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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 26, 2009 Page 23 that other communities (i.e., City of Bloomington and City of Edina), both with significant retail development comparable to Roseville, included Master Plans in their Comprehensive Plan to ensure community input was provided. Councilmember Ihlan expressed further concern in another last-minute action of the City Council in removing square footage guidelines in several of the business categories, severely reducing how meaningful those land use designations would be; and specifically reducing protections for adjacent neighborhoods as they re- lated to big box retailers. Councilmember Ihlan opined that this was another ex- ample of providing maximum flexibility for commercial interests and little protec- tion for residential property owners. Councilmember Ihlan thanked members of the public who attended the Steering Committee meetings, and apologized that the final document seemed to be in the best interest of commercial developers. Mayor Klausing spoke in support of the motion; and spoke specifically to the comment of Councilmember Ihlan related to Master Plans; noting that the intent remained that review of the Master Plans would be accomplished during the re- zoning update process, some of them which may or may not be included in whole or in part in the updated Comprehensive Plan. Councilmember Roe concurred with Mayor Klausing's perception related to Mas- ter Plans. Mayor Klausing noted as an example, during his past service on a Steering Com- mittee developing the Master Plan for the City Hall campus, that Master Plan was no longer relevant and did not belong in its entirety in the updated Comprehensive Plan. Mayor Klausing opined that it made much more sense to work on the Mas- ter Plans for incorporation where appropriate. Mayor Klausing further opined that the Comprehensive Plan could never be considered a finished document, but re- mained dynamic as the needs of the community change. Mayor Klausing opined that, overall, the plan was a good plan; and expressed his personal appreciation to all who served on the Steering Committee; and his favorable impressions with their approach to a fair compromise on many very contentious issues. Councilmember Roe, as promoter of the compromise position, clarified that dis- cussions of the Steering Committee, as it related to Master Plans, was not in- tended to suggest that they didn't have value; and that it was not accurate to por- tray their action as removing them from the Comprehensive Plan update. Coun- cilmember Roe addressed aspirational objectives for those items belonging in the Plan and those objectives that were not appropriate for inclusion in the Plan, whether they were of a specific or technical nature. Councilmember Roe assured all that his objective was to review each specific Master Plan and include them as appropriate, a review that he took very seriously.