Residents ask council to reopen public comment on "Book Five" planning document

Resident Jim Beagle pressed the council for clarity about the public-comment schedule for the city's planning document referred to as "Book Five." "When the council approved it, book five was going to be released for a 45 day period of comment," Beagle said, and he said residents expected a public hearing during that period. He urged the city to solicit substantive resident input on issues such as rezoning commercial corridors, converting industrial sites to housing and what the plan should say about affordable housing.