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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 14,2014 Page 28 At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Trudgeon reiterated upcoming budget discus- sions, including: • August 11, 2014: Public Hearing with staff continuing to prepare and provide information available for the public's response through normal channels, in- cluding the website; • August 25, 2014: City Council discussion in more depth on staff's recommen- dations and their responses, proposals and further direction; along with dis- cussion of the CIP Budget (originally scheduled for August 18th, but deferred to the 25th due to other agenda items and time constraints); • September 8, 2014: Further City Council discussion • September 15, 2014: Further City Council discussion; and adoption of the Pre- liminary Levy • October and November of 2014: Further City council discussion prior to adoption of the Final 2015 Levy and 2015 Budget. Councilmember McGehee expressed her appreciation for this presentation; opin- ing that this was one of the nicest, most accessible presentations she'd been aware of, including alignment with community goals and aspirations. Councilmember McGehee expressed her appreciation to staff for their efforts in providing a sus- tainable and well-thought-out recommended budget. 13. Business Items (Action Items) a. Request by the Community Development Department for a Text Amendment to the Commercial and Mixed Use Districts Section of the Zoning Ordinance, Specifically Table 1005-1 regarding Residential, Civic and Institutional Uses City Planner Thomas Paschke briefly reviewed this request of text amendments recommended by staff, and as detailed in the RCA dated July 14, 2014. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Paschke displayed Table 1005-1 and highlighted pro- posed amendments. Based on her personal review, Councilmember McGehee questioned why student housing was proposed as a permitted use in Community Business (CB) and Re- gional Business-1 (RB-1) and -2 (RB-2) Districts, but not post-secondary colleg- es. Councilmember McGehee opined that previous discussions were specific to office based colleges or secondary schools, but not actual campuses in those dis- tricts. Also, under the live-work units in RB-1 and RB-2 Districts, Councilmember McGehee opined that those would not be suitable for student housing. Mayor Roe clarified that those permitted uses were not changed from the current use table,but only added as permitted uses in the CB Districts.