Item 3A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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The vote on the motion to amend was a 4:4 tie; councilors Taylor, Pryor, Ortiz and Solomon voting no, and councilors Bettman, Zelenka, Poling and Clark voting yes. The Mayor cast a vote against the motion and it failed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to amend EC 9.7007(1)(a) at Section 19 of Ordinance A to provide: “Type II: 3-lot partitions, tentative subdivisions and tentative cluster subdivisions.” Councilor Zelenka said the requirement for developers to meet with the neighborhood if the proposal was 10 lots or more was irrelevant in more built-up parts of the City and by reducing the number to three, the desired outcome of more neighborhood input would be achieved. The motion to amend passed, 6:2; councilors Pryor and Solomon voting no. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to replace the text of the proposed Subsection 9.2751(1)(c) of Ordinance A with the following text: “(c) For purposes of calculating net density[,]: 1. The acreage of land considered part of the residential use shall exclude public [property, including] and private streets and alleys, public parks and other public facilities. 2. In calculating the minimum net density required for a specific lot or development site, the Planning Director shall round down to the previ- ous whole number. 3. In calculating the maximum net density allowed for a specific lot or development site the Planning Director shall round up to the next whole number only for: a. A lot or development site that is 13,500 square feet or more in area; b. A lot or development site that is not abutting the boundary of, or directly across an alley from land zoned R-1; and c. Fractions of .75 or above. In all other circumstances the Planning Director shall round down to the previous whole number. 4. At the request of the developer, the acreage described in 1., above, also may exclude natural or historic resources. For purposes of this section, natural resources include those designated for protection in an adopted plan and the area within natural resources protection or con- servation setbacks that have been applied to the development site. For purposes of this section, historic resources include historic property and resources identified in an official local inventory as “primary” or “secondary.” It may also include additional natural or historic re- sources upon approval of the Planning Director.” Councilor Zelenka explained that his amendment would further limit the circumstances in which rounding up would occur by including development sites adjacent to an R-1 property. The vote on the motion to amend was a 4:4 tie; councilors Zelenka, Bettman, Tay- lor and Ortiz voting yes, and councilors Clark, Poling, Pryor and Solomon voting no. The Mayor voted in support of the motion and it passed on a final vote of 5:4. Councilor Zelenka, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to direct the City Manager to refer to the Infill Compatibility Standards project or to the Planning