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Bench Handout 08/27/07 ROSEVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AL SANDS COMMENTS- AUGUST 27, 2007: I. PROPOSED TWIN LAKES AUAR" UPDATE" IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING TWIN LAKES MASTER PLAN. II. POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO THE P.U.D./B6 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION I. CITIZEN SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED TWIN LAKES AUAR: The Twin Lakes area is between Cleveland on the west, Co. Rd. D on the North, Co. Rd C. on the South, and the Byerly's shopping complex on the East. Roseville began re- studying the Twin Lakes Area in 2000. By January of 2001, a master plan emerged from a group of options included in what is called "Map 3". That plan, together with a "big box option", was the basis for an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) study which produced a draft AUAR in April, 2001. The purpose of an AUAR is to predetermine the environmental impacts of the project. On June 26, 2001, the City Council adopted the proposed Twin Lakes comprehensive map to P.U.D./B6, the"Master Plan", and the related AUAR, and amended the Twin Lakes Comprehensive Plan so as to include them in the Comprehensive Plan. Staff recommended that the Council choose either scenario 1, or scenario la (big box option) for the Master Plan, but not both. Council chose scenario 1, excluding retail. There was apparent consensus that scenario # 1 was the Twin Lakes Master and Comprehensive Plan throughout the next five years. During that time, Roseville Properties started discussions with the city in 2002. Later, in 2004, a group of developers formed, including Roseville Properties and Rottlund, a home builder, into"Twin Lakes LLC". They presented a master land use plan with significant retail and housing, but little office. Council approved their plan in January 2005. The Friends of Twin Lakes filed suit, claiming it wasn't consistent with the Twin Lakes Master Plan, and so need four council votes to move ahead, among other charges. In August, 2006 the