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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 10,.2010 Page 7 • Commissioner Wozniak commended the City's Planning staff and consultant on their work on the zoning amendments and how it aided in the Commission's anal- ysis. Commissioner Gisselquist concurred and noted the mind set of Commissioners as they remembered that this zoning code rewrite was being done on a code that may date from 1959 to now, and the new code would serve the community for another thirty-years going forward; and noted that staff coaxed Commissioners into re- membering that they were thinking about future generations and land uses, as well as those uses and situations currently in place. Additional discussion included term status of the current Commissioners, their demographics, age and gender as it related to their individual and corporate pers- pectives; the diversity of the expertise of the current Commission; and the Com- mission's desire to have an ongoing exchange of information between the City Council and the Commission during the zoning code rewrite process to make sure both bodies were in agreement with the direction being pursued. Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon advised that staff would be providing several opportunities to bring information before the City Council, and at the direction of the City Council, additional opportunities for joint meetings of both bodies could be brought forward as indicated. Mayor Klausing requested that staff consider providing anoff-schedule report to Councilmembers of items before the Planning Commission that are not being heard at the City Council level as well, to keep them aware of other issues before the Commission. Further discussion included the upcoming Public Hearings related to the Residen- tial and Commercial portions of the zoning code rewrite and to which all residents had been noticed and invited to attend the June Planning Commission meeting to provide public comment and get a better sense of the next steps in the process. Chair Doherty reiterated his request that the City Council provide their views prior to that Hearing to ensure consistency. Mayor Klausing suggested that it may be more appropriate to receive public comment prior to the City Council expressing their input; expressing his prefe- rence to receive that input in addition to the recommendations of the Planning Commission before City Council decision-making. • Councilmember Pust asked what the City Council could do to be a better conduit and to further assist the Planning Commission.