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<br />Member DeBenedet said in that case the residents they met with were <br />clear on the fact that none of the alternative accesses proposed were <br />acceptable. <br /> <br />The Commission was unsure of how to word a recommendation to <br />Council. They want to convey what was heard from the neighborhood and <br />that the Commission isn't convinced there is evidence to warrant closing <br />the Snelling intersection. Mr. Schwartz said staff could write up <br />something and email it to the commission members for their approval. <br />Member Willenbring said it should come back for the next meeting. All <br />agreed. <br /> <br />7. Pesticide Ordinance Discussion (continued) <br /> <br />The Commission reviewed the language proposed to be added to the city <br />ordinance regarding pesticide application. <br /> <br />Member Willenbring suggested changing the language in the current <br />ordinance to state fertilizer cannot be used with 50' of a wetland or water <br />source instead of 10' as it was written. Mr. Schwartz said the city attorney <br />would have to be consulted on that change. <br /> <br />Member Willenbring went back to discussing the signage issue for <br />pesticides. Member DeBenedet clarified that they were discussing <br />changes for commercial applicators only. Member Neprash noticed the <br />current wording of the proposed change read commercial and <br />noncommercial. He said he was not comfortable establishing signage <br />regulations for residents at this time. All agreed to remove the word <br />noncommercial. After reading through the rest of proposed language, all <br />agreed it was ok. <br /> <br />Member Neprash went back to discussing the wording in the current <br />ordinance. He agreed that being able to apply fertilizer 10' from a wetland <br />or water source seemed too close. Member DeBenedet agreed but thought <br />50' was too great a distance. Member Neprash didn't want to pull a <br />number out of the air but wanted a good reason for stating a specific <br />distance. <br /> <br />Member Fischer agreed with wanting to change the buffer zone, but he <br />wanted to discuss the entire ordinance and possibly make changes <br />throughout. He thought the signage issue could be decided at this meeting <br />but the rest held over to the next meeting. Mr. Schwartz suggested that <br />they only make one recommendation to the city council, which would <br />include signage regulations or any other changes they wanted. <br /> <br />Member Neprash pointed out that the ordinance was entitled "Lawn <br />Fertilizer" so anyone looking through the table of contents wouldn't know <br />there was anything about pesticides in it. Mr. Schwartz suggested they <br /> <br />Page 4 of6 <br />