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Steering committee agrees to circulate redline draft and seek committee input before Planning Commission public hearing
Summary
The steering committee agreed to circulate a single redlined working draft of guiding principles and policies to citizen advisory committees and include committee comments in the Planning Commission packet; members debated whether to retain policies with each principle or redistribute them into plan elements.
Steering committee members debated competing drafts of guiding principles and agreed on steps to circulate a single working draft for advisory-committee and public review ahead of the Planning Commission public hearing.
Several members emphasized the importance of a visible redline so the public and advisory committees can track what changed. One committee member urged accessible wording and removing technical terms such as "hydrology" from headline principles so residents can understand the text.
Members discussed whether policies should remain under each guiding principle or be duplicated in relevant plan elements; some favored retaining policies in both places to explain what each principle means, while others favored streamlining and distributing policies into existing elements.
Committee members asked staff to circulate the recommended draft and a "married" packet that embeds advisory-committee comments by the end of the week so those comments can be included in the Planning Commission's public-hearing packet (public hearing date discussed for April 23). The committee also discussed whether an extra steering-committee meeting or an additional public participation meeting should be scheduled to handle the volume of public comment.
Ending: The committee agreed to circulate the redlined working draft to advisory committees, gather committee comments, and include them in the Planning Commission packet for the upcoming public hearing. No final placement decision for guiding principles was made at this meeting.
