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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17, 2012 Page 11 With Mayor Roe noting that a condition of approval could be applied, Mr. Trudg- eon cautioned that there were many approved uses already possible, and the City may prefer to have something in place to provide additional protection. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he and the City Attorney had discussed options, and agreed that it would be difficult to monitor beyond requiring an EAW and identify- ing any mitigation efforts needed. Without such an enforcement method in place, Mr. Trudgeon advised that he and the City Attorney were in agreement that it may be difficult to legally require other provisions for a permitted use. Mayor Roe opined that having a requirement in City Code for a Response Action Plan (RAP)made sense. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of Option #2; based on visioning for those reasons stated. Since talking about fairness, Councilmember McGehee opined that she liked the idea between now and October 15 of deciding what would happen. However, Councilmember McGehee opined that having a requirement for an Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) was not overly burdensome; but in terms of how to set it up, she agreed that expediency was needed. Councilmem- ber McGehee referenced previous comments made by Jim DeBenedet; and opined that the season itself may provide necessary time. Councilmember McGehee sug- gested that, following the General Election in November, those two (2) new City Councilmembers sit in on the discussions and listening sessions to collect infor- mation and ask questions, so once a final decision is made, they are fully informed. Councilmember McGehee opined that she was amenable to Councilmembers John- son and Pust serving as ex-officio members of that discussion as well. Mayor Roe expressed some initial reluctance for the City Council to serve as the Steering Committee based on past experience with City Council liaisons to com- missions sitting in the room and influencing discussions to some level; and ques- tioned if that could be a hindrance in this situation as well. While this may not be an issue, Mayor Roe opined that he wanted to raise the question, and cited some ex- amples of studies done outside the realm of the City Council (e.g. Housing and Re- development Authority for the Rental Housing Study) and how well such a process worked. However, for this issue, Mayor Roe conceded that it may make sense to have the City Council involved as long as it didn't impede the process of discus- sion. Councilmember Willmus opined that in this case he didn't think it would impact the discussion since it the ultimate decision was going to occur at the dais in the end. Mayor Roe recognized the idea of having the City Council informed throughout the process; however, he suggested that the Planning Commission should have a co- equal role as well since they are charged with dealing with planning issues.