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public process of comment for both the staff and proponent to gather input as to the content of the Precise Plan; an administrative draft would be presented to the Planning Commission for review and comment before the public; the public would comment; a determination would be made as to the level of environmental review; the Planning Commission would complete a final review of the Precise Plan and make recommendation to the City Council with the City Council receiving further input at a public hearing. Council comments included that it is a disservice to the community at large to not give an opportunity to conduct the necessary dialogue with the community, neighborhood and City staff to see if the proposal is possible given the need for housing in order to achieve a successful downtown. Clarification was given that while reviewing the General Plan and plans for the downtown there is not a moratorium on applications to build. The need and assurance of proceeding with caution was expressed. M/S Bain /Hartnett to: 1. Initiate a Precise Plan for this address only. 2. Direct staff to initiate a Precise Plan for this site, staff is directed to ensure in the site specific Precise Plan that the permitted development be consistent with the future Downtown Precise Plan (DPP). 3. Approve the attached contract with MHA Environmental Consulting, Inc., (MHA) who will prepare the Precise Plan, manage the project through the review process, and provide environmental review services. The motion passed by a majority roll call vote with Council Member Howard voting no. (613) MINUTE ORDER 05 -244 Recess: 9:15 -9:30 p.m. D. Water Enterprise — Status report and preview of 2006 Public Works Services Director Ingram explained the purpose to be information only and advised Council on the progress of the three priorities established some time ago on the City's water supply, the status of projects and a snapshot of what is coming in the future (PowerPoint presentation on file). PWS Director Ingram provided binders that included notes and handout materials from the public comment meeting, Appendix A of the Draft Plan that contains notes from the community roundtable meetings conducted in September, stating that those documents give a sense of what the community had to say about what is important to them in relation to water. Additional documents were provided in the binder with more to follow. REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 5, 2005 PAGE 8 MINUTE ORDER BOOK 61 Page No. 62