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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 25, 2010 Page 16 Council won't support or approve. Councilmember Ihlan opined that the City Council did not have adequate information, in addition to those extensive com- ments and concerns raised by the public, to make a decision. Councilmember Ih- lan further opined that this property "flew under the radar" when HDR designa- tion was approved; and opined that she would have questioned it had it come for- ward earlier; and opined that the designation should conform to current use. Mayor Klausing noted that the request was to change the Comprehensive Plan de- signation, not zoning. Councilmember Ihlan moved to change the designation to LDR. The Chair declared the motion failed for lack of a second. Mr. Paschke clarified that these two parcels were not anomalies, but had come up during Zoning Map discussion, and currently identified as HDR with the Com- prehensive Plan and Zoning in accordance; but never identified as anomaly prop- erties. Councilmember Johnson, noting his service on the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, failed to recall discussion about any changes for this property; and therefore opined it must have been their decision to retain HDR designation, or other recommendations would have been pursued. Discussion included the process to -date for this long -term HDR designation on this property; differentiation between the land use designation and zoning in rela- tionship to any proposed development requiring City approval through a normal application process; with no development proposal currently before the City Council. Also as a member of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee, Council member Roe questioned whether this property came under any great scrutiny dur- ing that process; however, didn't know if it should be characterized that it was apparently reconfirmed as previously designated. Staff clarified the RCA dated October 25, 2010, and actions or lack thereof, de- pending on consensus, with those properties, along with hundreds of others, taken care of when the City Council adopted the final Zoning Map in the near future. Councilmember Ihlan polled the audience on their knowledge of the Comprehen- sive Plan process and land use designations; and opined that this was a huge deci- sion for the neighborhood; and expressed frustration in sitting among Council members who apparently would do nothing.