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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 23, 2018 Page 3 an open house and having notification of residents within 500 feet, to provide a better opportunity for public input. Councilmember Willmus commented that what is being referred to is the applica- tion at County Road D in Fairview. That is where the Council is in alignment with the text amendments. Specific to the site or proposal, there are some issues. That is why the Council took the action it did. There is a need to further define these things, but also with regard to certain areas in the community, there may be some challenges. The Council would like to see those items. Vice Chair Bull stated there was a very general text amendment that applied across the board, and a very specific project, and they were dealt together. It was confusing as to which ones were being considered when. Councilmember Etten also asked planning staff to look at this issue. He noted that one of the challenges with the proposal for County Road D in Fairview was there were may undefined pieces like setbacks and parking requirements. The Council can learn from this to determine a better process. Member Daire commented that the separation of the project proposal from the text amendment is a wise course of action. It makes sense to refuse to allow the project proposal to go through until the text amendment has been dealt with in terms of ramifications City-wide, in order to develop as the parameters like park- ing, etc., rather than let the project define the text amendment. Mayor Roe commented sometimes it is not just changing whether something is permitted or not permitted. There are other factors and decisions that flow from that, like setbacks. Also, with that application, if it went through as permitted, it would not come back to the Council or the PC. Giving notice ahead of a project can inform everyone in the process that, depending on how the text amendment goes, will affect the steps of the specific project. He agreed that separating it does take some of the pressure off the process. Member Daire stated this has happened at least 3 times while he has been on the PC. Councilmember Willmus concurred with Member Daire that there have been a few occurrences with the simultaneous action. He has spoken about this, and the Council does not want to see the situation re-occur. But the City cannot prevent someone from applying, and the point is to put some things in place that will act as a trigger. It is great for the PC to sit down to ask some of these questions, and that is helpful for Councilmembers when it moves to the Council level. Member Gitzen stated that anything that can be done to educate the public will be very helpful.