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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 23, 2015 Page 22 Councilmember McGehee reiterated her support of PUD's, and spoke in opposi- tion to the comments of City Manager Trudgeon, opining that she'd prefer to err on the side of more work being done by the City Council in considering specific uses. However, Councilmember McGehee expressed her interest in seeing what staff brought back as the new face of what was being done, opining that over the last fifteen years, the City had not done a good job in determining appropriate us- es while meeting the preferences of the community. Mayor Roe noted the need for the process to involve more public input, suggest- ing a neighborhood workshop. Councilmember McGehee agreed, but expressed her interest in involving the en- tire community in that input, not just the neighborhoods adjacent to Twin Lakes, as what happens to the City's tax base was hugely important to the broader com- munity. Mayor Roe noted that this discussion had broadened into staff's question number 6 as well (any other uses reconsidered as permitted, conditional or prohibited based on feedback received from the community to-date). Regarding big box retail, Mayor Roe asked Mr. Bilotta technical question on how to define that in the zoning code, noting the past struggles with that definition dur- ing the 2010 zoning code update and previous comprehensive plan update. Mr. Bilotta noted the complexity of that question, advising that typically big box was defined based on the size of individual units. However, Mr. Bilotta also not- ed that a 40,000 square foot Best Buy was different than a building of the same size developed as a strip center with ten tenants. While big box is generally de- fined as warehouse size and the height is typically 35', a strip center on a different site would vary as well. Mr. Bilotta noted the numerous definitions of big box, but the typical definition involving size and height. Mayor Roe noted that previous conversations seemed to center on square footage, and questioned if that was the only thing to consider; and expressed appreciation for Mr. Bilotta's reference as well to height as part of that definition of big box, which should also be part of future discussions on permitted or prohibited uses. Any further restrictions for big box retail or 24-hour operations in any areas Councilmember McGehee expressed her support for defining big box by square footage, and reasonable limitations on single, stand-along uses. In terms of 24- hour,operations and retail, Councilmember McGehee opined that there had been consistency within the community that Roseville had enough retail and it was not something people wanted to consider for 24-hour operations, and she didn't think it was supported by the community-at-large.