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Special City Council Meeting Thursday,February 20, 2014 Page 4 Councilmember McGehee noted that a number of uses in that area were not that old, and were reasonable-looking structures and similar to the preferred develop- ment; and stated that she had no problem with that. Councilmember Laliberte agreed that the City Council was very intentional in previous discussions; however, she didn't think things were set in stone. Coun- cilmember Laliberte echoed Councilmember Willmus' comments that prior to locking anything in place, she wanted to hear from the property owners, since the City didn't own anything to justify moving them around. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she was not opposed to staff's revision to the City Council's original lines,but remained open at this point. After the previous meeting, Councilmember Etten stated that he thought the best course of action would be to make the zones more general to group them together if possible. If a great development came forward, Councilmember Etten opined that his concern was in the green and orange areas along Cleveland Avenue and that a development may be different than the staff proposal as a permitted or con- ditional use (e.g. day care center). Councilmember Etten questioned why one was a permitted use across Iona on Cleveland and not in the other area. Councilmem- ber Etten opined that he didn't want as much distinction, but preferred to open things up and allow more uses to allow potential development to work, by allow- ing more flexibility. Mayor Roe noted that, at the last discussion, it was recognized that with a broad view, a lot of things were permitted uses in subdistricts, with only a few distinc- tions in some subdistricts (e.g. use and scale); with two parts involved in zoning: what's existing or the future vision. In this case, Mayor Roe opined that with a potential for new uses as the property owner desired, there was a need to balance community preferences as well as part of that process. Mayor Roe concurred that it would be good to hear from property owners and developers in tonight's audi- ence; opining that it may be found that a lot of it actually blends together well, with perhaps only more or less intense subdistricts as the ultimate outcome. However, Mayor Roe opined that some uses did not make sense in some areas for various reasons. Mayor Roe noted that the City currently had a very specific use list and it only made sense to get feedback before discussion of the table and per- mitted uses. Mr. Paschke opined that there was actually a distinct different in the map, with the purple area north of Terrace Drive currently High Density Residential (HDR) changing to CMU and adding a number of permitted uses that may be applicable or complementary to those areas previously supported by property owners or managers having already reviewed the information and made contact with City staff, and expressing their appreciation for the greater flexibility beyond HDR-1, opining the door for them to pursue something different for those properties.