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Special City Council Meeting Thursday, February 20, 2014 Page 5 Mr. Trudgeon asked Mr. Paschke to describe those major distinctions between the two based on previous discussions on emphasis. Mr. Paschke stated that from previous information and discussions, for those fo- cus areas, the purpose was for more residential potentials and corresponding com- plementary uses (e.g. office) with some of those uses permitted and some not and others permitted conditionally. In the green area specifically, Mr. Paschke noted that the focus was on certain types of office, with more intense uses with higher impact located on the periphery(e.g. larger retail or office) with the interior closer to Langton Lake Park permitting less impactful uses. Mr. Paschke advised that the color schemes on the map attempted to designate those uses and locals along with balancing pre-existing and non-conforming conditions on some of the prop- erties and potentially others in the future, while blending similar uses (e.g. pro- duction, limited processing versus major light industrial located in a multi-tenant building). In summarizing the intent of the broad area and distinctions, Mr. Trudgeon noted that the orange area focused on retail without restrictions, with the green area permitting limited retail (e.g. 20,000 square feet as an estimated suggested by staff); with the blue area office use but excluding production and limited pro- cessing; and the purple area allowing a variety of uses and limited retail and office uses, but more residential in focus. Mr. Trudgeon further noted that the red area is more industrial. Councilmember McGehee opined that it seemed that the entire area is an oppor- tunity to change and improve the City's tax base; with long-standing information from the community stating that they do not wish to have any more retail than is currently in the community. In broad discussions of the CMU, Councilmember McGehee opined that she found no reason in the blue area for uses for anything beyond residential as an ideal use similar to the area surrounding around Langton Lake. Councilmember McGehee opined that there was a lot of time being spent with a very narrow definition of focus on this and the regulating map rather than looking to current property owners for their suggestions of what they'd like to see and what they think. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of a broader look versus a limited focus, and expressed her failure to understand why either a medical office or housing couldn't be located in the blue area backing up to the park. Discussion ensued with Mayor Roe pointing out that currently there is no housing use excluded there; with Councilmember McGehee opining that in a broader dis- cussion, the Council should get away from the boxes and definitions, get feedback from property owners since the City doesn't want to acquire the property. Mayor Roe opined that the whole context of everything in the CMU District, ex- cept certain areas to be restricted, was for housing of one type or another in most