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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 6,2015 Page 26 standing by the public in understanding the rezoning concept through use of a PUD; and special regulations available in code and accessible to all. Mr. Gozola further opined that by controlling things via zoning, it provided the City Council with greater authority to make changes in the future rather than using the Condi- tional Use approach for a one-time situation and setting conditions that hopefully didn't miss any important issue during that process. Mr. Gozola advised that the PUD provided the City the ability to zone by right versus discretionary zoning; and provided more assurance and specificity for a developer that a good end product would be achieved. Mr. Gozola reviewed other considerations, such as where to allow PUD's; how and why to allow them; and the main goals desired by the City in using PUD's and specific benefits to focus on. Mr. Gozola sought input on the current back- ground and project understanding shown on pages 2 —4 of Attachment B. Councilmember Willmus, with concurrence by Mayor Roe, stated he would not agree with a PUD only being tied to a subdivision process only; but would look at applicability beyond just subdivisions. Councilmember Willmus stated that Mr. Gozola's presentation slides #25 and #26 concisely stated his thoughts on PUD's. Councilmember McGehee stated there should be no limit on where a PUD should be; advised that she was not a fan of Conditional Use permits; and liked the sus- tainability and stormwater management aspects; and supported structured parking as incentives. To add to what was already stated, Mayor Roe opined that the PUD process should not be unrestricted as to what could be donebut more specific as to the lim- its and what can happen. Mayor Roe stated he was not supportive of a PUD ap- proval based on who was sitting at the City Council dais rather than having a con- sistent policy for a developer to follow versus doing whatever they wanted to do. Mayor Roe spoke in support of standards and parameters that outlived a sitting City Council to avoid potential arbitrary issues or concerns. Mayor Roe opined that a perceived problem with the old PUD's was that basically anything could be proposed with majority support of the City Council. Councilmember McGehee stated her biggest concern with the old PUD was the lack of protection for underlying zoning as implemented and without a public en- gagement piece. Mayor Roe concurred that the public engagement piece was missing in most de- velopment activity at that time.Councilmember McGehee recognized and agreed