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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 24, 2017 Page 6 on in the process before finalizing the plan rather than as a simple check-in at the end of the process. Along those lines, Chair Murphy advised that the commission, staff and consult- ants were still seeking ways and ideas for increasing community engagement giv- en the limited participation to-date, whether at in-person opportunities or through online attempts. Mayor Roe noted that this may actually be a positive indicating there wasn't ma- jor dissention from the community on the paths being pursued. In summation, Chair Murphy concluded that the City Council's general direction to the commission was to not get too specific with the comprehensive plan, but continue updates versus remaking the entire plan. Without objection, Mayor Roe confirmed that conclusion. With upcoming zoning code text amendments coming before the commission and City Council in the near future, and the City Council's review of an existing Planned Unit Development (PUD) discussion later on tonight's agenda, Chair Murphy reviewed past practice in creating a number of PUD's that were still on the book. Chair Murphy sought City Council direction on an appropriate re- sponse to them and recommendation by the commission if and when the city was forced to honor some of the older, out-of-date ones moving forward. Mayor Roe noted that this had come up at a recent City Council discussion as well, specific to the Centre Pointe PUD advising that the City Council had decid- ed not to pursue cancellation of it at this time. However, Mayor Roe agreed that there were others worthy of review. Mayor Roe noted that as part of the 2030 comprehensive plan update, an intentional review of Master Plans and Small Area Plans was done to avoid complications requiring a comprehensive plan amend- ment, with a plan to review their relevancy in those areas, and subsequent rec- ommendation for City Council action to abandon or maintain those plans. Mayor Roe opined that he considered the PUD process similar if and when underlying zoning applied at which time a PUD should be reconsidered for possible cancella- tion on a case-by-case basis. Specific to current design standards, Councilmember Willmus expressed his con- cern in the urban "building forward" concept or massing buildings along street frontage, noting that some residents still appreciated retaining a more suburban aesthetic. Councilmember Etten disagreed, noting that while it may look or feel strange when one particular building redeveloped before others in that same block or area, he preferred to continue moving away from a mass of parking lot in front of de- velopment requiring pedestrians to walk through a sea of vehicles. Councilmem-