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City Council Meeting Minutes October 14, 2014 Page 11 of 23 structures built before1920, unless there is a recommendation for a specific structure. He opposed a citywide survey and felt if the majority of Council believes it is necessary, a recommendation should be made by the Planning Department and endorsed by the Historic Preservation Commission. Council member Loo addressed the 2015 Goals and Objectives and noted there is a goal to initiate a citywide preservation plan. She opposed a citywide preservation plan and felt the goal was misleading. She did not believe it was the intent of the Council. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ explained in 2014 Council approved the citywide preservation plan. He stated providing the period of significance information requested by Council member Dalton was delayed by the late hiring of the Preservation Planner in June. The Planning Division has started the Preservation Master Plan, received state grants and a consultant is on board. The kick -off is planned for the first week in December. The scope of the study is the architecture and the history of the City to get public input in order to recommend a publically supported period of significance. The schedule for completion is June of 2015. The two surveys for 2015 are to implement the results of the Master Plan and to do an historic survey and update the Downtown Survey consistent with what the Council approves as a communitywide master plan. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton commented the City is getting tied up in plans and they should be simplified. Council member Lipton voiced his respect for the Planning Department and felt the Council was asking a lot from them in 2014 and 2015. The Planning Department is focused on the Small Area Plans and a number of areas critical to the City and he felt they may be overextending themselves. He suggested taking pause, reprioritizing and refocusing. He wanted to get started on the neighborhood plans. He was concerned over the parking permit study and supported putting it off a year. He also felt the Historic Structure Surveys could be put off a year. He had heard from citizens about the delays in the building permit process and supported funding a position and asked if it would only be for one year. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ explained it would be dependent upon the new ERP software. He explained there are two requests for staffing; one for building inspection and one for administrative support. If the ERP software was not sufficient, the Planning Department would come back with a more complete staffing plan. Council member Lipton voiced his support for the temporary staffing and the neighborhood plans. Council member Keany voiced his support for any staffing, which would expedite the building permit and inspection process. He would not support any neighborhood plan until the two small area plans are completed and preferred the staff not add anything else until the small area plans are complete.