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give or take. Now, if you do it in- house, you don't have to hire a consultant to do that. We have a plan in place, so it's possible to revisit that plan, get the same stakeholders. You can do that in- house, if the City so desires to do that. So this has to be City-led—the primary plan. Again, the process may result in what you have now. It may, again, validate what is there now. Committeemember Davis asked if the process was initiated, and stakeholders and the like were brought in, if there was a possibility of the amended plan being adopted. Mr. Magliozzi responded, Yes. Committeemember Davis asked Council Attorney Cekanski- Farrand if there was any way for the bill to be presented to the public at the Common Council meeting that night without the Council having to vote on it that night. Council Attorney Cekanski- Farrand responded, Yes. Committeemember Broden asked if Brian Pawlowski of Community Investment could explain to the Committee and Council what the policy is that allows for variances in height. Mr. Magliozzi responded, The staff policy, I think. Committeemember Broden stated, Staff policy, thank you. That's what I meant. When the Council was looked to —with the previous PUD that came through, that policy, I think, was a really significant factor. Mr. Magliozzi responded, Perhaps, in the Area Board of Zoning Appeals' decision... Ms. Smith interjected, It's really a policy by the Department of Community Investment on which projects they will support. So, they came up with criteria, and one of them involved public space or public art, and then if it had certain kinds of architectural elements, then they would come out and speak in favor of a project. It was during the 2013 petition for Niles and Jefferson that they developed that policy. So, when Mr. Matthews was in front of the ABZA for Niles and Jefferson, they came forward with that policy for when they would support a project in front of the ABZA. It's just a policy for when DCI would support a project in front of the ABZA. It's not an ABZA policy, it's not even an Area Plan staff policy. Councilmember White asked, Is it a policy, or is it a practice? A policy is actually written, versus a practice. Ms. Smith responded, It's actually a written document that says that if you meet these criteria, then the Department will support your project. Mr. Magliozzi explained, It was couched just for that site, that project. They could take that and say that we did this argument and policy for Niles and Jefferson and we're going to apply it to a policy practice. But I'm not sure we'd apply to it to all future projects. 12