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238 notice, and suggested the need to involve interested parties via the website for public 239 awareness of significant projects. 240 Specific to Ms. McCormick’s comments, Mayor Roe asked staff to respond. 241 Mr. Bilotta advised that any documents, including development agreements that ran with the 242 land were recorded by the city, including all previous PUD’s. 243 Mayor Roe asked that the consultant review specific language of the proposed ordinance 244 compared to state statute. 245 Councilmember Willmus noted that Ramsey County was obligated to record any document 246 presented to them. 247 Related to permitted uses, Mr. Bilotta advised that every day staff was required to interpret 248 what is considered “similar,” and needed to distinguish various items based on previous City 249 Council action and direction. Mr. Bilotta assured the City Council and public that staff was 250 not attempting to gain any additional powers beyond what had already been delegated to 251 them. 252 Councilmember McGehee opined that the 500’ notification issue brought forward by Ms. 253 McCormick was a valid concern, especially when there was a large piece of undeveloped 254 land that people in that area may be interested in; and suggested some way to address those 255 particular situations. 256 Mayor Roe noted the task force was currently reviewing that for recommendation; and 257 reiterated his long-ago proposal that hadn’t gained any traction, but suggested basing notices 258 on the longest dimension of a property. 259 Mr. Bilotta noted that was one piece missing from current procedure, and advised that a 260 recommendation coming from the notifications task force would solve 80-90% of the 261 problem. Mr. Bilotta reported that their recommendation was, when there was a big land use 262 action, a large sign would be placed to provide notice to those in the area or driving by. 263 Councilmember McGehee expressed her support of the sign concept.