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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 4,2015 Page 35 an example, the north side of Terrace Drive may not be appropriate for a five- story building. Mr. Bilotta anticipated looking at CMU and CMU-light concepts as part of that height decision, addressing not only changes in uses, but also inten- sity of uses. Mr. Bilotta advised that staff would return with proposed standards for City Council consideration allowing them to break from overall discussions to address that vertical issue. Given the current single-family height of 30' to the center of the gable, Mayor Roe noted that even that created issues for single-family homes; and even single- family abutting other single-family could create an issue. Therefore, Mayor Roe expressed his interest in the next part of the conversation related to conditions and height. Councilmember McGehee expressed appreciation for the way Mayor Roe ex- pressed that last phrase, and requested direction from staff on what was too re- strictive, since the goal was to have something that will incent development but not be too restrictive; and sought additional insight from staff. Mr. Bilotta duly noted that interest, noting that with the gap in City Council meet- ings after next week, it would allow time for the neighborhood, staff and the City Council to absorb tonight's discussion and decisions, and come back in June with those ideas. At the request of Mayor Roe on behalf of Councilmember Laliberte's interest in the next steps, Mr. Bilotta reviewed the eight steps as detailed in the RCA. Mayor Roe suggested staff provide some theoretical conditions that could be ap- plied to uses. Councilmember Willmus asked that staff be directed to track changes on future it- erations of the spreadsheet based on tonight's discussion and action; with Mayor Roe suggesting simply dating each version of the spreadsheet going forward. Mr. Bilotta suggested that future iterations could include three columns for A, B and C even though future adjustments would also be forthcoming. Closed Session Mayor Roe advised that, in accordance with Minnesota State Statute 13.D.05, subd. 3.c, the City Council could move to closed session to discuss potential property purchases or sales, in this in- stance to discuss the potential purchase of portions of properties located at 934 — 950 Woodhill Drive and 2659 Victoria Street(former Owasso School site).