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Attachment D Minutes Extract from of City Council Meeting, July 18, 2011 15. Business Items (Action Items) a. Consider a Resolution Approving Twin Lakes Sub-�Area I Regulating Plan; and Consider an Ordinance Amending Text in the City Code pertaining to the Regulating Plan City Planner Thomas Paschke provided opening comments related to the request before the City Council to approve the Twin Lakes Sub-Area I Regulating Plan (PFOJ0017); as detailed in the Request for Council Action (RCA) dated July 18, 2011 and attachments as included and referenced. A revised draft resolution (Attachment E) was provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made apart hereof, incorporating additional recommendations of the City Attorney and other minor corrections. Mr. Paschke introduced Consultant Michael Lamb with Cuningham Group for the presentation of the proposed Regulating Plan. Mr. Lamb presented a schedule of the Plan and Regulating Map to-date; various versions prior to this current iteration; the three (3), proposed frontages and various examples of each of those typical frontage scenarios. Mr. Lamb noted that the primary focus of the Regulating Plan was to provide future development with the ability to connect into the existing Langton Lake Park and Lake as an amenity of the area and addressing those public connections to the park and lake in relationship to the Regulating Plan. Mr. Lamb noted existing and unauthorized trail connections from adjoining private properties already making connections to Langton Lake Park; indicating the popularity of this resource and amenity, and providing the importance of preserving those connections to the amenity, while recognizing it as a potential development too. Mr. Lamb noted the pre -1 00 Heritage Trail site on the south side of Langton Lake (Schacht Smokehouse)i At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Lamb addressed the relationship of the Regulating Map to AUAR thresholds, with the AUAR referencing thresholds that dictate some uses and footages in the area for existing rights-of-way and easements,, as well as park land within the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. Mr. Lamb noted that parcels, utilities, and buildings were addressed in the overlay for the extent of Sub-Area I in this Regulating Plan area, with Sub-Area 2 east of Fairview and not addressed as part of this Plan. Councilmember Pust noted the amount of time spent on this project to-date; and various iterations of the map, and lack of those previous iterations in tonight's presentation. Councilmember Pust opined that the map being presented tonight was vastly different than the map presented at the May 26, 2011 Community Meeting. Mr. Lamb advised that the map entitled Version I was the earlier version presented at the open house. Councilmember Pust advised that she was referencing the greenways showing the park as an amenity and green space drawn into that park and correspondingly keeping development form eating up that green space. Mr. Lamb advised that V.2 of the Regulating Map provided a specific overlay that met the Metropolitan Council's easement; and those three (3), locations in combination with