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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 15, 2018 Page 17 Councilmember McGehee stated she was thinking along the lines of doing some- thing citywide that wouldn't be an overlay district, which was the nexus that came out of the discussion from the Task Force. That group was talking about three or four overlay districts, but she was talking about something such as if a person comes for a subdivision, that is allowed based on the lot size of the surrounding lots. That is all she was trying to cover with her request. She did think the City had a problem with infiltration on the lots and that is worth looking at. Mayor Roe thought in regard to the 2007 study, the concern was that every single subdivision in the community has its own standard and there was no easy and uni- form standard to enforce. That was the concern raised unanimously by that group at that time, which did include residents in that area of concern. He tended to share that concern because it seemed that the bar keeps moving, especially com- ing up with an average of the homes within five hundred feet of the proposed subdivision because each time, that standard will change based on the homes within five hundred feet of that subdivision. It did not seem to have the uniformi- ty that people would appreciate having in their own neighborhood. He tended to agree with the conclusion of that report. Mayor Roe thought looking at some sort of standard across the board that deals with potential storm water issues makes sense and is a tie in that can work. He would not be supportive of relooking at the contextual lot size subdivision requirements because of the conclusions made by that group in 2007. Councilmember McGehee stated she knew a little about the interactions in that group and what went on, but was not going to discuss that in public. She stated if Edina and Bloomington can manage to do this and have not been changed or a problem, she did not really think it is an unfair standard to apply. Mayor Roe asked if the Council wanted to look at this from a Comprehensive Plan update perspective, something to look at sooner than that, or had no firm idea at this point. Councilmember McGehee thought the Council might want to look at storm water. If maps are drawn up as part of the storm water analysis, the Council could look at that as places to think about. Mayor Roe stated that was identifying areas of the City but what he was hearing from Councilmember Willmus was to look at this as a City wide standard that is standard. He thought this was two different things. Mr. Paschke stated there are not many lots in the City that can actually still be subdivided. Councilmember Willmus stated there are still opportunities that could present themselves, whether it is combining a handful of existing single-family parcels or