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AttachmentD of Roseville on most all projects that occur. However, all projects have their limitation, no matter how important a certain project might be to the community. The Walmart project has been discussed in some form for over a year. Permitted uses do not require public engagement and staff feels it would be inappropriate to offer such meetings, open houses, or create hearings on select projects due to due process concerns. Policy 5.1: Utilize traditional and innovative ways to notify the public, the community, and neighborhoods about upcoming land-use decisions as early as possible in the review process. The Community Development Department finds that it has either adopted into the City Code or as practice has utilized innovative and traditional ways to notify the public about specific developments in Roseville. These include an extended distance of notification greater that State Statutes requires (500 feet versus 350 feet) and open house meetings between applicant and residents for comp plan amendments, rezoning, and interim use, as well as using the Internet to provide notice and information. The Walmart project has followed the requirements of notification and/or the policies of the Community Development Department for notifying the public of this development possibility. Policy 5.2: Require meetings between the land-use applicant and affected persons and/or neighborhoods for changes in land-use designations and projects that have significant impacts, prior to submittal of the request to the City. The Community Development Department finds that the zoning ordinance has implemented a public meeting process for specific land use applications with the potential for significant impacts. Since the Community Development Department finds that the retail use is permitted within the CMU district without restrictions, limitations, and/or prohibitions, the code did not require such a meeting between residents and the developer. Policy 5.3: Provide for and promote opportunities for informed citizen participation at all levels in the planning and review processes at both the neighborhood and community level. The Community Development Department finds that similar to policy statement 5.1 there are limits that can be required of developments. Once the Department receives formal building plans for review and approval of a building permit such documents can be made available to the public. However, the Department does not feel that public interaction into this administrative process is beneficial to the overall development of the City. Similar to the above sections, the chapter on economic development and redevelopment and specifically the goals and policies section, includes words such as foster, encourage, promote, ensure, work with, support, improve, and integrate, which words do not provide strict limits, thresholds, or prohibitions and are not by themselves regulations. The zoning ordinance has taken these broad or generalized terms and developed specific regulations to address them. However, the Community Development Department finds that none of the economic development and redevelopment goals or policies would preclude a Walmart from being constructed within Twin Lakes. The Community Development Department has also reviewed the discussion of the District 10 area within the Comprehensive Plan and finds that although the forth bullet point under “future 9 Page19of27