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Prescott City Council Special Meeting April 22, 2014 Page 2 • LINKING COUNCIL POLICY/GOALS WITH THE MANAGEMENT WORKPLAN/ACTIONS • VISION & MISSION STATEMENT • OTHER PLANNING RESOURCES • GENERAL PLAN — MAJOR CITY GOALS Councilman Arnold said he would lend more credence to the current approved General Plan than the 2014 draft General Plan, since it has not been vetted by the Council. Ms. Zelms noted that as they go forward, the strategic plan is much more in line with the 2003 General Plan language. • GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR LONG-TERM PLANNING • STRATEGIC GOALS Councilman Arnold asked what in the 2015 budget was attributed to moving toward more affordable housing units. Mr. McConnell said the reduction of impact fees can be passed along to decrease the cost of housing. He said the City is not in the business of manipulating markets to arrive at an outcome. • LINKING THE STRATEGIC GOALS AND ANNUAL WORKPLANS • INTEGRATION WITHIN THE ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS • QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED Councilman Arnold asked if there was a benefit to staff studying the housing situation in the community. He did not feel a housing study needed to be done in 2015. Councilman Kuknyo suggested that staff continue to look at zoning. Councilman Blair said there should be flexibility in the codes. Mr. McConnell noted that staff needed to do some work on terminology in affordable housing and water allocation. Councilman Arnold commented that there are several areas in the presentation that declared the City was taking a "continuing role" in the development of the downtown area and would like to see that further defined. He would like to understand from management's perspective what that continuing role is anticipated to be. There was a discussion about the rehabilitation houses and housing demographics in Prescott. Mayor Pro Tern Lamerson thought that having housing priced out of realistic price ranges had created a huge market place for rehabilitation facilities. Councilman Arnold said it was a major priority to continue that discussion.