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<br />&-3 <br /> <br />relocation negotiators, eminent domain attorneys, and interested or concerned members <br />of the general public. We also spoke with involved City staff, including management staff <br />and the director of the Community Development Services Department; the City Manager; <br />the City Attorney; and the Redevelopment Manager (previously the Downtown <br />Deyelopment Manager). <br /> <br />Additionally, we studied a number of key documents containing a significant amount of <br />community input: the Downtown Plan; the Precise Plan for Marina Shores Village; the <br />Bayfront Study; and the General Plan (both the 1990 version and the draft 2005 version). <br /> <br />This research gave us a crucial set of viewpoints, and provided us with the tools <br />necessary to formulate these guiding principles. <br /> <br />The attached guidelines are designed to create a more fair and equitable balance <br />between three key priority interests which simultaneously face the City: the broader <br />community's need and desire for a vibrant and viable City economy and healthy quality of <br />life; the City's legal and financial needs and requirements as it carries out its development <br />programs; and property owners' personal values, the unique characteristics of each <br />property, and the treasured historical links that these properties represent. <br /> <br />Knowing that the City staff and the members of Council pride themselves on embracing <br />constant performance improvement, this committee is confident that its recommendations <br />will be viewed as an opportunity to make our processes better, to respectfully engage our <br />community members, and to ensure that we use the utmost care and consideration for all <br />involved as we enhance and build community. <br /> <br />Alternative <br />The City Council could choose to revise the guiding principles, or develop a new set of <br />guiding principles, and/or designate an alternative member of Council to act as the "point <br />person" for citizen concerns or complaints regarding redevelopment actions. <br /> <br />Fiscal Impact <br />There is no fiscal impact to the City a ociated with adoption of this item. <br /> <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Rosanne Foust <br />Council Member <br /> <br />~~~ <br /> <br />Barbara Pierce <br />Vice-Mayor <br /> <br />Attachments <br />Draft "Guiding Principles for Property Acquisition" <br />