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Commissioner Balch clarified with Mr. Beaudin that any item placed on the priority list would then go as a recommendation to the City Council and if Council assigns staff to the particular project. It will go through the planning process, with public notice to those within 1,000 feet of the property line, workshops with the Planning Commission, neighborhood outreach, annexation process, and normal City review processes. Mr. Dolan added that, given comments regarding "being very early in the process" he confirmed there was no application to date and no authorization from the City Council to work on the Merritt project. Chair Allen also added that if the Commission does not vote to prioritize the Merritt project, this is not a representation of their point of view to the value of the project being good or bad. There are many competing items which are mandatory and because of timing, they may choose to do earlier or later. She suggested, with reference to the numbered items listed in the staff report, that the Commission review the items and ask clarifying questions to help with the vote undertaken. She also asked to take a straw vote for each Commissioner to vote on their top five items and then eventually bring it down to a priority list. Commissioner Ritter stated he thinks items one, three and four should be all together given legislation mandates. Chair Allen stated items one and three appear to be givens, but she was not sure staff would consider the last item, the Housing Strategy, as item eight; she suggested Commissioners go through and prioritize items one through eight. Commissioner Brown asked if there were any other items not discussed that Commission members would want to add to the list. Commissioner O'Connor said the other comment was about the Signature property, which is item nine, as well as the Stoneridge Mall redevelopment, which he confirmed was item four and that JC Penney is included in that along with others in the mall. Chair Allen asked if numbers one and three were mandatory legislation affecting the City, and Mr. Beaudin confirmed. Commissioner Balch questioned how big item eight (the Housing Strategy) was, stating he believed item one and three needed to be addressed. Mr. Beaudin said item one is a reaction which is prior housing legislation. Item three is an attempt to be proactive with the forthcoming legislation, and item eight, which is the housing strategy, is proactive but it may be premature to discuss specific sites because the community may not be ready without an awareness campaign. Commissioner Balch questioned item seven, and Mr. Beaudin explained the City was doing this as a comprehensive housing education effort, which is not on the list and is something the Planning Commission Minutes Page 16 of 18 February 27, 2019 ferred to the Merritt property and said he has lived on Foothill Knolls for 35 years, said he has been through this analysis and it appears this is the best of any options that could be presented in the area. He would commit to working with the developer and residents in the neighborhood to ensure the developer is a win/win for everybody. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Planning Commission Minutes Page 15 of 18 February 27, 2019 ct to be placed on the A-priority list. He commented they will also offer to pay for a contract planner if needed to get improvements done sooner. Scott Ose said he currently serves as the HOA president and learned about the Merritt proposal by accident. He was sorry their HOA and neighbors were not notified and while he thinks the developers would like support from the Foothill Knolls HOA, they could not offer this Planning Commission Minutes Page 14 of 18 February 27, 2019 e buildings on Johnson Drive, which are now the fronts, the service areas open to the park, the Planning Commission Minutes Page 13 of 18 February 27, 2019 Planning Commission Page 5 of 13