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• Progress through the priorities for building and better maintaining the existing and approved pathways. • Councilmember O'Malley reported that a study session with the Pathways Committee and Council had been scheduled prior to the October 25, 2007 meeting. The draft walking map was expected to be ready for Council review in November. 17E. Complete the Redrafting and Approval of the Town General Plan Planning Director Debbie Pedro reported that the draft Noise and Safety Elements were scheduled for public hearings at the November 1, 2007 Planning Commission meeting and the November 8, 2007 City Council meeting. Council had before them a sample of the postcard notice of the hearings. Pedro requested Council authorization to send the mailing out town-wide. Council concurred with her request and authorized the mailing. 17E. (1) Consideration of Request for Authorization to Amend the Agreement with CSG Consultants, Inc. to Provide Consulting Services for the General Plan—Staff(D. Pedro) MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by O'Malley, seconded by Warshawsky and passed unanimously to approve the amendment to the Agreement with CSG, Inc to provide consulting services for the General Plan update. • 17F. Complete the Undergrounding Pilot Project Interim City Engineer Cyrus Kianpour advised that staff was waiting for approval of the Pp project funding by the utility. He expected to move the award of contract forward to Council in November. 18. Consideration of Amendment to the Town's Development Area Policy Planning Director Debbie Pedro introduced the item to Council. Council had before them for their consideration an amended Development Area Policy. Council had reviewed the amendment proposal at the July 26, 2007 meeting and directed staff to return the policy to the Planning Commission for further refinement and the possibility of expanding the development credits to apply to a broader range of applications. She advised Council that an error had been identified on attachment 1 of the staff report in their agenda packet and the corrected version was before them on the dais. Pedro reviewed the intent of the policy amendment noting that its objective was to encourage the use of semi-permeable materials for construction that were environmentally friendly and provided an alternative to conventional paving materials. Pedro proceeded with a presentation of the different materials and their corresponding development area credits and acceptable uses. The Planning Commission had • recommended that credits should only be applicable to required parking, required fire truck turnarounds and required driveways. Additionally, the applicant would be required 10 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes October 11,2007