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Recommendation: Receive information - No action required. B. Redwood City General Plan II. Joint Study Session on the General Plan Vision and Process Planning Manager Church explained that the meeting is not to make decisions on specific issues but to begin discussion and provide general guidance on what Council and Planning Commissioners do or do not want to see when the document comes back later this summer. Principal Planner Passanisi highlighted the role of the Oowntown Area Plan, the Oowntown Study and the status of the General Plan. Planning Commission Chairperson Paulson and Council Member Foust, liaison to the General Plan process, detailed the public input process that the Planning Commission has been using over the past 12 months. Council and Commission comments included the idea of using neighborhood association meetings and going out where the residents already are congregating such as the Farmers' Market rather than create new meetings to fit into busy schedules. Consultant Bottomley described the major themes that emerged from the neighborhood meetings as stated in the staff report. Public Comment: Greg Greenway, Executive Oirector of Seaport Industrial Association, highlighted that from a General Plan, long range planning point of view, it would benefit the City to take into account the reality that industrial businesses plan to be in the Seaport neighborhood for the long term. He stated that the area also represents an intermodel transportation hub, and that it is an enormous recycling center. His last overarching vision principle was that the Port and the industrial sector is a part of the history, fabric and character of the community and unique to other cities. He further expressed the support for the City's efforts in securing the water supply and that the Bayfront Study comments should be incorporated into the document. Speaking as the manager for facilities and land use of the Childcare Coordinating Council, his message was to strongly incorporate chitdcare into the General Plan. Peggy Bruggman stated that the neighborhood meetings were helpful but were on the City's terms and discussion of topics of larger importance were not up for discussion. So far, the residents have not had the opportunity to think and dream big and if that input is not received, people will feel left out. She suggested JOINT CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES JOINT STUDY SESSION with PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 4, 2005 PAGE 4