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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: March 23, 2015 Item No.: 15.a Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Twin Lakes Public Input Process and Next Steps B ACKGROUND 1 At the September 15, 2015 City Council work session, several items related to Twin Lakes land 2 uses regulation were discussed. 3 As part of the discussion, It was mentioned that all of the discussion regarding changing the 4 zoning on the north side of Terrace Drive from HDR to CMU had been provided by the business 5 community and that the neighborhood had come forward in August to express that it also wanted 6 to have a voice in the process. It was expressed that before moving forward, it was important to 7 hear the neighborhood’s views on proposed land uses and zoning for the north side of Terrace 8 Drive. 9 Discussion continued regarding the scope of the public input requested and what could be 10 accomplished to deal with the limited issue of the land use/zoning of the north side of Terrace 11 Drive versus input for some of the broader planning and land uses issues in the Twin Lakes area. 12 Staff indicated it could be prepared to engage the neighborhood on the limited issue of the 13 proposed HDR to CMU rezoning of the land use/zoning north of Terrace Drive quickly but that 14 the broader issues would take more time to prepare for and could even necessitate the hiring of a 15 consultant. 16 The City Council indicated it wanted to have staff initiate a quick process (within three weeks) 17 for public input with the neighborhood on the issue of the north side of Terrace Drive’s future 18 land use/zoning in advance of efforts to address the broader Twin Lakes area. 19 Subsequent to the City Council meeting, the president of the Twin Lakes Neighborhood 20 Association met with the City Manager and requested that the limited discussion regarding the 21 land use and zoning on the north side of Terrace Drive be delayed until 2015. This delay caused 22 the limited discussion to merge with the timing of the public input for some of the broader Twin 23 Lakes land use discussions. 24 The Twin Lakes area is physically complex and has a challenging history. There have been 25 several plans and development proposals over the years and significant controversy, including 26 legal action. The area has physical complexity with part of the area facing one of the region’s 27 busiest highways and quickly transitioning into the feeling of wilderness seclusion that is 28 Langton Lake. The legacy trucking land uses left large areas of impervious surface and 29 contaminated lands in close proximity to important public waterways such as Langton Lake, 30 Oasis Pond and the major drainageway east of Fairview Avenue, often with no provision for any 31 capture or treatment of that water. Some areas of limited redevelopment have occurred, but large 32 portions of the Twin Lakes area still bear the blighted scars of the legacy uses. 33 Page 1 of 8