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th ATTACHMENT 1 – COMMENT MATRIX FROM JULY 27 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Technical Change Proposed GP Direction (Note: Additions to text in bold, deletions strikethrough. Issues Comment Background Information Element Needed which require further direction are highlighted.) 1. General Plan should be innovative Yes More direction is needed on this item. and creative to get us to where we want to go. Many parts are, but could use more. 2. Guiding Principles are missing our Confirm Add “housing” to the following guiding principle: goal to create housing opportunities. technical Strengthen economic vitality to provide jobs, housing, services, change revenues, and opportunities. proposed 3. Introduction needs more “Wow” Consider Options: factor to get readers excited. Not sure options: 1.Revise Introduction with Vignettes to tighten them up, shorten, how to go about it, maybe some people add more diversity would like to volunteer to help. We 2.Revise Introduction – Remove Vignettes. Provide 2009 need to celebrate in the Introduction. framework and overview of where City wants to be in 2030 3.Choose one of the above two options and also write an 4. Likes the vignettes about the Executive Summary Introduction different neighborhoods. 5. Likes vignettes. Vignettes have been much improved from where we started a while ago. Still need work: make sure they reflect cultural diversity 6. Not a fan of the vignettes 7. Inaccuracy: "The closest park to my Confirm We're lucky to live within walking distance of Red Morton Park and house and my parents is Red Morton." technical Community Center. At Red Morton Park, there are activities for children There are pocket parks, including the change of all ages, including sports, games, and arts and crafts. My parents library and Jardin de Ninos. There is a proposed often take the bus down to Red Morton Park, and have been exploring need to correct inaccuracies in the new offerings for seniors at the City’s new wellness center. The boys vignettes. love going to Red Morton Park too. Maybe we’ll go there tonight after dinner… (Or delete the vignettes.) Existing text: The New General Plan is intended to Confirm Edited text: The New General Plan is intended to be both a long-term 8. The discussion of the amendment process needs to be clearer. Currently it be both a long-term and a dynamic document and technical and a dynamic document and must be periodically updated to respond seems to be alluding to Cargill, but it 9. must be periodically updated to respond to change to changing community needs. Requests for amendments may be should be clear about what the process changing community needs. Requests for proposed submitted by individuals or initiated by the City itself. Amendments may August 20, 2009