02/09/2016 - Work Session - Announcements City Council Announcements
February 9, 2016
Information Needed by Council Staff 7:06:16 PM
A. Potential Change to Processing Planning Petitions
In an effort to speed up the timeframe to process Planning and Land Use related
petitions; Council staff is proposing the Council consider implementing this following
pilot program.
• Council Staff identify a few"pilot projects"to speed up the processing time for
land use petitions.
o Planning Staff would be wholly responsible for the initial briefing to the
Council.
o If the Council doesn't identify any significant concerns/issues; the petition
would then be moved on in the process (schedule public hearing).
o If the Council does have concerns, the petition would be scheduled for a
follow-up briefing; and, Council staff would then conduct a more thorough
analysis for follow-up and coordinate with Planning Staff to address the
Councils concerns.
■ The petition would then be put back on the agenda for a follow-up
briefing. Once the Council concerns have been addressed, the public
hearing would be scheduled.
Once a few"test cases" have been processed, Staff will come back to the Council to
determine whether or not to continue with the process on a regular basis.
➢ Does the Council support moving forward with this pilot program?
Yes
New Item:
Cindy Gust-Jenson, Executive Council Director, said a group from
Ukraine was coming in on Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 4:oo p.m. She
said they were professionals who were studying local governments. She
said they had been in contact with Councilmember Adams but she was not
available to meet with them at 4:oo. Ms. Gust-Jenson asked if another
Councilmember was available to meet with the group and give them a short
briefing before Staff took them on a tour. Councilmember Rogers said he or
Councilmember Mendenhall would be available.