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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 16,2013 Page 18 Councilmember McGehee noted that since the community was new to the country and not English-speaking, it was even more important for them to be close geo- graphically, thus the number living in a unit; and suggested that this was some- thing for staff to take into consideration. b. Discuss Twin Lakes Redevelopment Two additional bench handouts were distributed, , consisting of the District 10 Land Use District and summary of land use categories from the 2030 Comprehen- sive Plan adopted October 26, 2009. City Planner Thomas Paschke included a background of discussions and staff challenges to-date as detailed in the RCA dated September 16, 2013. Mr. Paschke suggested two (2) discussion areas upon which to focus: Property Zoning — With most of the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area zoned Community Mixed Use (CMU) or High Density Residential (HDR); and if there were some areas in the CMU that needed to be removed or other areas to separate out, specifically the area east of Fairview Avenue Uses within Twin Lakes — Whether or not retail should be a component, if so whether its size should be limited; and whether certain Permitted Uses within cur- rent Tables should be revised, or specific uses that are not of interest to the City Council. Mayor Roe suggested, since uses and where they were or were not permitted may direct zoning, focusing first on the "Uses within Twin Lakes" to define those uses and their locations. Discussion included how the Twin Lakes area should be defined geographically, and how far north or south, and whether it included the area east of Fairview Av- enue (west of Byerly's strip mall) or whether that area should be rezoned or con- sidered in the context of Twin Lakes or not. Discussion specific to that area included what significance there was to make it part of the Twin Lakes area; of if it should remain zoned Community Mixed Use (CMU) in accordance with the Regulating Plan, or narrowed further, consistent with the area north of Terrace Drive guided toward HDR, considering that it abut- ted HDR even though guided CMU. Further discussion on current uses in that specific area included management of the multi-tenant properties based on current uses and their range of uses; and if zoned HDR how much change could occur or if other uses could be opened if zoned CMU,but not having definite clarification of what those uses may be. Whether or not the properties were zoned CMU, Mayor Roe opined that he would argue what significance there was for including the properties in the Twin Lakes