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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 23,2015 Page 29 Conceivably then, Mayor Roe noted that since the public hearing process had been completed, the City Council could choose the option at this time to take ac- tion and rezone the area as CMU if finding it was important enough to do to re- move the HDR designation. Mayor Roe noted that such an action would still leave unresolved some issues related to height, uses, etc. Councilmember Willmus agreed that this was an option; however, he expressed his hesitation in a blanket CMU designation as well and suggested developing a hybrid CMU in the interim for this subarea. Mayor Roe clarified that, if the CMU designation was changed, the Planning Commission public hearing process would need to occur. Councilmember McGehee expressed her willingness to consider switching from HDR to CMU,provided she was able to review the entire list of proposed uses. Mayor Roe noted that the table of uses was also in the process of being updated. Councilmember McGehee clarified that she was not interested in rezoning to CMU on the fly using the table of uses previously presented by staff, and suggest- ed a new hybrid CMU could be developed later. Mayor Roe cautioned that this could potentially create the dilemma of being on a different track. Mr. Bilotta suggested that the City Council look at CMU uses before moving to extend it, since it remained a very sensitive issue. At the request of Mayor Roe, Mr. Bilotta confirmed that any change of the use ta- ble required an additional Planning Commission review and public hearing pro- cess. In conclusion, and with consensus of the body, Mayor Roe confirmed the interest in looking to a development or marketing consultant, directing staff to look into that and bring it back to the City Council for further review and discussion. Public Comment Lisa McCormick,Wheeler Street Ms. McCormick stated that she was encouraged by tonight's discussion and sought to address Mr. Bilotta's reference to survey results. For the record, Ms. McCormick urged caution in using those survey results in isolation without seek- ing further neighborhood comments, noting that while 130 people attended, only 65 actual surveys had been returned. Of those responses, Ms. McCormick noted the apparent confusion of many residents on the process itself.