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Special City Council Meeting Thursday, February 20, 2014 Page 10 for being allowed to be involved, which he fully support, he noted that it fortunate that other property owners yet recognizin th frus- tration. ers were also not here, was un- g eir Mayor Roe clarified that it was not the intent to be prescriptive, Council was interested in hearing thoughts of developers if it was zoned 100%as office of some scale, limited production, retail, or residential but only in �% areas, depending on lower density residential or not such an intensive use by certain Langton Lake. Mr. Rancone opined that he thought the entire area should be one use, CMU,someone came forward with a development proposal the Council could simply say , and P Y y yes or no, even though there may be legal ramifications in doing so (e.g. asphalt plant). While eager to develop Twin Lakes, Mayor Roe noted that the City Counci already on record stating that type of proposal wouldn't fly in this area. 1 was Mr. Rancone recognized that the City may not want an asphalt plant, but there were certain types of industry they did; however, he opined that it may not be necessary to be so prescriptive per block and allow feedback from the develop- ment community or market survey people for ideas, then decide when the time comes. Mr. Rancone noted that the City hadn't had to worry last twenty years. rry about that over the Mayor Roe opined that the perception of the City being too prescriptive by letting certain uses develop on certain parcels, was not accurate when other ar- cels and uses remained wide open. However, Mayor Roe concurred that a mark et study could change from one decade to another. p Mr. Rancone questioned if a master developer buys in the purple or oran e ar with two different uses, was he going to have a battle. g eas Mayor Roe opined that, if in the purple and orange areas, if the uses were clear and defined, they should be easily understood by the development community, with no ensuing battle if aware of uses and not trying a use not permitted. Mr. Rancone opined that, if certain development was allowed on certain acrea but not others that developer would locate elsewhere. g e Councilmember McGehee summarized Mr. Rancone's comments indicating that rather than uses that were permitted or not permitted across the board, a more use- ful thing would be what was definitely not wanted(e.g. asphalt plant, major truck- ing terminals, stripper joints, etc.), Since what was not wanted was a smaller lis Councilmember McGehee questioned if that was his intent to tell developers what p at