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• JOINT CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION WORK SESSION MARCH 9, 1999 DISCUSSION ITEMS Over the past few months-, the Planning Commission has identified and prioritized several planning issues that it believes to be central and urgent to the long-term health of the City. These priority issues are listed below, and represent the consensus of the members of the Planning Commission- 1. Continued redevelopment of Apache Plaza; 2. Redevelopment of the St. Anthony Shopping Center; 3. Continued development of the unique.identity of the City; 4. Develop new ways to promote maintenance and improvement of the housing stock; and 5. Addition of an Economic Development person to the City staff. • None of these issues are new to either the Planning Commission or to the City Council, and they are among other issues that face the City as well. The-issues above represent issues that the Planning Commission feels are important, urgent, and within the appropriate realm of the responsibilities of a Planning Commission. The Planning Commission believes itself to be ready, willing, and able to lead efforts on the City's behalf on some or all of these issues in 1999. In the past, the Planning Commission has received mixed messages from the City Council regarding what role the Planning Commission should play in these types of activities. - We recognize that this level of activity by the Commission is outside the responsibilities of the Commission in the recent past,,-and-here offer to-take on more-responsibility. If the Council feels that this is inappropriate activity for the Commission, or believes the Commission to be unable or incompetent to perform.this responsibility,we wish to-know this so that we may limit our work-to being a.screening tool for the Board of Adjustment and Review. We look forward to an open and frank discussion on the Council's wishes on the future role and limits of authority of the City's Planning Commission. •