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MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Planning Commission <br /> <br />Michele McPherso~ector of Planning <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />February 4, 2002 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Discuss Comprehensive Plan Review Process <br /> <br />Item 2. <br /> <br />The purpose of this memo is to outline discussion topics for the joint meeting of February 4, <br />2002, and to review a possible committee structure for the process. <br /> <br />February 4 Meeting Purpose <br /> <br />The purpose of the joint meeting between the P]anning Commission and the City Council is <br />to establish the common issues that are the catalyst for the review of the City's <br />Comprehensive Plan, most recently updated in 1995. The Planning Commission has <br />expressed concerns regarding mixed messages the Council may be sending regarding land <br />use requests, and staff would like to clearly understand the issues precipitating the need to <br />review the Comprehensive Plan. Some questions for the Council and the Commission to <br />consider are: <br /> <br /> What is going on in the City that you don't like and which you think that the <br /> Comprehensive Plan would help change or correct? <br />· What goals in the current plan would you like to change? <br />· What additional issues and/or goals would you like the Comprehensive Plan to include <br /> and address? <br />· What concerns do you have regarding the current guidelines within the Comprehensive <br /> Plan? <br />· What would the end result of the Comprehensive Plan review be? <br /> <br />The Comprehensive Plan can address a number of issues including transportation, parks and <br />open space, pedestrian connections, utility extensions, the level of growth, housing density, <br />housing affordability, redevelopment of downtown, redevelopment of the gravel mining <br />areas, and establishing a future vision of the City. These are all issues that can be discussed <br />during the joint meeting between the Council and the Planning Commission. The more <br /> <br /> <br />