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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, December 01, 2010 Page 6 and private golf courses; and opined that he remained supportive of design 258 standards for Parks and Recreation Districts. 259 Commissioner Gottfried spoke in disagreement with Vice Chair Boerigter’s point 260 of view as it related to design standards, opining that the key pointed wrestled 261 with by the Commission was the effort put into their inclusion and the need to pay 262 attention to those design standards. Commissioner Gottfried noted that this was 263 a living, breathing document, and future changes may become apparent as it is 264 put into practical use and application. Commissioner Gottfried noted, relative to 265 garages and design standards, parking spots or bringing commercial properties 266 closer to the streetscape through those specific design standards, were 267 necessary to guide the community into the future in an orderly and desirable 268 fashion, not a documentation of what Roseville looks like today, not just the 269 future in two (2) years, but in twenty (20) years, which may be two entirely 270 different futures. Commissioner Gottfried opined that, as individual 271 circumstances are brought forward, the Planning Commission would need to 272 accept and deal with those not sufficiently vetted. Commissioner Gottfried spoke 273 in support of the document; opining that it wasn’t perfect, but it had his support. 274 Commissioner Cook opined that the proposed document was a big improvement 275 over the existing and outdated code; and further opined that Performance 276 Standards were the way to go, with some in the proposed code being more rigid, 277 but more of them actually providing for more flexibility. Commissioner Cook 278 echoed the appreciation to staff of the good job in putting the document together. 279 Commissioner Wozniak concurred that he was pleased with staff’s work and 280 efforts on this documents; and further expressed his appreciation that the 281 standards and provisions did justice to the Imagine Roseville 2025 process, in 282 addition to other public input received by staff and the City Council through the 283 various means of working hard to get that citizen input. 284 Ayes: 6 285 Nays: 0 286 Motion carried. 287 6. Ratify the following dates for the 2011 regular Planning Commission meeting 288 schedule: 289 Staff provided proposed meeting dates for 2011, noting that they were all on the first 290 Wednesday of each month, and appeared to have no immediate conflicts with holidays. 291 MOTION 292 Member Boerigter moved, seconded by Member Gisselquist ratified the following 293 2011 regular Planning Commission meeting dates: 294 January 5 February 2 March 2 April 6 295 May 5 June 1 July 6 August 3 296 September 7 October 5 November 2 December 7 297 Ayes: 6 298 Nays: 0 299 Motion carried. 300 While recognizing that the Public Hearing had already been closed, Vice Chair 301 Boerigter recognized that some members of the public had entered the Chambers, 302 and opened the meeting to hear their comments in general. 303 Dale Howie, 991 Parker (solar home) 304 Mr. Howie concurred with Commissioner comments on the great job done by staff and 305 consultants in preparing the document, specifically those items addressing solar energy. 306 Mr. Howie advised that, as a solar enthusiast with a vested interest in having a solar 307 system, he thought the document provided for flexibility and was well-done; addressing 308 solar needs and providing for easy understanding of the regulations. 309