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TO: FROM: DATE: Planning Comnission Village Planner February 14, 1979 SUBJECT: Conmission Appointments New Applicants - The Council has recently received letters from four residents expressing an Interest in future appointment to the Planning Conmission. Three of these people have appeared before the Council to express their interest and the Council has suggested that they also attend a Planning Commission meeting to meet you and become acquainted with Planning Commission procedures. Consequently, they have been invited to the February 27, 1979 meeting. The Council will be appointing a new member to fill the upcoming vacancy left with Dick Hassel's resignation. If you have any suggestions, comnents or recommendations, please be prepared to pass them on to the Coimcll at the February 27, 1979 or the March 13, 1979 meeting. Chairmanship - The Council revised procedures for the appointment of Comnission Chairman and Vice Chairman in June of 1978 (see Ordinance 211). They have since taken an active role in the selection of the Chairman, but havo not pursued the appointment of Vice Chairman. On February 13, 1979, the Council decided that, yes, they will now appoint the Planning Commission Vice Chairman. The Council encourages the Planning, Commission to recomnend a person for that role, again at the February 27, 1979 or March 13, 1979 meeting. If the Planning Commission chooses not to make a recomnendation, then the Council will independently arrive at the appointment. Coomunication > The Council expressed some very real concerns about continuity of communication between the Planning Commission and the Council. The concensus was that the former policy of having a Council person attend Planning Comnission meetings was detrimental to the independent fact-finding purpose of the Planning Commission. The Planning Conmission should discover the facts, expose the issues, take the pulse of the comnunity and arrive at a recommendation from a planning basis. This means that community goals should have more of an Impact on the recommendation than legal issues, engineering issues, past precedent, or political pressures. The Planning Commission recomnendation may in fact be contrary to the recommendation of the attorney, the engineer, or the planner. The recommendation may include changes to existing policy or ordinance if appropriate. The Council then has the task of reviewing all the various recommendations and arriving at an educated decision.