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Chair Blank stated that he could see someone saying that this has been approved and has been in the General Plan for years, which was approved by the vote of the citizenry at some point. He indicated that he is personally a little less troubled by the grandfathering of those as he is by the general exception concept and that he does not know how to reconcile those two. Mr. Dolan stated that if it is the Commission's sentiment, it could leave in the language about the PUDs and the Specific Plans and eliminate the exception process. Commissioner Pearce asked the Commission what its role is in this process. She recalled that the Commission struggled with Lund Ranch and asked the Council to provide some direction, which the Council has done. She indicated that she came in to the meeting this evening viewing the Commission's role as taking Council's direction and staffs recommendation and making sure they lined up and clarifying things, as opposed to saying the Commission does not like what the Council did and think the Commission should change it. She stated that she wants to make sure the Commissioners are all starting on the same place because her impression is that the Commission asked for the Council's guidance, which the Council gave; therefore, the Commission should make sure it is implementing that guidance as opposed to completely pulling it apart. Chair Blank stated that he does not disagree with that but that it was strictly an issue of taking the Council's guidance and making sure what was written lined up with that guidance, and the Council would not need to bring it back to the Commission to do that. Commissioner O'Connor noted that Mr. Dolan had mentioned that the Council directed that this be brought back to the Commission to see if it was in alignment with Council's guidance. He added that the Council Minutes shows that the Council jumped around quite a bit and there was not really any consensus. He noted that the Council must have made two or three motions at one time, and now it has come back to the Commission to give guidance to the Council. He pointed out that, as Ms. Ayala mentioned, this is a different Council: three of the members who voted on these topics are no longer there, and the members who will ultimately make the final decision have differed somewhat. He added that he sees this as fair game and part of the Commission's job to take what those five Councilmembers had to say and either accept it, further tweak it, or repackage it for the new Council. Commissioner Pearce stated that she felt like it was a threshold question that the Commission needed to have a discussion about because she thinks the Commissioners can differ in terms of the Commission's role, given the unique situation that it finds itself in. Commissioner O'Connor stated that as far as these two topics are concerned, he was concerned, as former Councilmember Cindy McGovern was, as in her letter to the Commission, she is trying to clarify what she thought she meant and it was not quite reflected that way in the Minutes. He indicated that he agreed with the first thing PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, January 23, 2013 Page 17 of 44