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bought into Hillary Farm because it was the type of executive home sites he had been looking for when he bought his house: Gary spoke of other methods McNulty could employ to stimulate purchasing lots in Hillary Farm (lower prices and the ability to hire separate builders) rather than selling townhomes. He read a letter from Carol Buckley who also spoke against the townhomes. The main concern is lower property values, traffic, and the loss of open space as reason to oppose this idea. They were also concerned because McNulty had not approached his own homeowners association Other residents then joined in offering comments. People spoke against what would be additional assessments for city water, traffic volumes, giving into McNulty after the original project was approved, some did not want Gem Lake to "bailout" McNulty, and some did not want he city to expend tax dollars on this plan. Some reminded the Planning Commission of the need to follow what the citizens want from its government. Rafferty and Lindner explained that this is all part of the process, that McNulty is also a Gem Lake landowner and that he has the right to make presentations such as this. In the past it was not uncommon for ideas like this to not even get the chance to present in a forum such as a planning commission meeting because developers were told "no" when they contacted city officials. That was the reason some landowners sought to have their lands detached from Gem Lake. An informal straw poll of the residents (upon the suggestion of another resident) showed no support for this idea at all. It is now up to McNulty if he wishes to pursue this idea formally or revise it, or do with it as he chooses: People were concerned that they did not know of this pending meeting until just a day or so beforehand. Lindner reminded all present that the Planning Commission meets the first Tuesday of each month except when forbidden to do so because of holiday or general election day. Lindner then thanked all for their attendance and input and declared a brief intermission before the next topic, Zoning Ordinance Paul Emeott next presented his first draft of proposed changes to the zoning ordinance. We reviewed each change and he explained his rationale and where he thinks further work is needed. Some of the current zoning ordinance will remain, but he injected some new ideas into his new draft. He will lean on the city attorney for guidance with the mixed use as called for in the Gem. Lake Village Center Mixed Use Special Planning District. This is totally new to Gem Lake and we will seek assistance in writing this portion of the ordinance. Some existing zoning districts will be removed from the new ordinance. LDB, Rl, and R2 are all out of the revised ordinance. Deep in mind the new comprehensive plan will mandate these changes to the zoning ordinance, Beth Herzog presented a form -based and smart code zoning ordinance she found on the Internet, Lindner added that he found something similar on-line from Gulfport, Mississippi. Dan Osterkamp Look for us on. the World Wide Web at getulakemn.org.