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ARDEN HILLS CITY COUNCIL — June 27, 2011 16 7.B. Adopt Performance Measures as Recommended by the Council on Local Results and Innovation (continued) budget process, Staff has been trying to incorporate performance measures into their process and documents. At the May 16, 2011 worksession, the Council also expressed their interest in developing performance measures. Participation in this program does not commit the City to exceeding the levy limit caps for Pay 2012 it merely gives the City the potential to go beyond the existing levy limit rule if the Council wishes. The adoption of these standards will allow the City to collect about $1,337 in Local Government Aid for both 2011 and 2012 to help defray what seems to be a developing consensus to survey the community. The only additional condition is that the City survey on the exact questions stipulated in the program. The City may add any other questions the Council would like. Mayor Grant clarified there would be no additional costs to the City to conduct the survey. Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson stated the City already utilizes and pays for Survey Monkey on the website and it could advertise the survey in the newsletter. The only criteria for the survey are the questions that must be included in the survey. Councilmember Holden asked if the City would receive the Local Government Aid with the expected budget cuts. She also asked if the additional work would be a problem for Staff at this time. Administrator Klaers stated that there would be only a very limited amount of additional work necessary from Staff to complete this project. Director of Finance and Administrative Services Iverson stated Staff was confident the Local Government Aid funds would be received. The City already utilizes Survey Monkey and the addition of the required questions for this program would not be difficult for Staff to include. Councilmember Tamble stated this would be a good communication tool to gather information from the community. It will not cost the City any additional funds to participate in the program and he is in favor of this at this time. MOTION: Councilmember Holmes moved and Councilmember Werner seconded a motion to Adopt Resolution 2011 -031; a Resolution Adopting the 2011 Performance Measures as Recommended by the Council of Local Results and Innovation. The motion carried unanimously (5 -0). C. Planning Case 11 -012 — Zoning Code Amendment Regarding Section 1355 City Planner Beekman stated on May 5, 2011, the Governor signed into law new legislation that revises the criteria cities must use when reviewing variance requests. In order to remain in compliance with State Statutes, the City must update its Zoning Code to incorporate the revised regulations. As part of this update, Staff is recommending that Section 1325.03, Subd. 3.C. be omitted from the Zoning Code, as it pertains to specific requirements for height variances, which are no longer necessary given the new variance criteria. The new variance review criteria can encompass the specific concerns related to height variances while treating all variance requests the same. Section 1355 of the City's Zoning Code lays out the administrative procedures for all land use applications made to the City. In addition to updating the variance procedures, Staff is also