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Vice -Mayor Cook Kallio said she would like this discussion to ultimately result in retention of local control over growth and anticipation of the kind of safeguards necessary in the event that the housing cap is determined to be illegal. She reiterated that she believes the rezoning of all three parcels to be best steps to ensure that outcome. Councilmember Sullivan asked if there would be support for his proposal if it allowed for rezoning all three parcels. Vice -Mayor Cook Kallio said that Mr. Bursleys recommendation seems to speak to some of the core values and principles she recommended. Mayor Hosterman said she was not particularly interested in tweaking the language of Mr. Bursley's proposal without the opportunity to read it carefully and receive input from staff. She concurred with the Vice -Mayor that it would seem to embody the principles that will guide the task force, but noted that the discussion is not for tonight. Vice -Mayor Cook Kallio concurred. She acknowledged Councilmember Sullivan's concerns but said she was uncomfortable adopting language constructed by people who do not necessarily understand the legal requirements. She supported the concept but cautioned that there could be unintended consequences by failing to review it carefully. In addition to these ideas, she would very much like policies for the safeguarding of growth management and Councilmember Thorne's requests regarding the task force to be included. City Manager Fialho summarized the discussion, stating that the Council seems to be after an approval of the staff recommendation, in terms of the way the ordinance is currently written for the three properties, while having another discussion about what that task force process should look like which comes around this idea of the adoption of some core principles, as reflected in the letter supplied. He said that the consensus seems to be for representation that is broad, open, and collaborative and evaluates financial impacts, assesses other issues based on real data and in addition to the things identified in the staff report like planning objectives, design guidelines, development standards and smart and green principles. He suggested that staff craft a task force process and work plan built around those principles. Councilmember Sullivan said that his intent was to condition the rezoning on that process rather than rezone prior to working out those details. Vice -Mayor Cook Kallio noted that if the plan were not crafted to the Council's satisfaction, it would have the opportunity to deny the rezoning at the second reading of the ordinance. Mr. Fialho concurred and suggested crafting the agenda to schedule the second reading after the adoption of the core principles. Councilmember McGovern said it should also be made clear that at that meeting, the public can make additional suggestions on those principles as well as policies for safeguarding the growth management plan. Mr. Fialho advised that while the latter could possibly be on the same agenda, it would not directly relate to the action taken tonight. He agreed that it is an important discussion but said its determination would be broadly defined as objectives to be achieved over a period of time rather than being reflected in terms of rules or ordinances. City Council Minutes Page 20 of 25 October 20, 2009