This is an informational item and requires no action. Staff would like to the Council to leave this session with a better high-level understanding of the land use application process, but as important provide direction to staff on application processes or topic areas that it would like to spend more time on and receive more information about at future sessions in this series.

City Administrator Chris Kukulski has coordinated with the Planning and Community Services Department, Public Works Department and other Departments to participate in a series of Land Use Application Process sessions for City Council at upcoming Work Sessions or special meetings. This idea was generated after questions and discussion by Council during recent reviews and actions on land use applications indicated that more background and explanation of the land use application processes might help the Council on the context and background work that each application process requires. The sessions will be designed to further educate the Council on the processes, clarify why the land use processes are administered the way they are, and illicit from Council application process items or specific issues it would like to further review and discuss in upcoming sessions.

This first session will acknowledge the complexity and many aspects of the land use application and review process, help the Council further understand what goes into the processes before an application reaches the Council for action, and will provide a high level example of how a property moves through the review process for items like annexation, zone change and subdivision. Planning Division staff will provide this first session overview with the expectation that other Departments will participate in future sessions on more specific topic areas.
 

The only alternative for this non-action item is for the Council to listen to the material presented, engage in discussion, and provide guidance on topics for future sessions.

There is no significant financial impact to the PCSD budget in making this presentation at a Work Session.