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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 03,2013 Page 27 Mr. Trudgeon noted that the regulating map showed where buildings should be located to predominate pedestrian friendly pathways and green space and to avoid parking in front of buildings. Mr. Trudgeon further noted that it was developed to address AUAR provisions for green corridors and connections; and noted that a considerable time was spent with property owners discussing those items. While not a perfect document, Councilmember Trudgeon opined that it was attempting to set form and function that would get the desired end results no matter the use. Mr. Paschke concurred, noting that those very urban principles had been brought forward to the regulating plan and map from the community-driven comments for the Comprehensive Plan guidance and Imagine Roseville 2025 community vision- ing processes, in an attempt to encapsulate all of those preferences. Mayor Roe noted that there was nothing in the regulating plan that prevented shared parking. Councilmember McGehee opined that there were restrictions about where a build- ing could be placed on a site compared to its parking. Mr. Paschke again noted that those restrictions were based on the guiding docu- ments for pedestrian friendly corridors with no front parking. If the desire was to take away what the community had expressed interest in, Mr. Paschke opined that the City Council should not create a separate zoning for Twin Lakes. At the request of Mayor Roe, from a staff perspective, Mr. Paschke opined that the regulating plan had not prevented development on the sites, but that there had been no developer interest in developing there. Councilmember Willmus opined that, for the benefit of Councilmember McGe- hee's expressed preferences, the important component in play was to work with property owners and bring them in early in the process to gauge their expecta- tions. Mayor Roe opined that the City may find that the property owners don't have a lot of expectations. Mr. Trudgeon noted that staff had considerable individual contact with property owners, and while they have ideas, what was being observed was that part of the challenge is their perception that their ideas may not work with the unknowns for transitioning this area with actual intent of the City Council in what they want out there. Mr. Trudgeon advised that this caused them to hold off on development at this time, or for staff to recommend them doing so until a clear decision is made by the City Council on uses and zoning for the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. I II