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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 23,2017 Page 19 ments coming forward and leave it to those proposals to request rezoning if they wanted to versus the city proactively designating it. Councilmember Etten agreed with Mayor Roe, noting that the 2030 comprehen- sive plan designations used similar language for LDR that had continued to work; and agreed with using the zoning code (up to eight units); and continue with these designations with current descriptive language in practice. Councilmember Laliberte agreed with being responsive to proposals versus proac- tive in designating areas, especially using the MU-2 district with residential re- quirements of 25% depending on the site that could possibly push something to a density of 36 units per acre depending on the location and what abutted it, cau- tioning sensitivity. Councilmember Etten questioned the impact of requiring residential in the Twin Lakes Area (MU-2 — Community Mixed Use) and whether that requirement was prudent. Senior Planner Lloyd opined that there was plenty of area identified in the current land use map for future development or redevelopment sites that were expected to turn over in the coming years. At the request of Councilmember Etten as to whether the 25% residential re- quirement in MU-2 was to meet Metropolitan Council residential requirements, Ms. Purdu advised that it was stated in the 2030 comprehensive plan initially, and after discussions with this update, was determined to still be a good idea to re- quire some residential use in CMU, thus leaving it at the 25% requirement. Ms. Purdu noted that the intent of the original district and Twin Lakes was meant as a general requirement, but the language was intended to be strengthened in this draft. Councilmember McGehee stated that she was having difficulty in looking at the Twin Lakes area since the 2030 plan looked at it differently than it is currently developing as a commercial/business area. Therefore, Councilmember McGehee opined that it didn't have the same transit as at Har Mar Mall, but still needed to have some of those types of businesses (e.g. restaurant use) for workers and resi- dents in that area. Discussion ensued regarding density requirements; the need for flexibility in MU districts and whether to remove the 25% residential requirements and let zoning conversations rule the day for certain parcels; and significant impacts to Metro- politan Council housing requirements if that 25% is reduced of eliminated. Ms. Purdu was directed to provide calculations regarding impacts for reducing the 25%requirement.