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Minutes of 8/27/07 Regular City Council Meeting Page 29 City Attorney Anderson clarified that the Comprehensive Plan he had reviewed and that submitted to and accepted by the Metropolitan Council included all the maps as referenced in the appendix. Mr. Sands reviewed his written comments in detail; and proceeded to discuss policy issues related to the PUDB-6 Comprehensive Plan Designation. Mayor Klausing asked Mr. Sands to focus on the issue currently be- fore the City Council, whether the AUAR Update was compete and accurate and whether the City Council should authorize its distribu- tion to the commenting agencies fora 20-day public comment and agency review period. Considerable further discussion ensued. Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of Mr. Sands' assertions; and opined that the draft AUAR was not accurate and complete, providing rationale for her opinion: disputing retail designation and consistency with the Comprehensive Plan (Chart on page 9) and existing service uses; need to include public comment and environmental concerns (i.e., discussion of TCE contamination; Phase II documents included and/or referenced in the document); no discussion on comments from the DNR; no inclusion of Twin Lakes litigation comments on existing wildlife habitat and no identification of scenic views or water quality monitoring for Langton Lake; no inclusion of mitigation strategies for traffic; and or no provision for one scenario with no retail. Mayor Klausing opined that the whole purpose of the AUAR was to plan for the worst; to determine what can and cannot be mitigated; and to have the worst case scenario information available for future deci- sion-making, and noted that retail presented the largest impact to the service mix. Public Comment Dick Houck, 1133 Roselawn Avenue Mr. Houck clarified that he was not opposed to development of this property; however, noted that he wanted to see it developed as he per-