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TASK 6: PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOPS The purpose of this task is to have the public and decision makers review and comment on the public review draft Zoning Code, and to provide direction for any further revisions to consider as part of the public hearing process. The workshops described below are in addition to the optional Zoning Symposium in Subtask 4.3. Because the policy direction for this update will largely lie on the foundation provided by the General Plan, we propose that the workshops with Planning Commission and City Council subcommittees, as well as the full bodies, be structured to highlight how the Zoning Code update will implement established policy. This will include any required rezoning of properties (a parallel taskto be undertaken by the City). For all Commission and Council workshops, the City will be responsible for securing the venue and providing public notice. The MIG Team will prepare all presentation materials and make the presentations. Up to four team members will attend each workshop session, which we assume will be in -person events. We will prepare an action summary following each workshop but not any official minutes. Subtask 6.1 Planning Commission and City Council Subcommittee Workshops (one each) During the process of preparing the first administrative draft Zoning Code, we have planned one workshop each with Planning Commission and City Council subcommittees to explore issues for which Planning staff believes additional policy direction is needed. This may be, for example, how to assign authority for review of projects subject to objective design standards or options for requiring open space. We will work with City staff to define the topic areas. Subtask 6.2: Planning Commission Workshops (2) Once the public review draft Zoning Code has been published, we will conduct two workshops to review the new Zoning Code, highlighting significant changes to zones, development and design standards, and administrative procedures. The MIG Team will capture comments from the Planning Commission and the public and use those to prepare an action summary of revisions to consider during the public hearing process. No changes to the public review draft will be made as a result of the workshops. Subtask 6.3: City Council Workshops (2) We have budgeted for two workshops with the City Council once the public review draft Zoning Code has been published. The timing will depend upon how City staff believes the Council will want to participate: either in parallel with Planning Commission review or once the Commission has conducted its hearings and made a recommendation, but prior to formal Council hearings. The MIG Team will capture comments from the Council and the public and use those to prepare an action summary of revisions to consider during the public hearing process. No changes to the public review draft will be made as a result of the workshops. Task 6 Meetings: n Planning Commission subcommittee workshop (1) n City Council subcommittee workshop (1) a Full Planning Commission workshops (2) MIG, Inc. 1 5