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<br />~ <br />~~HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />January 29,2007 <br /> <br />Agenda Item 7.C <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: James Lehnhoff, City Plarmerjl" <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Evaluation Criteria for Plarming Case Consent Calendar <br /> <br />Request <br /> <br />Consider a Motion to Adopt a Policy for Placing PI arming Cases on the Consent Calendar Based <br />on the Four Criteria in the January 29,2007, memo. <br /> <br />Back!!round <br /> <br />At the September 18, 2006, City Council work session, the Council requested that Staff prepare a <br />set of evaluation criteria for determining if a planning case can be placed on the City Council's <br />consent calendar. Since many planning cases are not controversial and have a unanimous <br />recommendation from the Plarming Commission, this step would increase the efficiency of <br />reviewing certain non-controversial pI arming cases at City Council meetings. <br /> <br />Discussion <br /> <br />To determine if a planning case can be placed on the City Council's consent calendar, the <br />following evaluation criteria were proposed by the Council and Staff at the September 2006 <br />worksession: <br />. The Planning Commission unanimously recommends approval or denial of the plarming <br />case; <br />. The City Council liaison recommends placing the planning case on the consent calendar; <br />. There was an opportunity for the public to comment on the planning case at a public <br />meeting prior to the City Council voting on the planning case; <br />. There was minimal public input or disagreement regarding the planning case at the <br />Planning Commission meeting; <br /> <br />A planning case would need to meet all of the above criteria to be placed on the City Council's <br />consent calendar. As with any consent calendar item, any member of the City Council may <br />remove a planning case from the consent calendar for additional discussion. Staff would need to <br />