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E. Follow up from June 11 workshop re I- 94 MUSA Planner Dillerud said he thought the intent of the Council for this agenda item would be to address the question of what is necessary for the staff to do, if anything, to respond to the condition placed when the comp plan was adopted regarding extending the MUSA to Keats Avenue. Council member Dunn explained when the City Council talks Urban we mean Business Park. She is not in favor of expanding the MUSA. The City has a good mix of commercial and residential. As long as the quality is there, what we are doing we are doing right. Planner Dillerud indicated that he believed that Met Council concurred with the next steps in the Met Council review process of the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan that the City suggested on June 11th. Marc Hugunin had, on June 1 Ith , suggested that at the meeting between the City and Met Council staff there would be issues that won't be in a public report. Met Council has insisted in bringing their attorney to this meeting between staff so thought we better bring our attorney. M/S/ Dunn/Siedow — to direct the staff to not appear at any meeting with attorneys in attendance. Council member Armstrong thought Planner Dillerud could hold his own. Council members Dunn and Siedow withdrew motion The Administrator and Planner will bring the itinerary with prepared sites to be visited to the July 2"d meeting. There will be17 Metropolitan Council Board Members and the Press for Tour of Lake Elmo, week following July 4. Met Co. will supply the 52 passenger bus. Step 3 Actual meetings with the full Met. Council Board. July 24 At their first meeting in August can meet .... They will then have a meeting end of August or beginning of September, with a drop dead date for a decision of September 13''. F. OP Planning Consultant Council member DeLapp voiced concern with the more recent OP Concept Plan that have been presented to the City not meeting the more qualitative aspects of project design of the ordinance. The later Concept plans have not addressed house design, view shed, environmental aspects of the site and project landscaping in the degree of detail that the Council intended. DeLapp requested the concept plans be reviewed by an independent and license architect or a licensed landscape architect to be selected by the City. The professional fee of which would be paid by the project applicant in addition to the normal staff review and report. M/S/P DeLapp/Dunn — to ask staff to investigate with the Planning Commission's input on potential use of landscape architect in concept and less review in Preliminary Plat with LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 18,`2004:�