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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July 11, 2016 Page 19 Chair Boguszewski noted the numerous questions at the last Commission meet- ing, especially involving the scope of the process and whether ar not it was in- tended as an update or improvement/upgrade on the current plan or if it was in- tended to be opened up and widespread with new ideas and concepts to be consid- ered. Whichever one is right or wrong, and dependent on the City Council's di- rection and level of cost/time involved, Chair Boguszewski stated the Commis- sion would support their direction. Since the last Commission discussion, Mayor Roe noted the City Council's more recent discussion for the plan update and its scope; and suggested that discussion may inform the Commission accordingly and their future role. Councilmember Willmus stated he thought the current plan was a good guiding document, and from his perspective, he wasn't looking to start from scratch. Councilmember Willmus advised he was leaning more toward updating the tech- nical aspects for most chapters to allow the plan to continue serving the city well in the coming years. Councilmember McGehee stated she thought the current plan was quite good, but didn't think it precluded new topics or ideas being introduced, without requiring that the entire plan be opened up simply to add those new items. Councilmember McGehee agreed technical changes were needed in some cases; using her contin- ued interest in revising the definition between Regional and Community Business designation. However, Councilmember McGehee stated she was open to any suggestions for new ideas or items; but agreed that as a group the consensus was that there was little interest in starting from scratch. While recognizing the cur- rent plan is ten years old, and not perfect, Councilmember McGehee it is relevant yet; and could easily incorporate some additional ideas. Suggested Work Plan for the Upcoming Year Regarding the four suggested work plan items as outlined by staff, Chair Bo- guszewski advised the Commission had not yet considered them, but would dis- cuss them at a future meeting. Mayor Roe invited the Commission to provide input in the future on recent City Council discussions related to High (HDR) and Medium Density (MDR) zoning designation and areas throughout the community. Councilmember Etten agreed, noting staff could provide the Commission with those relevant City Council detailed discussions and the specific areas being re- viewed related to HDR versus MDR designation and any initial conclusions al- ready determined up to this point and other areas for moving forward. Specific to the level of comprehensive plan changes based on cost considerations, Coun- cilmember Etten opined it was important for the Commission to be aware of the City Council's direction before putting too much work into the process.