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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, May 07, 2008 Page 5 land uses, prior to the anticipated completion of the land use chapter by the Steering Committee at their June 26, 2008 meeting. Discussion included comparisons of the current plan, with attachments and its many interpretation and information location challenges versus the proposed plan of a much more user-friendly tool for staff and the public. Mr. Fifield advised that this would be accomplished through culling and reorganizing the plan, in addition to eliminating unnecessary or redundant components that served to complicate its use. Mr. Fifield opined that the current plan has much useful information, but little flow, making it difficult to know where to look to seek guidance in decision-making. Mr. Fifield reviewed each of the draft descriptions of land use categories and their various locations on the land use map, noting that the low-, medium- and high-density residential categories were similar in the current and proposed plan. Mr. Fifield concentrated, and significant discussion ensued on the non-residential land use categories, currently identified as Limited Business, Business, and Shopping Center, and with the new designations proposed as Neighborhood Business, Community Business, and Regional Business. Mr. Fifield noted that the Industrial designation remained unchanged; the Business Park remained, the addition of Community Mixed Use and Office categories. Mr. Fifield led commissioners in a review by land use map categories and their various implications and complexities. Regional Business Land Use Category Mr. Fifield discussed the Rosedale Shopping Center and adjacent areas to the north and west and the proposed designation of Regional Business; along with only one other designated area on the west side of I-35W north of County Road C. Substantial discussion included Steering Committee rationale in determining “regional” versus “community” shopping centers; designation of Har Mar Shopping Centeras a “Community Shopping Center” and rationale for that designation consistent with and based on changing retail trends, economic realities and market forces, their sphere of influence, type of businesses and/or anchor stores, and vision of future functions; intensity of future development or redevelopment in designated areas and consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, accommodating traffic volumes and zoning parameters; and the need to focus on land use, not zoning during this visioning period. Commissioners struggled with the Regional and Community Business designations, as had the Steering Committee according to Commissioners Bakeman and Doherty, in envisioning future land use needs and trends, considering business plans of various shopping centers and the scope of their visions; larger retail areas and adjacent residential neighborhoods; access and visibility to major transportation routes; consistencies with the community’s vision; and semantics in designating specific zoning categories. Mr. Fifield addressed the purpose of the public process in developing the Update, with information available on the City’s website for public comment and to provide transparency; and the public meeting scheduled in August after the DRAFT Comprehensive Plan has been prepared, but before it is finalized for recommendation by the Steering Committee to allow another opportunity for public comment, in addition to the Public Hearings held at the Planning Commission level, and City Council review and discussion following the Commission’s recommendation. Mr. Fifield noted that the Planning Commission served as the ultimate planning agency for the City of Roseville, with the City Council also having the authority to honor or refuse the Commission’s recommendations. Further discussion ensued on the distinctions between Regional and Community Business categories; whether zoning supported proposed future uses and potential amendment to those designations at the request of the property owner, at which time impacts, studies and other information would be provided by an applicant to present their