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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 21, 2012 Page 7 advised that two (2) Commissioners were contacted by the Ethics Commission in accordance with the process outlined in the City's Ethics Code and subse- quently completed their paperwork as required. Vice Chair Fjelstad noted that the tenure of the third commissioner was coming to a close and had therefore been exempted from their follow-through. Regarding the potential change to Section 6 of the Ethics Code as requested, Vice Chair Fjelstad advised that the Ethics Commission had discussed it at their May 9, 2012 meeting, and determined that the current Code was written appro- priately and did not recommend any modifications to the Code. Mayor Roe concurred that the presentations at the 2012 annual ethics training were very good; and also agreed that the amount of training time could be re- duced. At the request of Councilmember Johnson, Vice Chair Fjelstad advised that the Commission did not currently have a Chairperson in place, but would be taking that up at their next Ethics Commission meeting. Councilmember Johnson thanked the Commissioners for their work on behalf of the City. 11. Public Hearings 12. Business Items (Action Items) a. Consider Citizens' Petition for an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the Proposed Wal-Mart Store at County Road C and Cleveland Avenue Prior to the staff presentation, and for the benefit of the public, Mayor Roe pro- vided a synopsis of the process for consideration of both Items 12.a and 12.b re- lated to the proposed Wal-Mart Store at County Road C and Cleveland Avenue. Mayor Roe also reviewed the process following staff's presentation to be fol- lowed by City Council questions to staff, not position statements of individual Councilmembers, then comments from the applicant or their representative(s), at which time public comment would be received. Mayor Roe advised that any questions of the public would be addressed by the City Council, legal counsel, and/or staff at the end of the public comments, after which a discussion of City Councilmembers and staff as applicable would occur, at which time individual Councilmembers could provide their positions on the issue prior to voting on each specific item. At the request of Mayor Roe, Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd briefly summa- rized the decision regarding the citizens' petition as detailed in the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated May 21, 2012; in accordance with Minnesota Ad- ministrative Rules; and as available to the public on the Environmental Quality