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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 18, 2011 Page 25 Mayor Roe echoed the comments of Councilmember Johnson; and the need to better define the landscape and to determine what is or is not acceptable in green- way corridors. While understanding that it states a development has to be devel- oped to City standards, Mayor Roe opined that he wanted to see as much included as possible. Mayor Roe recognized the urgency of staff in getting zoning in place for land use and development in the Twin Lakes Area in order to move develop- ment forward, he noted the need to further define it and have more discussion. Mayor Roe suggested that Councilmembers provide their questions and com- ments to staff at their earliest convenience to allow staff to respond to them with their next update before the City Council. Mr. Paschke concurred, noting that the more information provided to staff, the more could be taken into consideration. Mr. Paschke noted that consensus was the key, and advised that staff didn't' want to make numerous changes without that consensus, and the ultimate goal of a plan suitable for adoption. Mayor Roe asked that staff review the questions/comments of individual Coun- cilmembers and report back to the full council to determine if they should be in- corporated or not. From a technical basis, Mayor Roe questioned City Attorney Gaughan on what extent the City Council could change the document before it went back to the Planning Commission for a Public Hearing. City Attorney Gaughan's legal conclusion was that the document could not be significantly changed without reverting back through the Planning Commission process. Mayor Roe thanked staff and Mr. Lamb for their work today; opining that to- night's discussion was not saying the document was not a good one. Consider Viking Stadium Tax Resolution Mayor Roe briefly introduced this item for City Council consideration. Mayor Roe noted that the St Paul Mayor and City Council members had requested that othr Ramsey County communities pass resolutions similar to St. Paul's, in opposi- tion to the county sales tax funding component of the Arden Hills stadium pro- posal. Mayor Roe also noted that Ramsey County Commissioner Bennett had submitted materials and requested that Ramsey County communities pass resolu- tions of support for the stadium proposal. Councilmember Johnson noted that, since all of Roseville residents lived in Ram- sey County and none lived in St. Paul, it carried considerable weight for his con- sideration; and advised that he was not comfortable taking a stance one way or the other and preferred not to address it at all. Councilmembers Willmus, Pust and McGehee concurred.