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tile idea of having a plan where they know what will be open gpace but he thinkg Councilmember Elvig was correct that they already have done some of these things and they need to tweak things around a little bit. Councihncmber Strommen amended the motion as follows: Authorize staff and Hoisington Koegler Group Inc. to commence the Comprehensive Plan Amendment component of the Growth Planning process with an addition of public input opportunity during the initial stages of the amendment process. Councilmember Kurak concurred with the amendment. Further discussion: City Administrator Norman requested clarification that if this motion passes the public input does not have to be the first thing that is done. Councilmember Strommen replied the public input needs to be done before integrating all the layers of formulating the plan. City Administrator Norman stated he would recommend against this. The City needs to go through a process and have information before they go out to the public. Councilmember Cook stated hc feels the public input is more a part of the comprehensive plan, and not as much a part of what is being discussed tonight. His main concern is that this first meeting will end up being about whether residents want City sewer and water. Motion failed. Voting Yes: Councilmembers Strommen, Kurak and Zimmerman. Voting No: Mayor Gamcc, Councilmembers Cook, Elvig and Pearson. Further discussion: Councilmember Zimmerman stated there are a lot of people on the Council that are afl'aid of what the public has to say. Councilmember Elvig stated he is not afl'aid of including the public. Councilmember Kurak questioned what area will be studied for the comprehensive plan amendment. Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon reviewed the area and explained it will go beyond the exact property lines. Councilmember Kurak noted the scope has not been determined yet. She asked if the Council will be infornaed regarding this. Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon responded in the affi nnative. Motion by Councihnember Cook, seconded by Mayor Gamec, to authorize staff and Hoisington Koeglcr Group Inc. to commence the Comprehensive Plan Amendment component of the Growth Planning process. Further discussion: Councilmember Elvig stated he would be happy to have public input at this level, but the tools need to be used to show the thought process. Councilmember Cook stated the public input should be addressed in a separate motion. He would like to see the $90,000 start working and he would like to be able to show the residents what is already known. The Council has detcrmincd they want a sewer line, and that should be shown to the people. He does not want to bring itl tile public until there is something to lay out for them. Councilmember Strommen stated she cannot vote in favor of this until it is clarified when the public input will happen and what it would entail. She stated as this is laid out the citizen input would not be included until stage four. Councilmember Elvig indicated he will be making a motion to take public input much earlier in the process, after there has been enough information gathered to present to the public. City Council/May 11, 2004 Page 33 of 36