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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 08, 2007 Page 28 Roe moved, Klausing seconded, APPROVAL of the Amended Planned Unit De- velopment (PUD); acid APPROVAL of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) Agreement for Northwestern College, 3003 Snelling Avenue (PF07-002); subject to the terms and conditions stipulated in the Planned Unit Development Agree- ment as presented and attached to the staff report dated October 8, 2007; a~ne~7ded to modify language in Section 10.3 (page 7, lines 6- 8) related to LEED Design Sta~¢dards as follows: `leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Standards. The~~roject will be constructed in such a way that utilizes as many LEED design s7ar~clards as tlae COLLEGE [acid the CITYJ deems possible." Councihnember Ihlan reviewed au extensive list of items she opined were silent in the PUD Agreement as proposed in this motion, related to the environmental review process and the lack of clarity for which agencies participated in the re- view process and what actual information (maps) had been presented to them; and her review of previous materials not included in tonight's packet, including com- ments from the Fish and Wildlife agency, impacts of post construction mitigation and impacts to surface water; traffic lanes not stipulated and cost allocations for the college defined; appropriate berming to mitigate headlights from intersections on the westerly access point; trash hauler contracts for hauling to a licensed facil- ity; and lack of adequate provisions in the PUD Agreement as it now stands. Mayor Klausing asked that Conncilmember Ihlan speak specifically to the mo- tion, stating her support or opposition to it. Councilmembcr Ihlan responded that she would determine what to speak to, and challenged Mayor Klausing's attempt to limit her time to raise her issues; and noted her opposition to the motion. Councilmembcr Milan expressed further concern regarding lack of a traffic and traffic demand management plan; shoreland ordinance provisions; needed policy discussions; no negotiation for a Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) program; whether staff would be able to determine the adequacy of potential mitigation strategies; whether the expansion motivating this request was good public policy for Roseville; public comments related to too much density on this small campus space; overall impacts of the expansion to the neighborhood and environment; and whether too much discretion was left to the college and unfairly to staff Councilmembcr Pust thanked all members of the public who came to express their concerns. Conncilmember Pust noted that the continuation of public comment had been prompted by previous concerns expressed that the public may not have been sufficiently notices; and the Council's decision to delay making a decision to allow that public notice to be sent to a wider distribution area. Conncilmember Pust opined that the voice of the public was important; and that much important