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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 22,2019 Page 5 stated a lot the other metro cities are going to be working on ways to address new building construction and renovation because it is one of the most important areas for achieving the Citywide carbon goals as well as saving people a ton of money in operating their buildings. He seconded the idea of having some process of re- developing guidelines for this redevelopment area but also somethings that could be shared with anyone on any project in the City. Mayor Roe stated the ERW is very much a parallel to the Environmental Assess- ment Worksheet (EAW), which is through the State Regulatory process. He stat- ed either the City's ERW or an EAW is an inventory of what current conditions are, what might be a contamination, what might be proposed in a development in terms of additional traffic, and what that means in terms of pollution as well as understanding issues related to a species habitat. He thought what was being sug- gested by the speakers is exactly the type of thing that makes sense to look at and one of the priorities the City Council has been putting into the priorities for the coming year. He thought focusing on what the City can do in terms of environ- mental things would be a perfect jumping off point for a discussion the City can have and agreed that it should not apply to just one part of the City. This should be promoted throughout the rest of the City and there are certainly ways the City can consolidate information that is available for resources for people. It will start to put together standards the Council may have and what incentives to put behind those. He stated there are a number of topics that will be coming forward to dis- cuss in the next year. Laliberte moved, Etten seconded, adoption of Resolution No. 11593 entitled, "Resolution Repealing Resolution 11198, rescinding the Environmental Review Worksheet(ERW) Process." Council Discussion Councilmember Laliberte thought the Council had a good discussion with the Community Development Director last week that was very helpful in really laying out for the Council that the intent of the worksheet was not coming to fruition. The City does want to be easy to do business with for companies that want to come to Roseville and build in a responsible manner. Councilmember Etten thought this made sense because the ERW was becoming a cumbersome process and not getting the City any closer to where the City wants to go, and he was open to new ideas and ways to encourage citywide positive de- velopment. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus, Laliberte, Groff, Etten and Roe. Nays: None.