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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 4,2015 Page 27 By consensus, Mayor Roe suggested a conclusion to allow multi-family housing as a P use in the CMU zoning district, and generally speaking permitted through- out the area, pending future discussions specific to height issues. As this area is shaped, Councilmember McGehee opined it was turning into more of a business and light industrial area. Mayor Roe noted that this was part of the discussion in previous uses, but now the discussion was moving into the residential uses. Councilmember McGehee opined that originally the City Council had talked about stacked uses, thus the residential consideration, but now since it was mov- ing toward stand-alone residential, which could be adjacent to a park or other use, it created quite a different feel for the entire area. Mayor Roe expressed his disagreement with Councilmember McGehee on her recollection of the original discussion and creation of CMU zoning for the last Twin Lakes development proposal to provide distinct areas, including a block of residential uses and a block of office uses. Under that scenario, Mayor Roe opined that things remained amenable and the City Council remained consistent with that 2014 exercise, pending addressing issues about adjacencies. Specific to multi-family responses and public input, Councilmember Willmus spoke in support of changing from P uses to P with CU across the board. Councilmember Laliberte noted the need to address density as the next issue in multi-family uses. Councilmember Willmus clarified that he was speaking specifically to multi- family uses on the table of uses, and when getting into other uses, he would not change Medium Density Residential (MDR) areas. Mayor Roe noted HDR provided for so many units per acre. Councilmember Willmus noted that HDR in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area would therefore,under his scenario, all be under the P with CU use designation. Councilmember Etten stated that would get to his concern should Area B become a larger retail function, wondering if that should be a P use in that area. Coun- cilmember Etten opined that a lot of business was already going on in that area, based on street visibility, and Councilmember Willmus' suggestion would ensure that multi-family residential uses would all fall under a P with CU in Subareas A and B.