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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CASE #: t~ APPOINT MEMBERS OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOCUS GROUPS By: Linda Waite Smith, Administrative Services Manager Background: Five community "visioning" meetings have been held since September 18. The next step in the comprehensive planning process is for a focus group of 15 to 20 people representative of all community planning interests to spend time discussing, in depth, the 10 to 12 most important issues identified through the community meetings. The consultants would like to schedule three meetings of the focus group. The first meeting will be to clarify each issue so there is a common understanding of what the issue is. The second meeting will be to identify alternative ways to address each issue. The third meeting will be to develop recommendations about which alternatives should be included in the comprehensive plan. The recommendations will be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Commission, which in turn will make a recommendation to the City Council. Throughout the first five public meetings, the consultants and City staff have been compiling a list of names of people who represent various community interests. Councilmembers have added names and citizens have offered their names for consideration. That list is attached. We are asking that City Council formally appoint members of the focus group, contingent on each appointee accepting the invitation. The nominees have not yet been invited, so we have no idea whether or not the people identified will be able and willing to serve. Council Action: Appoint 15 to 20 members of the Comprehensive Plan Focus Group, contingent on acceptance of the invitation to serve. Reviewed By: Acting City Administrator Zoning AdministratOr Copies also distributed to: Fred Hoisington CC 10/28/97 lindas\complan.97Xfoeus2.cas