This coming Tuesday, Nov. 14, a presentation on Low-Impact Development will be given by Jay Michels, Coordinator of the Twin Cities Project NEMO (Nonpoint source pollution Education for Municipal Officials).

If we can get beyond the trendy obfuscation of terms like "low impact", "nonpoint source pollution", etc., this simply means finding responsible accommodation between land use and natural resource protection. The "Low-Impact Development" concept has specifically to do with stormwater management in an environmentally sensitive and cost-effective way.

Stormwater management doesn't sound very sexy, but it's very much to the point when so much of our land use involves paved roads and ginormous parking lots. The Planning Commission is considering some LID language in our updated Comprehensive Plan and land use ordinances. Anyone concerned with growth, land use, and environmental issues would probably find this presentation interesting.

Part of the regular Planning Commission meeting at City Hall, which begins at 7:00p on Tuesday evening, the presentation is free and open to the public.