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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 21,2012 Page 13 With no further speakers coming forward at this time, Mayor Roe closed public comment at approximately 7:37 p.m. At this time, with the assistance of staff and legal counsel, Mayor Roe respond- ed to questions raised during the public comment. "Limited Retail"use definition In response to Councilmember Johnson, Mr. Lloyd noted that the CMU and AUAR addressed a much larger area than just that adjacent to County Road C and Cleveland Avenue; and that larger area directed that a limited retail pres- ence be maintained. Mr. Lloyd noted that this didn't mean that every develop- ment should be retail; and acknowledged that the Wal-Mart development may eat up a significant portion of the retail area. However, Mr. Lloyd reiterated that it was staff's analysis that the proposed store of 160,000 square feet fit in this redevelopment area At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Lloyd confirmed that the "Business Park" designation was not a designation of the current Zoning Code or the Compre- hensive Plan. At Mayor Roe's question as to whether the Business Park designation was at all relevant to tonight's discussion, Mr. Lloyd responded that it was to the extent that the CMU designation was similar to the BP designation in that it estab- lished goals for mixed use residential and retail. Mr. Lloyd noted that the pre- sent description edged away from warehousing and light manufacturing uses found in the previous version of the Comprehensive Plan; however, it was rele- vant in that the City still aspired to a "limited" retail presence without the entire area becoming a retail district. In considering the entire Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area, Councilmember Pust questioned Mr. Lloyd on what definition he would ascribe to "limited re- tail," in that context. Mr. Lloyd responded that, while he was not alluding to any formal definition, staff recognized in their analysis of this retail store, that it didn't break any as- sumptions of the AUAR of a retail use that could develop in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. Mr. Lloyd noted that this particular corner had been as- sumed for retail all along to address potential traffic volumes and environmental impacts,based on the AUAR scenarios. At 160,000 square feet, Mr. Lloyd not- ed that this retail store was smaller than Scenario A in the AUAR. At the request of Councilmember Pust as to whether staff was confirming that this was a"Scenario A" development, Mr. Lloyd noted that the AUAR provided for environmental impact analyses indicated by retail in that area and that this proposed development did not exceed the impacts considered by that environ-