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Ms. Acosta indicated the Steering Committee and the General Plan subcommittees have talked about this numerous times. It is believed that this survey could act as a check and balance to the committees' recommendations. If the survey results are dramatically different from the committee recommendations, then the committees can review that. This survey should be treated as one more piece of information to consider. The questions have not yet been formulated and there will be much debate about them. Ms. Mohr was concerned that the questions be framed in a non-biased way so as not to distort the information. Mr. Tarver agreed it is important for Council and the committees keep a distance from the formulation of the questions. It is important that an appropriate professional have the final say as to the form of the questions. Mr. Bocian indicated the General Plan Steering Committee did not want to review the questions and any subcommittee member could look at the questions. Sharrell Michelotti, 7873 Olive Court, speaking as a member of the Economic Development/Fiscal subcommittee inquired why the survey is being done now when the work of the committees is practically done. She asked how Council would use the survey. She was concerned that Council would take the opinion of the 400 residents surveyed over the work of the subcommittees. She did not want to nullify the work of the committees. Mayor Tarver agreed with the City Manager in that this was another piece of information for the Council to use to make decisions about the General Plan. It is no more and no less important than all the other work that has been done. He regrets the survey has been delayed. If there are significant differences, then that will need to be addressed. He does not anticipate there will be differences. He believed Council needs to use every mechanism to get information for making decisions about the future. Mr. Pico indicated there will be differences between the subcommittees and steering committee and he hopes that the survey can help give b~roader community validation of what it feels about various isst~s. He realizes there is not unanimity or consensus on the committeen and decisions will have to be made and this survey can help as another tool. Ms. Mohr wanted to be sure that if the survey results differs from the steering committee and subcommittee recommendations, that the committees be given an opportunity to address that and try to understand why the divergences happened and resolve the differences as part of the final report to the Council. That way, the committees can receive affirmation from the community or be given an opportunity to reconcile any differences. 10/04/94 - 14-