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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 21,2012 Page 38 peared to be some ambiguity, he expressed more interest in City Code, Chapter 1102.04, Items b.9 and 10 and requirements of what must occur before Final Plat approval. Mr. Gaughan expressed his concern that staff do a final review to assure that all those requirements have been completed as per City Code before Final Plat approval or denial to ensure all those "ducks are in a row" and the Fi- nal Plat is in compliance. Precluding that assurance, Mr. Gaughan suggested that the City Council approve the Preliminary Plat, subject to conditions of the ordinance and hold off on Final Plat approval. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the steps followed in assuring that compliance, and those items found on the Preliminary Plat, from staff's perspective, needing ad- ditional work. In response to City Attorney Gaughan, Councilmember Pust opined that, re- garding Community versus Regional Business designation, she thought there was a conflict between the Zoning Code including reference to "official control" of the Comprehensive Plan and the Twin Lakes Master Plan. Councilmember Pust concurred with Mr. Gaughan in general, if all that was being done was platting, those issues may not rise to the level, since it was a concept or drawing lines, not determining a particular use. However, Councilmember Pust opined that she did not believe it to be accurate that citizens had more rights than a sit- ting City Council in having the authority to say "no"to something that might al- low enough ambiguity to prompt another lawsuit. Councilmember Pust ex- pressed her frustration with those past attempts to stifle a project, and opined that she was also tired of the continued waste of public monies in defending the City's past actions and/or positions. Councilmember Pust, opined that an argument could come up that the City didn't have the authority to do what has been proposed, and since she was una- ble to personally ignore ordinance language, even if State Statute says it was appropriate to combine approval of a Preliminary and Final Plat, the City can revise their own ordinance to combine that approval process,removing any such ambiguity about the process. No matter if the City of Roseville has just done it that way, without written ordinance language providing that clear authority and a process outlined, Councilmember Pust opined that she was confident there would be another lawsuit since the development was proposed in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area, an obvious area of dispute in the community. Councilmember Pust opined that since there had already been a delay to ensure that all the "ducks were in a row," the City Council should delay further to get its "ducks in a row" to confident action by the City Council majority. There- fore, Councilmember Pust spoke in support of not taking any action at tonight's meeting. Councilmember Johnson stated that he heard the logic of Councilmember Pust, and agreed that she had some valid points. Along with comments heard from