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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 13, 2008 Page 18 Klausing moved, Pust seconded for discussion purposes, authorizing distribution of the draft 2030 Roseville Comprehensive Plan to adjacent governmental juris- dictions, special districts, and school districts. Roe moved, Pust seconded, revising language of Chapter 11 (page 11-3) under Implementation Strategies, Land Use, to include language similar to that taken from District 14, Land Use Issues, second bullet point (page 4-29) related to ex- ploring opportunities for providing a future neighborhood park in the western half of the planning district. Councilmember Roe spoke in support of the motion, opining that everyone recog- nizes the lack of a park in that area, and that such action needed memorializing. Councilmember Pust concurred, opining that it was an apparent oversight, since it had been discussed at the Steering Committee level and included in strategies. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Roe; Ihlan; Pust; and Klausing. Nays: None. Councilmember Ihlan opined the need to again discuss why it was not appropriate to distribute this draft to surrounding communities; and whether it was more ap- propriate to substitute the August 27, 2008 plan. Councilmember Ihlan opined that there had not been public review of the draft currently before the City Coun- cil, and that the proposed changes had not been reviewed or considered by the public. Councilmember Ihlan further opined that without more public input and consensus, distributing this draft was fundamentally wrong. Councilmember Pust questioned, and staff confirmed, that this draft was current and available on the City's website; and further noted that this would not be the City Council's or public's last opportunity for input. Councilmember Pust sug- gested that the reason for distributing the draft Plan was to receive any input from those agencies to allow the City Council to meet the December 15, 2008 schedule for further review. Councilmember Pust encouraged input from those agencies, as well as the public during that review period, with those comments provided to elected officials in order to hold those elected officials accountable to their con- stituency. Councilmember Ihlan sought to provide additional information to the public on her perception of what happened following the August 27, 2008 meeting with re- spect to the "Community Business" designation and HarMar. Councilmember Ih- lan alleged that the ideas for changes to the plan at the Steering Committee and Planning Commission level, without public awareness, was prompted by two let- ters received from Roseville Properties, included as part of the record, and their request to remove the 100,000 square foot designation and removing master plans