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Regular Planning CommissionMeeting Minutes – Wednesday, September 2, 2015 Page 25 of those discussions, Chair Boguszewski suggested either reviewing a portion tonight, or 1224 given the lateness of the hour, to continue it to a future meeting. 1225 Member Murphy concurred, but suggested hearing from those members of the public in 1226 attendance tonight and asked staff if there was any negative impacts if the Commission 1227 didn’t finalize their discussion and action tonight. 1228 Chair Boguszewski duly noted his intent to hear public comment from those in 1229 attendance tonight. 1230 Mr. Lloyd advised that from a staff perspective there was no formal 60-day rule to comply 1231 with as this was an internal application, and only impacted developers tracking its 1232 progress who may be anticipating its completion in September, his only concern. 1233 At the request of Member Cunningham, Chair Boguszewski advised thatpublic comment 1234 would be heard on any portion of this requested action, but asking speakers to clearly 1235 identify which requested action they were specifically addressing to avoid confusion. 1236 Public Comment 1237 Lisa McCormick, 1238 Ms. McCormick advised that shewould be addressingbothissues, expressing concern 1239 withthelimited time of5 minutes per speaker. 1240 Ms. McCormick spoke to the longprocess of over ayear for this item to come forward; 1241 and referenced materials she had brought to the CityCouncilin June and 1242 Councilmember Laliberte’srequest at that time that those materials alsobe forwarded to 1243 thePlanning Commission for incorporation,noting that shewouldbe further referencing 1244 some of those exhibits inher comments tonight. 1245 Ms. McCormick specificallyaddressed some of the neighborhood concernsin this area 1246 serving asagateway to 700 Roseville homes focused around the intersectionof Fairview 1247 Avenue and Terrace Drive;and thatneighborhood’s submittal of3 petitions to-date to the 1248 Planning Commission and/or City Council,1 specificallyrelated to conditions for Interim 1249 Use (IU) approval for Vogel Sheetmetal, and1 specificallyaddressing resident concerns 1250 in the currentlyzoned HRD area, seeking rezoning to Medium DensityResidential 1251 (MDR), but now proposedby the City Council directing staff towardCMU-1, which 1252 ultimatelywas more amenableto residents of adjacentproperties and for theparks, 1253 rd whichwas their initial intention.Ms. McCormickstatedthat the3petitionwas put 1254 forward featuring specifics the neighbors feltwould be morefavorablein the TwinLakes 1255 Redevelopment Area,including speakingto height, big box retailuses;with the City 1256 Councilinstitutinga planning process in January of 2015.Ms.McCormick stated that at 1257 that time, residentswere told that the processwould be multi-step, including a 1258 neighborhood survey,a reviewof visual preferences related to height issues,and then 1259 resultingina more fine-tuned product.However, Ms. McCormickopinedthat the process 1260 was later haltedwithonlyone step–the neighborhood survey–having been 1261 accomplished.Ms.McCormick noted thatitwas interesting to her tonote that the 1262 petitions contained signatures of approximately 80 neighbors,while approximately66 1263 surveyswere received. 1264 When thiswaslast discussed by the City Council in June of 2015,Ms. McCormick 1265 advisedthat she hadasked theMayor if theyweredisregardingthe petitions andinstead 1266 leaning toward rezoning toCMU, andwas told thatappeared tobe the mood of the City 1267 Council at that time and after having talked toother residents. 1268 Ms. McCormick clarified that shewas speaking on her own behalf tonight asa resident. 1269 Ms. McCormick stated thatthe neighbors werewilling to be reasonablewitha lighter 1270 intensity CMUwhich seemed to make sense, but theinclusion ofa significant number of 1271 P uses remained an issue for them as theyhad advised the City Council,andasked that 1272 the Commission scale those uses back further or signify them as CU asaway to further 1273 define them. 1274