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7      Mr. Fenwick said he is skeptical of the many pr ojects the City is investing in, and with City staff currently being tasked with rewriting code, this is backwards. Ms. Szakos said she has the opposite take on it. This is proactive and examines planning ahead of time so we know what we want wh en projects come through in the future. Ms. Galvin said she is a stickler about public engagement, and she commended staff for the excellent job they did with wo rking with the public. She asked to add an ongoing citizen steering committee to the resolution. Ms. Smith asked if the phasing was binding. Mr . Tolbert said these are just suggestions and are not binding. Staff will come back to Co uncil when these decisions need to be made. Ms. Szakos addressed Ms. Nichol s and Mr. Collins and said it is important that we pay attention to the neighborhoods and do not rip them apart. However, many of the concentrated poverty areas we have are a resu lt of racism, and we cannot for ce people to continue living on the same block just because that is the way it has always been. Decentralization is not a cure for poverty; we have to do more to help people move out of poverty. Mr. Fenwick confirmed that this does not spend any money aside from staff time. Mr. Huja said he supported adopting this am endment to the Comprehensive Plan because of its positive effects on our City. Ms. Smith moved, and Ms. Szakos seconded. Sh e asked to add wording to the resolution indicating flexibility. Specifically, she requested adding to the sec ond paragraph that the SIA is a “flexible guide, without being binding". Ms. Smith accepted the amendments. The resolution passed. (Ayes: Ms. Smith, Mr. Huja, Ms. Szakos, Ms. Galvin; Noes: Mr. Fenwick.) RESOLUTION: Adoption of Policy and Tran sfer of Funds for Context Sensitive Street Design - $50,000 Adoption of Policy and Transfer of Funds for Context Sensitive Street Design Mr. Tolbert presented to Council. This will he lp us look at how traffic moves and how we deal with it holistically in our community. This will also examine it in context with land use patterns and what they are projected to be so we can anticipate impacts. Mr. Tolbert said the amount of money suggested is vastly le ss than what was proposed in December, bringing much of the work in-house and tying it into existing projects. Also, Council was concerned about creating another advisory committee. Therefore, instead the PLACE Committee formed several subcommittees in Janu ary, which will be supplemented with staff, citizens, and experts as needed.