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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 8, 2014 Page 42 14. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Request by the Community Development Department for Direction on the Creation of a Formal Voluntary Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) Waiver Process for Projects Zoned Community Mixed-Use (CMU) in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area Community Development Director Paul Bilotta and City Planner Thomas Paschke were present to discuss this draft worksheet, as detailed in the RCA dated Decem- ber 8, 2014. Mr. Bilotta explained that the worksheet actually mirrored pieces of a formal Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW), but where the City's Al- ternative Urban Area-wide Review (AUAR) indicated there was no issue it pro- vided a level of review at a more cursory nature based on those lesser elements. Mr. Bilotta noted that the City Council could then determine where specific changes may be needed, mostly related to traffic issues, stormwater and hazard- ous waste materials onsite, along with any other elements that may be evident as well. On page 5, #26 (Visual Impacts), Councilmember Etten asked for more infor- mation on what and how those visual impacts would be identified. City Planner Paschke advised that it was taken from the existing AUAR and de- pended on how it was answered at that time. Mr. Bilotta advised that it may vary depending on the actual location, and would be at City Council discretion to consider those issues for each project. If someone proposed something that the City Council considered applicable, Councilmember Etten asked if applicants were then not required to repeat that analysis; opining that he thought the visual impact should be part of the prelimi- nary review process. Mayor Roe concurred, opining that, even if the answer in the AUAR process was "no," the City Council should still have the option of asking the question versus simply eliminating it. Mr. Paschke responded that staff thought an applicant should answer every ques- tions, depending on the location of the development, to determine if and how it was applicable, prior to the project being presented to the City Council for their review and consideration. Mayor Roe opined that he preferred that the applicant answer ALL questions. Councilmember Etten concurred, that he preferred them all included.