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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 26, 2018 Page 11 Mr. Paschke stated he thought the map change would be done at the end once the Met Council approves the plan. Councilmember McGehee asked why Mr. Paschke recommended Neighborhood Business as opposed to R2. Mr. Paschke stated the reason is because it is currently a business and has func- tioned as a business property since developed. It is not one hundred percent clear why the City Staff and City Council supported a PUD to allow a commercial property there. As a business it would be difficult to rezone it to residential and then have someone buy a very expensive property to redevelop it into townhomes versus reusing it or repurposing it for some commercial use. Councilmember Willmus stated the PUD was created as alluded to and to make sure it was not an overly intensive use being adjacent to the property to the north, which was his recollection of the Council meeting at the time of approval. Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment, with no one coming for- ward. Laliberte moved, Willmus seconded, approve moving forward with the cancella- tion of the Planned Unit Development on 1700 Hamline Avenue and adoption of Resolution No. 11555 (Attachment C) entitled, "Resolution approving a Compre- hensive Plan Map Change.from Low Density Residential (LR) to Neighborhood Business (NB). Council Discussion Councilmember Laliberte agreed that the table the City has for Neighborhood Business and what is permitted is different today than what it was in the 1990s; however, the parking and building as it is laid out is probably one of the better ways for that piece of property to be used so she did not anticipate someone tear- ing the building down. She thought at most, a bunch of parking could be placed at the front or back, but the building would need to be situated for that. She stated since it has been used as a commercial business since inception, she was support- ive of the change. Councilmember Willmus recognized Councilmember Laliberte's comments but felt the Council needed to be aware that this particular building and layout as it exists today may not be that way a year from now. He stated the building could be torn down and something could be done with the property that is completely different than what it is today. Along those lines, he asked if the Council was to move forward and cancel the PUD and zoned this Neighborhood Business, is there anything the City can do as far as requiring screening or anything to what may be there today to provide some sort of buffer between the two uses.