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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, August 23, 2010 Page 17 Discussion ensued related to whether it was more prudent to list distinct manufac- turing and processing uses rather than attempting to anticipate every possible use that may come forward; impacts of proposed uses; designation of high impact in- dustrial activities, whether permitted of conditional uses, and if they go beyond the established standard or threshold, and if mitigation is not evidenced, they pro- ceed to an EAW to make that determination; keeping the code user-friendly but providing for sufficient controls for uses having significant impacts; use of an EAW as a way to measure established standards and enforcement of environmen- tal issues beyond the City's authority and/or expertise, and addressed by the MPCA or another authority. Further discussion included whether all performance standards should tie into some other regulator body for Industrial uses, noting changes based on science or citizen tolerance changes and the subjective nature of various .performance stan- dards; those uses needing City Council scrutiny above that of staff and those uses entrusted to staff to make a determination on whether they met established stan- dards or not; with it up to the City Council to determine if the public health,. safety and welfare was impacted, based on performance standards when considered at the onset of a particular use. Additional discussion included those items asterisked and needing clarification; the need to make a clear designation between improvement surface area and im- pervious surface area to avoid confusion and for consistency throughout the doc- ument. Mr. Trudgeon thanked Councilmembers and the public for their discussion; and asked that additional comments, concerns, or areas needing clarification be di- rected to staff at their earliest convenience as development of the document con- tinued toward a final draft for review. b. Discussion Zoning Text Amendment for new regulations for Title 10, Zoning Regulations, pertaining to Commercial and Mixed Use Districts (PROJ0017) City Planner Thomas Paschke briefly reviewed this item, seeking City Council input into the new Commercial and Mixed Use Districts standards in the text por- tion of Title 10, Zoning Regulations of the City Code, for revision and future con- sideration of final approval, as detailed in the RCA dated August 23, 2010, with modifications listed in Section 4 of that report; with design/performance standards for all districts to be contained in a separate section of the code, currently under development. Acting Mayor Johnson opened the meeting for public comment, with no one ap- pearing to speak at this time.