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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Page 6 Steve Gjerdingen, 2211 N Albert Street, Apt. #102 249 For full disclosure purposes, Mr. Gjerdingen serves as a member of the City’s Public 250 Works, Environment and Transportation Citizen Advisory Commission. 251 Speaking as a resident, Mr. Gjerdingen noted design standards for Mixed Use Zoning 252 Districts for placement of buildings on corner lots and their alignment to the property line; 253 and questioned how this development appeared to deviate from that standard, as well as 254 questioning what the actual front of the building was. Mr. Gjerdingen also questioned how 255 this project would enhance or promote the primary statement of purpose to increase 256 pedestrian and multi-modal travel opportunities rather than relying on vehicular 257 transportation. Mr. Gjerdingen concurred with the comments of Mr. Grefenberg that 258 action on this proposal be deferred until all questions had been answered. 259 Chair Boerigter interrupted public comment to reiterate that the purpose of tonight’s 260 meeting was not to react to a specific Site Plan, only to consider the Preliminary Plat and 261 disposal of city-owned land. Chair Boerigter advised that, if the development itself was 262 eventually approved, it would be required to meet all conditions of the City’s Zoning 263 Code. 264 At the request of Chair Boerigter, Mr. Lloyd responded to some of the items raised during 265 public comment to-date. Mr. Lloyd concurred with Chair Boerigter that the location of 266 access doors, frontage of the structure, and all other zoning requirements of the City 267 would have to be met in order for the City to issue building permits; with no development 268 allowed short of meeting those codes or application for a variance to deviate from any of 269 them. Mr. Lloyd advised that the building front would be determined by whatever street 270 address it was given by the City, once design of structures had been completed; and he 271 anticipated that the primary street seeing the most traffic would indicate Mount Ridge 272 Road as the front, on the northwest corner of the site, or possibly Twin Lakes Parkway 273 itself. 274 Whatever the final designation was, Mr. Lloyd noted that the Twin Lakes Regulating Plan 275 had been adopted late last year, and since codification of City Code only happened semi- 276 annually, after which the website was updated, he suggested that the documents on the 277 City’s website pertaining to Community Mixed Use may not reflect that most recent 278 adoption of the Twin Lakes Regulating Plan and its requirements that replaced previous 279 code. Mr. Lloyd suggested that residents, when searching the website for the most up-to- 280 date zoning requirements, rely on HTML texts rather the PDF version, since the revised 281 text and the Overlay District may not yet be on the website in their entirety. 282 Member Strohmeier referenced the Statement of Purpose in Section 1005.07 of Zoning 283 Code, Community Mixed Use District, for complimentary uses organized in cohesive 284 uses, and connecting to trails, etc. to create pedestrian-oriented development. Member 285 Strohmeier questioned how this Wal-Mart proposal was pedestrian-centered, since he 286 saw it as more vehicle-centered; and asked for staff’s response. 287 Mr. Lloyd advised that staff did not address that specifically for this Preliminary Plat, as 288 Wal-Mart would become part of a larger redevelopment area of mixed uses, including 289 offices, stand-along businesses, residences, and other allowed uses under the 290 Regulating Plan, and pedestrian corridors would most likely be along the perimeters and 291 would be cohesive for the overall redevelopment area. Mr. Lloyd opined that Wal-Mart, as 292 the first and as an individual project would not achieve that pedestrian-friendly goal all at 293 once or in a vacuum, but would be plugged into the pieces under that overarching 294 Regulating Plan. 295 Mr. Paschke added that we (Roseville) an auto-oriented community like most all uses, 296 but advised that the whole purpose of Mixed Use and Twin Lakes Regulating Plan was to 297 promote other modes of transportation in the future. Mr. Paschke noted that sidewalks 298 and trails were already in place throughout the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area as part 299 of the public infrastructure investment built to-date. Mr. Paschke advised that, within the 300 Site Plan and as part of the Regulating Plan, the developer would be required to perform 301