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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 09, 2011 Page 6 additional consideration. Chair Boerigter advised that, for the most part, the Commission was dealing with specific land use issues from specific applications, not looking for prob- lem areas. Councilmember McGehee noted statutory language compared to the historical operation of the Planning Commission in Roseville; and expressed her interest in having the Com- mission take a broader role as a conduit between citizens and the City Council. Mayor Roe noted that that broader role already took place, as alluded to by Chair Boerig- ter, when an issue had been well discussed at the Planning Commission level and their individual points of view and corporate recommendation on an application were for- warded to the City Council; with the Commission recommending an additional or future action. Mayor Roe opined that it made sense from the Planning Commission's point of view, not to spend considerable time on things that may not proceed. . To avoid that, Mayor Roe suggested that the commission could request support from the council to pur- sue an issue that arises during consideration of a land use application. Councilmember Johnson thanked Commissioners Boerigter, Gisselquist, and Wozniak for their extensive work on the zoning code rewrite and the time required for those full and long agenda; and welcomed newly-appointed Commissioners Peter Strohmeier and Michael Boguszewski. Councilmember Johnson noted his additional learning curve on some things that the Commission had worked on conceptually, such as urban develop- ment for pedestrian friendly environments; and suggested individual Couricilmembers seek additional learning opportunities on the purpose and intent of that type of urban de- velopment trend. Commissioner Gisselquist noted the spirited debates held at the Planning Commission level on building and parking lot proximity to sidewalks, garages, and garage doors. Commissioner Gisselquist noted that those zoning code amendments and pedestrian friendly efforts had actually originated in the Imagine Roseville 2025 community vision- ing process, but had provided some contentious debates on new urbanism development. Councilmember Johnson noted the urban development model as part of the Twin Lakes regulating map. Commissioner Gisselquist advised that the Commission had held that initial discussion at their most recent meeting, and the concerns that needed to be addressed for building loca- tions and their relationship to streets and functionality in comparison to the remainder of Roseville with wider streets; and how to realistically implement that urban design con- cept. Chair Boerigter noted that the last Commission meeting was used for presentation of the Twin Lakes regulating map, providing an educational overview on regulating maps and concepts of what the area might look like; but that no details had been developed yet. Chair Boerigter noted the upcoming public open house on May 25, 2011, to receive pub-