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Council decided to review the above Planning Commission applications. Casey noted that she would not be at the May 7' meeting and requested that the applicants be asked if they wished to continue their hearings to the 21" of May for a full Council. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Goals and Objectives — Third Quarter Update Council discussed the issue of private vs. public streets and asked when this project would be coming forward. In addition they inquired about the parcel data base and the presentation of this to the Council. On the subject of pathways, Council referred to the pathway easement research and the impact of Proposition 218 on in lieu fees. Casey asked for a report on the cost of maintenance of paths vs. in lieu fees. The City Manager responded that the issue of private vs. public streets was on hold pending the new Public Works Manager assuming his position and undertaking this project. On the subject of the parcel data base, it was hoped to bring this to Council in May. Regarding pathways, the City Manager noted that according to the Master Path Plan the policy was to put the paths in now and not take in lieu fees. PASSED BY CONSENSUS: Council thanked the City Manager for his excellent report and recommended that the policy on pathways being put in now rather than taking in lieu fees be agendized for future Council discussion. 6.2 Recommendation for purchase of digital municipal code The City Manager referred to his staff report which included the recommendation that the Council authorize purchasing a digital municipal code from Book Publishing Company of Seattle and further authorize the City Manager to negotiate a purchase agreement. He further noted that this project had been under review for quite some time by the Technology Improvement Committee and they too recommended approval of this project. The proposal from Book Publishing for the complete project including Internet, new code format and manuals totalled $16,883. William Smith, Chairman of the Technology Improvement Committee, reviewed the committee's study of this project and their recommendation. Although other formats were available, the committee recommended the two column format. Les Earnest, member of the Technology Improvement Committee, commented that the recommendation from the committee was not unanimous. He did not see the value to the Town of going with the proposal from Book Publishing. He believed it to be unnecessary as the code had already been scanned and just needed to be proofed. Hubbard and Siegel believed that the digital muncipal code was expensive and of limited value. Casey and Johnson supported the proposal from Book Publishing. Dauber suggested continuing this item as she wanted to see samples of the code digitally, particularly the search mechanism and samples pages of the hard copy of the code. April 16, 1997 Regular City Council Meeting