2013-04-08 Regular City Council Session

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Ms. Riganti said that was correct. She said the Charter states the Plan Commission shall prepare and submit for City Council’s approval, a master plan. She said the Plan Commission prepares something for City Council to consider. Mr. Kraft asked if the Plan Commission was voted on. Ms. Riganti said that was correct. Mr. Kraft asked what the Plan Commission’s vote was. Ms. Riganti said the vote was a unanimous approval. On a further Point of Information, Mr. Kraft asked if the plan had been to other commissions. He said that as being a liaison on other commissions, this plan has come across the Tree Commission, the Library Commission, the Park Commission and the Traffic Commission. He asked if any of their votes were not unanimous. Ms. Riganti said not to her recollection. Ms. Carr stated that Mr. Price and the rest of Council deserved answers. She said just because you took it to the commissions, it was not brought back to Council to find out if it was Council’s wish. Ms. Carr stated that this came out of a tasking by the mayor, who is one of seven. She said there was no universal or majority agreement from Council for this task force or plan. She read the Charter statement again for clarification, “The Plan Commission may make recommendations to the Council, including a master plan” but Ms Carr said this report was not the master plan for the City but was a supplement to the master plan. Ms. Carr said she understood the desire for biking and walking in the City, but the process was flawed, just as Mr. Price said earlier with the Seniors and Youth Task Force. She said there are parts of the plan that are good, but there are clearly parts of it that would not stand up to the City Charter. She stated let it go to the Plan Commission where they can pull it apart as to what will work. Ms. Carr said this plan should get some real study because she has spent weeks reading through it, making notes and trying to understand what the City would be obligated for and what type of authority they would be abdicating. Ms. Carr said her idea would be to do one project at a time and actually go all the way through, but that required extensive citizen contact, not 1 out of 1,000. Mr. Kraft asked for Point of Information because he wanted to know if there was anything in the plan that obligated Council to do anything. Ms. Riganti said it was just like other plan, it is a vision, a blueprint, not a financial commitment. She said as it comes to project implementation, each recommendation would be vetted through the proper process which would include all of the proper boards and commissions as well as bringing it back before the City Council. 10