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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 24,2017 Page 4 Also, Councilmember Willmus sought to call attention over time to retaining con- sistency in documents and titles, such as considering re-labeling things from Of- fice/Business Park (O/BP) to something different that may create uncertainty in the development community in tracking parcels over time. If found necessary to change those land use designations, Councilmember Willmus asked that they be kept as much the same as possible. Councilmember Willmus stated that, even if being advocated for by the consult- ant, he asked that when looking at Master Plans or Small Area Plans within a cer- tain geographical area, they not be included as part of the comprehensive plan. Councilmember Willmus noted that the city didn't need to look too far back in history to understand the consequences based on past experiences and lessons learned. Specific to Councilmember Willmus' latter concern, Chair Murphy clarified that this was not his understanding of what was proposed. Councilmember Etten stated agreement with the majority of Councilmember Willmus' comments in not looking for a big change to the broader picture, and agreed that continuity in titles was good. Councilmember Etten also expressed concern with ramifications for required housing components that could cause problems with certain developments in the future. Specific to the Byerly's area, Councilmember Etten noted the proposed compre- hensive plan guidance change from the 2030 future land use map, asking the ra- tionale in changing something that seemed to be functioning fairly successfully and reinventing itself. However, Councilmember Etten noted his concern when declaring that area between Snelling and Fairview Avenues and between County Roads C and C-2 for redevelopment given the improvements recently made and new construction by many businesses within that area. In response, Commissioner Bull stated that when the commission looked at that area and the various land masses now occupied by parking spaces given the fre- quent public comment, that it wanted less parking lot space in the community or that redevelopment include more efficiencies, including less space and/or shared parking, the intent had been to address that concern and not necessarily involving redevelopment of existing business structures. With that clarification in the commission's rationale, Councilmember Etten stated that he was fine with that general concept in reducing parking spaces and creative ways to do so. Commissioner Gitzen identified himself as the advocate of that broad brush for that particular area as a discussion item, and therefore expressed appreciation that Councilmember Etten had focused on it. Commissioner Gitzen agreed that this