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~ . ~~HILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: November 6, 2006 Agenda Item 7.E TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: James Lehnhoff: City PlannerV ..- SUBJECT: Evaluation Criteria for Planning Case Consent Calendar Back2round At the September 18, 2006, City Council work session, the Council requested that Staff prepare a set of evaluation criteria for detemlining if a planning case can be placed on the City Council"s consent calendar. Since many planning cases are not controversial and have a unanimous recommendation from the Planning Commission, this step would increase the efliciency of reviewing certain non- controversial planning cases at City Council meetings. . Discussion To determine if a planning case can be placed on the City Council"s consent calendar, the following evaluation criteria are proposed: . The Planning Commission unanimously approved or denied the planning case; . The City Council liaison recommends placing the planning case on the consent calendar; . There was an opportunity for the public to comment on the planning case at a public meeting prior to the City Council voting on the planning case; . There was minimal public input or disagreement regarding the planning case at the Planning Commission meeting; A planning case would need to meet all of the above criteria to be placed on the City Council"s consent calendar. As with any consent calendar item, any member of the City Council may remove a planning case from the consent calendar for additional discussion. The City Attorney was consulted about this proposal, and he stated that there are not any legal issues with placing planning cases on the consent calendar. However, he did note that it was important to include the basis for the approval or denial in the written motion language that is adopted in the consent calendar. For planning cases placed on the consent calendar, Staff will include the required findings in the motion language. Recommendation Staff recommends adopting the evaluation criteria for placing planning cases on the consent calendar. .