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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 16,2023 Page 4 Councilmember Schroeder agreed because she was looking at one of the Planning Commission items that says, "allow Commission members to add discussion items". She indicated the Commission was always allowed to do that so she was a little surprised to see that in the information,based on what the Mayor just said. He noted if something were to come up, the Commission could add it to their agenda and talk about it and she hoped the Commission already knew it was something they could do. Commissioner McGehee thought the issue was because there is not any place on the agenda for the Commission to add anything like that. Mayor Roe suggested this be looked at because the City has Council's Rules of Procedure that applies to the City Council and Commissions. Part of that applies to the Council and to the extent that there may be a lack of clarity or good direction to Commissions,he thought the City Council could certainly work on that. Councilmember Strahan stated as the Commission is looking at items, she appreciated all of the discussions between the Commission in making decisions. She stated the minutes help her when the items come to the Council for a decision. She thought as the City comes to the Sacred Settlement legislation with the State of Minnesota the Planning Commission can help the City apply how that works for Roseville and if there is anything in particular the City needs to do to make sure the City can comply with the law would be very helpful. She appreciated the continued effort to work towards sustainability, but thought even a step further, in her mind, is the walkability of Roseville. She asked if anything can be done within the City's ability to focus on that. She noted the Commission listed some properties for potential land use applications, and she saw a couple others that are sizable and should probably be on the Commission's radar as well. Councilmember Groff stated he finds these things to be interesting because he struggled with the exact same things when he was on the Commission. He hoped some movement forward could be made, noting there was confusion while he was on the Commission about what the Commission was allowed to do. Mayor Roe indicated regarding the sketch plan review that is a process,in one form or another,that Roseville has done in the past and even some have been done before the City Council at times. One thing the Council set up when the process was revised a number of years ago related to open houses and the notion the City was hearing from residents that residents do not hear about the projects until it is before the City Council. So,hopefully,the open house process has helped people become aware of projects. He wondered if the Planning Commission review should happen before a neighborhood meeting so the developer can understand what some of the issues are that they need to pay attention to when there is an open house.