Planning 2024-05-23 Minutes - Budget Presentation / Public Hearing on Zoning Code Amendments for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) / Tiny Home Village Code

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Planning Commission Minutes 5/23/24 Page 2 reviewed the city’s Financial Sustainability Plan and provided recommendations, which went to the City Council (CC) for their review. The Finance Department is also conducting some policy reviews and working on a utility cost study. An overview was provided on some of the tools listed below that were used for the budget process and outreach by the FC with boards and commissions, as well as the community. - Budget process and roles: The city staff prepares the budget; the mayor presents it to the CC; CC makes adjustments to ensure that the budget reflects the values and priorities of the community. - Budget community outreach: Finance is meeting with all the boards and commissions, as well as the community to share information and to obtain feedback. The feedback can be taken into consideration during the budget development process and shared with the CC. One of the outreach efforts by Finance was to attend the Farmer’s Market weekly at the Sullivan Center during the summer, etc. Finance takes the information to the community in a variety of ways where they can get input from senior citizens and others that may not attend CC meetings. - Priority based budget: This type of budget is based on programs that will allow additional transparency of what the programs are and their cost. It shows how money is spent and provides the ability to prioritize programs. This is different from a traditional budget. - Balancing act budget tool: Websites were set up to solicit budget priorities. A statistical survey was sent out to the community for feedback. Also, efforts were made to make the budget language easier to understand, which the Finance Department calls simple language messaging. This year there will be CC town halls with locations to be determined by CC. There will be community contact leaders (ambassadors) to represent the Spanish, Vietnamese, and Somali communities. They will help communicate through a podcast and a radio show, etc. with community members whose first language is not English, regarding what they would like to see in the budget. The 2025-2026 budget is proposed to be restored to pre-covid levels and vacant positions filled. The preliminary budget will be presented to the CC in September and will be adopted in December. Acting Director Cullerton also addressed questions from the PC. Director Ponnekanti requested that the PC review the program choices and pick the programs that they like. He said they are there to implement them. PUBLIC HEARING Chair Probst opened the public hearing for: File Number: L24-0051 Purpose: Consideration of Zoning Code Amendments relating to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) Location: Citywide Associate Planner Issac Gloor went over the public hearing procedures and gave the presentation for staff. In 2023 the PC recommended that CC consider a zoning code amendment that would alter the development standards for ADUs. ADUs are often accessories to single-family homes and are sometimes referred to as