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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - September 15, 1976 APPROVAL OF MINUTES (Cont'd): Council requested that the City Clerk listen to the tape of the proceedings and report to Council at the next meeting. Approval of the Minutes was held over until that time. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Councilwoman Hillestad moved, seconded by Council- man Grabowski and unanimously carried to approve the Warrants in the amount of $18,120.84. C. SPECIAL REPORTS: 1. Reports of Standing Committees: None 2. Reports of Ad Hoc Committees: Committee to study Slope Density Formula. Councilman Brown stated that Mr. Thomas McReynolds, Committee Member, could not be at the meeting this evening as he had planned, and that Commissioner Perkins, another Committee member had agreed to make the presentation to Council this evening regarding an Ordinance they were proposing that Council adopt as an Urgency Ordinance. Councilman Grabowski stated that he would like Council to consider holding a Special Meeting to address the issue of the Ordinance the Ad Hoc Committee C was requesting since this matter had not appeared as an item to be discussed 6r on this evening's Agenda. In response to Council, City Attorney Frank Gillio stated that there was no requirement relative to noticing or publishing an Urgency Ordinance, and defined those types of Ordinances which could be heard in this manner. Planning Commissioner William Perkins addressed Council pertaining to the concerns of the Committee and discussions held regarding the former Ordinance and the present Ordinance. The Ordinance proposed this evening would change Section 9-4.604 (b) 2, (iii) to read: "Any portion or portions of a parcel to be subdivided which have an average natural slope greater than fifty-five (55%) percent may be assigned an average slope fifty-five (55%) percent for the purposes of computing the average slope of the entire parcel." The present Ordinance, Commissioner Perkins noted, was stated at forty-five (45%), which the, Committee felt was too small and would have serious consequences should it remain that way. Councilman Brown noted that he had been appointed as a member of the Committee, and he completely supported Commissioner Perkins' statements. He urged the Council to amend the Ordinance by adopting the Urgency Ordinance before them. Councilman Proft commented on the Committee's discussion and also urged Council to adopt the Urgency Ordinance. At the request of the Mayor, City Manager Robert Crowe read the title of the Ordinance and the complete Ordinance for the benefit of the members of the public. City Attorney Frank Gillio, recommended that the first line of Section 2 be amended to strike the words, "pursuant to Section 65858 of the -2-