive plan 52 amendment includes planning and development objectives that are quite specific and 53 provide some control and mandates. Also the master plan follows the standards of the 54 city's parks and open space requirements and therefore incorporates the conservation 55 development plans and theories. 56 57 Ms. Krall added that the master plan was actually prepared with more stringent standards 58 than exist within the city's conservation development standards. 59 60 At the council's request, City Planner Smyser concurred that the "objectives" could be 61 retitled "requirements" since that is the intent. No specific land use such as a specific 62 grocery or retail store is part of the plan and the plan guidelines only allow for 63 development that fits within the roadway/traffic/access plans that will be backed up by 64 traffic studies. 65 66 The council requested an amendment to make the requirements clearer. The master plan 67 document was amended by removing the word "much" from Page 3 and by adding 68 additional language from the comprehensive plan to better define mixed use. The council 69 also requested the written description of mixed use as it applies to the comprehensive 70 plan and consideration of adding in some way the conservation development aspect to the 71 plan. 72 73 The council took a short recess. 74 75 SPOTLIGHT 2030 VISION — CITIZEN VISIONING COMMITTEE 76 77 The council welcomed the citizens representing the Spotlight on 2030 - Community 78 Visioning Committee. The chair of the committee, Kathryn Gallup, reviewed the 2030 79 Vision Plan document and introduced the following individuals representing their 80 respective issue project teams and asked each to give a short report: 81 82 Harvey Karth, Community Residential and Neighborhood Development; 83 Steve Granquist, Chair, Economic and Commercial Development; 84 Judy Brunner, Chair, Community Amenities and Natural Resources; 85 Peter Brown, Chair, Roads and Transportation 86 87 Community Residential and Neighborhood Development — Mr. Karth explained that the 88 group recognizes that development/growth is ahead for the city and good planning is 89 important. The vision statement for the project seems to characterize an ideal but the 90 group pointed out that it is truly what the citizens believe and want for the city. He