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Attachment A Extract of the April 10, 2014 Roseville Planning Commission Minutes a. PLANNING FILE 0017 — PROJECT 0021 Request by the City of Roseville for TEXT AMENDMENTS to Chapter 4, Land Use of the COMPREHENSIVE PLAN and Section 1005.07.A, Statement of Purposes, of the ZONING ORDINANCE, regarding the Community Mixed Use definition Chair Gisselquist opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 14-007 at approximately 7:59 p.m. City Planner Thomas Paschke reviewed the request as detailed in the staff report dated April 10, 2014, as a result of the City Council's request to address ambiguities and inconsistencies between the Comprehensive Plan, Section 1005.07/a, Statement of Purpose, and the current Zoning Ordinance, specific to Community Mixed Use definitions. Mr. Paschke advised that this review was a direct result of issues that came up during the Walmart Development project, as well as at the expiration of the AUAR formerly addressing and regulating development or redevelopment in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. Mr. Paschke advised that part of this review included cross-referencing other land use designations to assist in that guidance and as applicable uses came forward; and upon the advice of the City Attorney (Attachment A), some reference were eliminated and a mix of uses and connections were achieved in smaller area development plans rather than depending on or referencing a broader Master Plan, particularly as some of those were no longer relevant and had been predicated from the old zoning code. At the prompting of Member Boguszewski, Mr. Paschke clarified that the intent was to avoid any perception of ambiguity or inconsistencies, and the legal opinion from the City Attorney was requested by Mayor Roe to address any misconceptions that had come up during the Walmart proposal. Mr. Paschke further clarified that the key was to focus on cleaning up the land use definitions to eliminate any components that are or could be problematic in the future; and from that standpoint, he was not overly concerned that the current Statement of Purpose language was actually inconsistent, but in an effort to ensure it wasn't, consistent language was suggested. At the request of Member Boguszewski, Mr. Paschke assured the Commission that the City Attorney had been involved in the proposed language revisions and their development throughout the process and was involved in the City Council discussions as text revisions were continuing to evolve as the City Council sought to re-envision the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area. Member Keynan pointed out several typographical errors and inconsistencies in the staff report and agenda, and suggested they be corrected for future reference. In his review of these proposed text revisions, Member Keynan questioned whether it was more prudent to make these changes in a piecemeal fashion or to hold them all for a broader and systematic review for revision all at one time. Mr. Paschke advised that, as review continued or as issues came up, it seemed more prudent to make changes at that time for those items that may have an impact versus holding them to avoid any inconsistencies in development proposals continuing to come forward during that time. As part of the original Zoning Ordinance review committee, Chair Gisselquist noted the intent to address every issue, with considerable time spent over a number of months reviewing the Code in mind-numbing detail. While the committee felt everything had been addressed, Chair Gisselquist observe that in reality and as circumstances come along, questions were raised and inadvertent inconsistencies found. Chair Gisselquist opined that he would advocate that as they came up or were found, they be addressed at that time rather than waiting for a wholesale refinement process. Mr. Paschke concurred, noting that often the issues were based on interpretation as well as the complexities of an actual project were identified or potential uses considered and the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Code practically applied to that use or how either document was