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<br /> Jim Lemert~ 10 East 40th Avenue, felt some of the discussion of <br />e the issues had been somewhat misleading. He said the evaluation <br /> committee had discussed five options and had proposed its fifth <br /> option. He distributed to Council the report from that committee. <br /> He said the evaluation committee had suggested an independent com- <br /> mittee be established. He also noted the city would require per- <br /> mission from LCDC if the City did not establish an independent com- <br /> mittee. A third point he made was that those involved in land-use <br /> planning were not just the Planning Commissioners, but also the <br /> Planning Department staff. <br /> Rob Robertson, 794 Crest Drive, was a member of MAPAC serving on <br /> the evaluation committee. He felt the citizens involvement com- <br /> mittee should be one set up to report equally to the City Council <br /> as well as Planning Commission. He said this was not a case of <br /> the neighborhood leaders' committee versus the Planning Commission, <br /> but noted the neighborhood leaders had significant membership on <br /> the evaluation committee. He stressed that the citizens involvement <br /> plan was more than just a procedure for dealing with the Planning <br /> Commission. He felt the group would be in a position to guide and <br /> counsel individuals as to their questions and dealings with city <br /> government in land-use planning processes. He felt the independent <br /> committee dealing on an independent basis would be in a far better <br /> position to provide this service to citizens. <br /> Mr. Lieuallen questioned in terms of the Planning Commission's heavy <br />e workload and its lack of response to the citizens involvement program <br /> last year, whether it would be possible for the Planning Commission to <br /> effectively coordinate the Citizens Advisory Committee. Mr. Bernhard <br /> replied the Planning Commission wants to have the citizens advisory <br /> committee take some workload portion, particularly for the land-use <br /> planning. The committee would report back to the Commission. <br /> Mr. Williams said it seemed the question was whether the body should <br /> report to the City Councilor Planning Commission. He felt land-use <br /> recommendations were clearly a function of the Planning Commission and <br /> the advisory body ought to be spending the bulk of its time working <br /> with the Planning Commission. He said the City Council was always <br /> open for feedback. He did not think it prudent to create a body for <br /> citizen involvement in land-use planning which would not be involved <br /> with the Planning Commission. He felt it should be very closely <br /> related to the Planning Commission. <br /> Jim Johnston, 179 West 37th Avenue, said in response to Mr. Williams' <br /> concern, the alignment requested by the evaluation committee would be <br /> between citizens, City Council, and the citizens advisory committee. <br /> A reason for this process was there were other citizen <br /> involvment concerns, citing the Fasano procedures. He said Planning <br /> Commission members could not discuss certain Fasano proceedings, but <br /> an independent citizen group would be able to help other citizens in <br /> the community in this regard. He felt it would make the government <br /> more easily accessible to citizens. He agreed there was a bias in <br />e <br /> 8/31/77--6 <br /> ~51 <br />