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COLIllCJ JlllCInbCl' S(I'OlllFncI] stated tl Ja~ her questions were what are the steps that need to be taken and what is thc cml result. At this l~oim she did not have a picture of what the larger process will be and how it lits iq with thc speci~c request to extend City services. Councilmcmbcr Zinamemaan stated that for sewer and water extensions of this magnitude the City should do .~;o~c comprahcnsivt: planning first. City Administrator Normm~ stated lha~.t there are a lot of things that have to happer~ that will take several months, but the qtteslion is zen those things be done on a parallel track or do they handle thc process mom segmented. Rect ntly the City Council met with the Planning Commission to discuss some o l' thu, sc development i s.~ues and staff is somewhat confused as to what they should be sending to thc })lanning Commission. With something this large the Planning Commission could work on thc issue for one year and then the Council may have a completely different vision. It would sccm to make mo~e sense Ibc the Council to provide the Planning Commission will] at list of I-mcan]clefs. Councilmcmbcu S(~'ommen agreed ii,at the Council should determine the scope of the study and than establish some goals. C, ouncilmember (%ok aisc) agreed, }lc:: thought it was important for the Council to figure out exactly what thuy wunt to sec and tln,~n s;¢e if what is being proposed works into those plans. (?ouncilmcmber Sluommen stated tlat the City has a great opportunity to master plan the area and ultimately she wouid like to sec a pr~q~osed build-out map for the area. Councilmen]bur I'~I'.,,ig stated that hc w'~)uld like to know what the steps would be in the planning process, such ~ts do,.zs the grccnways plan get incmporated in the plan or when is that considered. Assistant Community Devclopmen, Director Trudgeon replied that the trouble is determining where they stat't and how far do th..~'y want to go with the planning. He noted that he has had some dialog with l loisington Koegier on the process, which could easily be defined once they know thc pxramotcr,s. Councilmcmber Sl~ommen ,';rated that she thought including as many layers as possible would be the most beneficial so possibly narrowing down the area they are looking at would make sense. She recommended ihat staff identify a reasonable amount of area that could adequately be looked at in several layers. Councilmen]l)c~' Elvig noted that h.', did not think that the area north of the Trott Brook had anything to do witl~ thc area they are discussing at this time. Councilmcmbcr (Mok stated that thuy also need to look at clustering, ghost mapping, etc. as part el'thc process. Cily Co~-;ncil Work Session/May 4, 2004 Page 9 of 14