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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes July 8, 2021 Page 5 of 7 Ritchie replied that the developers were not obligated to construct the trail, but they would provide grading and landscaping. Trail construction was not currently anticipated in the City budget, but it would be considered in future budget planning phases. Howe asked Commissioner Diehl if he thought the Commission should be consistent across proposals for sustainability guidelines. Diehl responded yes and that he supported the proposal overall, including the waivers, and suggested that maybe this could be another development with electrification down the road. He stated that the scale was different than Redtail, but a new normal needed to be adopted now. Brauneis stated that Redtail had proposed it and this applicant had not, and the applicant could not have known that electrification might be a requirement when they developed this proposal. Moline asked if Commissioner Diehl would be comfortable with a condition that requested that the applicant examine this more before they get to the next stage. Diehl replied that he supported adding a condition to approval that provided the applicant with the guidance to consider it, and then giving Council the option to approve the proposal or not. He did not think that conditions on applications were a good process overall and he thought that sustainability and electrification should be part of the process. Zuccaro stated that the Redtail application had been a GDP, which had a different purpose than a PUD, which was about developing a site plan. He agreed that building codes and the like needed to be updated, adding that those updates were part of the Council work plan. Zuccaro stated that the project -by -project standards should relate to the criteria, which in this case was for a PUD. Diehl asked how to initiate and move forward on this issue overall. Zuccaro replied that a draft ordinance on 2021 energy code updates was on the Council work plan, with all new development to potentially be EV-ready, solar -ready, and electrification -ready. The next stage after that was to review current building codes and Council was studying electrification for different development types. The applicant would be subject to the contemporary Code when they applied for permits. Diehl stated that he was still concerned about traffic and that moving forward it was critical to have a detailed traffic analysis to make sure there wouldn't be problems. He was okay deferring to Council regarding electrification. He stated that ideally electrification would be codified and in place by the time development started. Brauneis stated that he wished it were simple to stand up and say no more, but at this point in time given the process and the fact that changes to Code were underway, it was best to move forward as -is while encouraging the applicant to consider electrification moving forward. 7