In the Council work session on November 26, 2013 the Council provided staff with direction on the management and organization of the Regional Plan parking lot. Specifically, the Council directed staff as follows:

• Consolidate all technical and clerical edits into a separate section of the parking lot, and maintain the scoring by Council for each item.
• Group edits as much as possible into clearly defined categories as described by Jim Cronk, Planning Director, including for example, land use, heritage preservation, roads and transportation, etc.
• Within these categories, the scoring by Council will be maintained, and the parking lot will be prioritized with the highest ranking items listed first (those with a score of 6 through 4).
• All parking lot items with a score of 3 or less will be kept on the parking lot, and it will be up to the councilmember who suggested the item to make the case for ensuring the item is included in final amendments to the Regional Plan.

Staff is working on a revised listing and organization of the parking lot based on the direction provided by Council. The final version of the parking lot will be submitted to the Council as soon as it is completed, and no later than sometime on Wednesday, December 4^th so that the Council may prepare for the December 6, 2013 Retreat on the Regional Plan parking lot. This all day meeting is intended to enable the Council to review, discuss, and provide direction to staff on the revised parking lot so that specific amendments can be presented back to the Council for review and further discussion on December 17^th.
 
A general description of key elements of the revised parking lot follows:

• All clerical and technical items have been grouped together. This includes clerical text amendments and minor corrections on some maps.
• General issues that are not chapter specific have been consolidated into one group.
• All issues that were noted as “Preamble” and addressed through the proposed prefatory language to be inserted at the beginning of the document have been consolidated into one group.
• Where more than one issue is described in one parking lot item, these have been separated into two items, especially when they are on different pages in the Plan. In these cases the same score has been applied to each item.
• In many instances, there are duplicate parking lot items for the same topic. Interestingly in some cases, even though the topic is the same, they may have been scored differently. When these have been combined, staff has included the names of both councilmembers who suggested it, and the highest score was applied.
• Chapter IX, Land Use and Growth Areas: There appears to be some confusion with this chapter because some councilmembers referred to the version in the bound Regional Plan document, and others referred to the updated version that includes the same content but was reorganized to make it more logical and easier to read based on a recommendation of the Planning and Zoning Commission. The updated chapter was provided to Council some time ago; a copy is attached for your use if needed. The revised parking lot has been updated with the correct page numbers within this chapter. 

Path Forward:
The proposed path forward for the possible adoption of the proposed Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030 by the Council, and possible ratification by Flagstaff residents is provided below:
 
December 6, 2013:     Council retreat on the Regional Plan parking lot
 
December 10, 2013:   Possible meeting to complete parking lot priorities, if needed
 
December 17, 2013:   Final date to provide staff with direction on proposed amendments to the draft Regional Plan, and to discuss an election date
 
January 7, 2013:         Possible discussion on the near-complete document
 
January 14, 2014:       Review of amendments/possible adoption of the Flagstaff Regional Plan 2030, and call for election.