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Page 2 of 3 <br /> <br /> Preparation of a Final Report. <br /> Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan Amendments based on the Report’s <br />recommendations. <br /> <br />On January 17, 2017, the City Council reviewed the draft proposal for planning and economic <br />services that would be lead by Eric Zweber, Senior Planner, with significant involvement from <br />Jim Gromberg, Economic Development Specialist. Eric Zweber has more than 15 years of <br />planning and zoning experience at multiple communities and Jim Gromberg has more than 25 <br />years of economic development experience, including most recently with the Minnesota <br />Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED). The full biographs of the <br />entire team and related project experiences are described in the proposal provided in Attachment <br />A. <br /> <br />Schedule <br /> <br />Month Planning Commission Economic Development <br />Committee City Council <br />March Review Campus Master Plans <br />and where Higher Education is <br />allowed <br /> <br />Review uses allowed in <br />commercial and industrial <br /> Joint Work Session <br />April <br /> <br />Review typical employment <br />and economic activity from <br />uses <br /> <br />May Review typical employment <br />and economic activity from <br />uses <br /> <br />Review how other <br />communities zone for higher <br />education <br /> <br />June Examine amount of land and <br />building space available in <br />commercial and employment <br />zones <br />Examine amount of land and <br />building space available in <br />commercial and employment <br />zones <br />Review draft study report <br />July Review draft study report and <br />propose Zoning Code text <br />and/or Comprehensive Plan <br />amendments <br /> <br />August Review Zoning Code text <br />and/or Comprehensive Plan <br />amendments <br />Review recommendations Review recommendations <br />September <br />Conduct Public Hearing <br />Approve Zoning Code text <br />and/or Comprehensive Plan <br />amendments <br /> <br />After review of the proposal, the City Council commented that there were too many Planning <br />Commission meetings, that the City Council did not have enough involvement and the proposed <br />involvement was too late in the process. Based on these comments, WSB revised the schedule