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MEMORANDUM
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January 29,2007
Agenda Item 7.C
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: James Lehnhoff, City Plarmerjl"
SUBJECT: Evaluation Criteria for Plarming Case Consent Calendar
Request
Consider a Motion to Adopt a Policy for Placing PI arming Cases on the Consent Calendar Based
on the Four Criteria in the January 29,2007, memo.
Back!!round
At the September 18, 2006, City Council work session, the Council requested that Staff prepare a
set of evaluation criteria for determining 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 Plarming Commission, this step would increase the efficiency of
reviewing certain non-controversial pI arming 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 were proposed by the Council and Staff at the September 2006
worksession:
. The Planning Commission unanimously recommends approval or denial of the plarming
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. Staff would need to
inform applicants that just because a planning case is placed on the consent calendar does not
'uarantee approval or denial.
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 policy for placing planning cases on the consent calendar based
on the four criteria in the January 29, 2007, memo.