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7.03: Adopt Ordinance #23-08 to Amend Chapter 4 of the Charter - Nominations and Elections City Administrator Hagen reviewed the Staff report concerning the charter amendments for nominations and elections. Motion by Councilmember Musgrove, seconded by Councilmember Woestehoff,to waive the City Charter Requirement that the Ordinance be read aloud and adopt Ordinance 423-08 Amending Chapter 4 of the City Charter -Nominations and Elections. A roll call vote was performed: Councilmember Musgrove aye Councilmember Riley aye Councilmember Howell aye Councilmember Olson aye Councilmember Specht aye Councilmember Woestehoff aye Mayor Kuzma aye Motion carried. 7.04: Adopt Resolution#23-223 approving the Haviland Fields EAW,Findings of Fact,and Record of Decision. - Please Note: this case was moved from the Consent Agenda - Case 5.18 -to the regular agenda - Case 7.4. Councilmember Riley shared that he had this case pulled as he would like to have this sent back to the filer as he does not agree with all of the findings and this needs to be reworked. He noted that it should focus on the traffic study, findings, and conclusion as he has major problems with these items. Planning Manager Larson shared that the environmental review document is something that is required for larger projects. He explained that this is a planning tool that analyzes the potential impact of a development on the environment. He stated that these documents are considered City documents that the project proposer puts together for Staff review. He noted that this document was reviewed by Staff and shared that after some back and forth, Staff thought that the analysis was to a point that it was done well. He shared that after this it goes out for a 30 day public comment period which allows anyone to comment on the document and changes are then made to the document after these comments. He stated that if there are specific things in this traffic study that would warrant further study then they can direct the project proposer to look at these things. Councilmember Riley stated that he questions the peak number of trips based on the number of multi-family households that are involved. He added that he also questions the suggestion that there are no road improvements required. He stated that he feels that this road system is already at maximum capacity before adding over 400 households. City Council/ September 26, 2023 Page 13 of 16