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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of <br />Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 19th day of November, 2007, at <br />6:00 p.m. <br />The following members were present: Roe, Pust, Kough, Ihlan, and Mayor Klausing; <br />and the following were absent: None. <br />Member Pust introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: <br />RESOLUTION NO. 10569 <br />A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE TWIN LAKES DESIGN PRINCIPLES <br />WHEREAS, in 2002, the City initiated the creation of Twin Lakes Design Principles; and <br />WHEREAS, in 2002, the Community Development Department worked with Consultant <br />Peter Musty of the CharetteCenter to prepare a series of urban design guidelines for the Twin <br />Lakes area. These guidelines provided a design framework to promote livability, walkability, and <br />sustainability within this area; and <br />WHEREAS, the draft of the guidelines were completed however they were never adopted <br />by the City Council; and <br />WHEREAS, having a standard set of design guidelines is critical to promote the level and <br />quality of design the City envisions for this area; and <br />WHEREAS, On October 3, 2007, the Community Development Department brought the <br />2002 Design Principles to the Planning Commission to discuss updating this document. Prior to <br />commencing this work, the Planning Commission felt that it needed direction from the City <br />Council; and <br />WHEREAS, On October 15, 2007, the City Council directed the Planning Commission to <br />work with the Community Development Department to review and evaluate design principles <br />that the Planning Commission determines to be valuable to the Twin Lakes Redevelopment <br />Area; and <br />WHEREAS, on November 7, 2007, the Interim Community Development Director <br />presented the design guidelines to the Planning Commission, from which the following <br />recommendations were offered: <br />1. The Commission asked that the length and width of blocks be removed as this <br />information becomes too prescriptive for the guidelines <br />2. The Commission asked that a photo that depicted an undesirable amount of <br />impervious surface be eliminated <br />