City Council Agenda and Packet 2015 04 21

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City Council Meeting Minutes April 7, 2015 Page 14 of 26 information regarding the McCaslin Small Area Plan. She felt the survey would be wasteful, but if the survey goes out she felt the Council should define mixed use. Council member Loo addressed question seven and was not sure the average person would have an understanding of the planning and governmental terms. She requested question seven be revised to make it more understandable. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton suggested John Leary rewrite all the survey questions and present them to City Council. He explained Mr. Leary described a lot of concepts, which may not be appropriately conveyed to staff. Mayor Muckle did not feel the survey was quite ready. He was not sure what the Council would be learning from the questions asked about the McCaslin area. He stressed the Council wanted citywide input from the citizens. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ stated staff understood the direction of the survey was to be a guiding influence for the City Council decisions. It was also clear from Council direction to provide a broad brush outreach. He explained the information being provided to the Planning Commission is three distinctly different alternatives. There is a combination of uses but the yield of residential units is significantly different based on what land is determined to be open space and infrastructure. The results from the South Boulder Road Small Area Plan will be reviewed by the Planning Commission in April and by the City Council in May. There are a full range of public involvement options including round table discussions and key stakeholder interviews as well as the survey, which will provide information on what uses and the characteristics of development are desired by the residents. Council member Lipton felt it is important to get as much public input as possible and was interested in doing a basic and simple survey. Mayor Muckle agreed. Council member Loo asked if there were any time crunch reasons for doing the survey sooner rather than later. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ explained they are trying to get the most out of the consultants' travel time and delaying the McCaslin survey will delay the South Boulder Road project (the final three scenarios). He stressed the survey, the workshops and stakeholder interviews will provide Council the information they need to make a decision. Council member Lipton agreed it is important to bring the South Boulder Road Small Area Plan to a conclusion. He voiced his concern the consultant's travel time may be driving the McCaslin survey. He would support slowing down the process and adding to the consultant's travel budget because he wanted to make sure the project is done correctly. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton addressed the timing of the survey, and the consultant's travel time and voiced his support for eliminating question seven. 42