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Mr. Dolan replied that the decision would most likely be made on Friday. Commissioner Olson inquired when the next regular meeting would be. th Mr. Dolan replied that it would be on November 18. He indicated that the th November 11 meeting was canceled due to the holiday. Commissioner Olson advised that he would not be present at the November 18, 2009. Commissioner Blank inquired if there would be a meeting the week of Christmas. Mr. Dolan said no; there would be only one meeting in December, on December 9, 2009. b. Actions of the City Council Commissioner Blank stated that this was a different version of what the Commission discussed at the last meeting regarding the challenges staff faces of having to present an opinion contrary to what staff supports. He indicated that at the last City Council meeting, PRZ-48, the application to rezone three sites in Hacienda, was presented by staff. He noted that the Commission voted 5-0 to support two or the three lots to be rezoned and that there was a great deal of discussion as to whether it met the legal requirement and provided some relief to the concerned public. He stated that he has not seen the meeting video, but based on the staff report he read, he noted that while the actions of the Planning Commission were adequately described, the reasons and rationale for those actions were not; staff made a recommendation to the City Council to approve all three lots without an explanation to the Council as to why the Planning Commission recommended the rezoning of only two of the three lots. Commissioner Blank stated that he would again ask, especially in the case where the Planning Commission votes unanimously, that if staff is going to make a contrary recommendation, he believes it would be useful for the Planning Commission to get an email notification ahead of time, as there may be things the Commission may wish to expose to the City Council in the staff report so the Councilmembers might perhaps get a better view of the Commission’s thinking. Mr. Dolan replied that he understood the point; however, he does not have complete control as to what is included in the staff report at the Council level. He stated that he could raise the issue, but he indicated that the Commission should assume staff’s recommendation will be the same to the City Council as that to the Planning Commission in almost all cases, unless new information is received which has not been considered. He noted that someone’s opinion would not necessarily change that recommendation. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 28, 2009 Page 11 of 13