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Councilmember Hendriksen asked if the 25% is being multiplied with the total number. Mr. Gordon answered affirmatively and explained that the percentage is based on the baseline. Councilmember Hendriksen suggested the language be made clear so a developer coming in can clearly understand what the landscape requirements are. He also suggested the formula be included in the ordinance. Mayor Gamec stated staff works with the landscaping plan. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that ultimately City Attorney Goodrich has to be able to defend and enforce it in court. He suggested the easiest way is to describe how it is calculated. He suggested that Attorney Goodrich be asked to determine how many trees would be required based on the language included in the ordinance. Mayor Gamec noted that staff reviews the landscaping plan and determines the landscaping requirement, not the City Attorney. Councilmember Hendriksen stated he does not think a judge would arrive at the same number of landscaping plants as has been described tonight. Councilmember Anderson noted that under planting types, #2, indicates "be not" which should be revised to indicate "shall not." Mayor Gamec stated some people have said the Council is not making progress with this process and asked how this discussion can be moved farther along rather than focusing on the micromanagement issues. He stated it had been thought this would take two or three meetings but this is the fifth meeting. He asked for suggestions on how the process can move forward. Mr. Gordon stated there might be another way to review it since staff is ahead of what the Subcommittee is looking at tonight. However, they want to keep all involved in the process. He suggested that all of the information be given to the Subcommittee so it can be looked at as a whole rather than going through it individually by section. Mayor Gamec stated the Council is involved with setting policy and staff does the implementation. Councilmember Hendriksen stated he is not sure who said this process is not moving fast enough but the last time there was a complete rewrite, he was serving on the Planning Commission and they worked on it for roughly 18 months. He stated it is unrealistic to think the City can completely rewrite the entire zoning chapter in two meetings. Councilmember Hendriksen stated he believes the City is making horrendous changes to how the City will be zoned, completely done away with R-1 rural zoning, and is now going by lot sizes no matter where you are in the City. He stated the ripple effect of that will be horrendous. He suggested that to anyone who has that Chapter 9 Committee /June 27, 2002 Page 8 of 11