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1. r. <br />H'' <br />k <br />Request for Council Action continued <br />Page 8 of 8 <br />May 21, 1996 <br />Report Regarding Expediting the Planning Application Review Process <br />A further benefit of having a clear set of policy guidelines in place is that staff <br />could ensure that these were made clear to all applicants in an effon to assist the <br />applicants in bringing proposals to the Planning Commission and Council that arc <br />within the guidelines. <br />Once a set of policy guidelines is in place it may be possible to identify a <br />category of applications that, if within certain parameters, could be leviewed at <br />the staff level and brought directly to the Council rather than going through the <br />full Planning Commission hearing process. This could reduce the size of the <br />Planning Commission agenda and free up the Planning Commission to address <br />more significant planning issues, rather than negotiating set backs and hard cover <br />vanances. <br />COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED <br />1. Direct Zoning staff to propose specific changes in the application review process. <br />2.Direct City Clerk to investigate and report on options for using a different official <br />newspaper with a more beneficial deadline. <br />3.Direct staff to investigate whether Wednesday Planning Commission meetings would be <br />feasible for current members. <br />4.Direct staff to analyze past variances and propose policy guidelines or code changes for <br />categories of applications to result in abbreviated variance review.