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4.0B ACKGROUND 12 4.1Since October 2012, the City Council and the Community Development Department have 13 been engaged in a process to re-envision the Twin Lakes Area. Over the past 16 months 14 the City Council has held numerous meetings with Staff to discuss their desires for the 15 future of Twin Lakes. These discussions included the previous action that sought to align 16 the Community Mixed-Use definition with the proposed text amendments to the Zoning 17 Code. Specific to this request, the Community Development Department proposed 18 several land use and zoning options for the City Council to consider and the Council 19 decided to pursue one change. 20 4.2The area located along the north side of Terrace Drive and across (west) Fairview 21 Avenue, directly adjacent to the future Twin Lakes Parkway is currently guided High 22 Density Residential and zoned High Density Residential-1 District (see attached map). 23 The intent of the City in 2009 (when the Comprehensive Plan was adopted) was to create 24 a distinct multifamily area to buffer the lower density residential and City park uses to 25 the north from the adjacent light manufacturing/industrial, business, and retail uses that 26 are prevalent in the area or may be developed there in the future. 27 4.3The potential for a high concentration of multi-family density developments as well as 28 the issues the Community Development Department is experiencing with current non- 29 conforming uses suggests that the area not be designated High Density Residential. 30 4.4To facilitate the City Council’s discussion of land use and zoning, the Planning Division 31 looked at the highest and best use and prepared a mapping exercise to identify what sorts 32 of uses were best suited for Twin Lakes. That information was then assembled into a 33 number of new zoning districts (differing versions of Community Mixed-Use \[CMU\]) 34 and brought forward to the Council for consideration. In the end, the City Council 35 determined that the CMU District remains a great designation for Twin Lakes and that 36 such a guiding and zoning should be placed on the subject properties. 37 4.5An applicant seeking approval of a CLUP and/or 38 OMPREHENSIVE ANDSELAN MAP CHANGE is required to hold an open house meeting to inform the 39 ZONING MAP CHANGE surrounding property owners and other interested individuals of the proposal, to answer 40 questions, and to solicit feedback. The open house for this application was held on April 41 24, 2014; the summary of the open house meeting provided by the City Planner is 42 included with this staff report as Attachment C. 43 5.0PA ROPOSEDNALYSIS 44 5.1CLUPMC: City Code §201.07 (Comprehensive 45 OMPREHENSIVE ANDSELANAPHANGE Plan Amendments) allows property owners to seek, and the Planning Commission to 46 recommend, changes to the Comprehensive Plan; a recommendation by the Planning 47 Commission to approve a change to the Comprehensive Plan must have the affirmative 48 votes of at least 5/7ths of the Planning Commission’s total membership. 49 5.2The Comprehensive Plan identifies the following: 50 Land-Use Issues 51 The primary issue for District 10 will be continuing efforts to facilitate the 52 redevelopment of the Twin Lakes area. Twin Lakes has been a long-term 53 redevelopment focus of the City. A series of planning studies and environmental 54 reviews have defined development issues and community desires for this area. While 55 PROJ0026_RCA_CompPlanZoning_070714.doc Page 2 of 4