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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes April 17, 2012 Page 2 City Manager Casey advised that the City has reorganized some staff and as part of that reorganization, the City has retained a consultant planner. City Engineer Hubmer stated that WSB & Associates has been working with the City since 1996 and is pleased the City has chosen to continue its relationship with WSB. He introduced Ms. Jacqueline ( "Jack ") Corkle as the City's consultant planner. 8 Ms. Corkle stated she began working at WSB in February and has a wide variety of experience 9 in local city planning. She indicated she received her Master's degree in planning and has done 10 consulting and accounting work for 15 years. She stated she will keep office hours at City Hall 11 on Tuesday afternoons and will be available on call as needed by phone or email. She stated she 12 is happy to be working with the City. 13 14 City Manager Casey stated that Ms. Corkle will be the staff person at future Planning 15 Commission meetings and will be responsible for putting together the staff reports and agendas. 16 17 Commissioner Jensen requested further information regarding how staff reports will be prepared 18 for the Planning Commission and asked if the consultant planner will make recommendations for 19 approval or denial of items before the Planning Commission. He also asked if the consultant 20 planner's staff reports will include language for Planning Commission consideration related to 21 actions that require conditions to comply with the City Code. 22 23 City Manager Casey indicated the process will be similar to what has been done in the past and 24 staff reports will include recommendations from the consultant planner. He added that Ms. 25 Corkle's training as a licensed planner will assure consistency and professionalism. 26 27 Ms. Corkle stated that she intends to put together the staff reports and agendas consistent with 28 past practice but encouraged the Planning Commission to let her know if there are things they 29 would like to change. 30 31 Commissioner Jensen stated the Planning Commission has debated whether it was the Planning 32 Commission's task to impose conditions of approval if those conditions are absent from the staff 33 report, particularly related to variance requests. He stated he has felt uncomfortable adding 34 conditions and would like to have staff prepare conditions for Planning Commission review and 35 modification. 36 37 Commissioner Crone expressed gratitude to Ms. Moore and wished her the best. She stated she 38 was happy to have Ms. Corkle working with the City and welcomed her to the City. 39 40 X. REPORTS FROM STAFF. 41 42 None. 43 44 XI. COMMUNITY FORUM. 45 46 None.