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3.O FISCAL IMPACTS 3.1 The hiring of a consultant was part of the 2009 Community Development budget; $35,000 was allocated for this purpose. There are not any other anticipated fiscal impacts due to this project. 4.O STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS 4.1 Zoning Code U�date: The City of Roseville's has not undertaken a comprehensive update or revision of its zoning code since its adoption in May 1959. Over time this code has had innumerable revisions to maintain functionality. The result of this is a code that is oftentimes difficult to understand, internally inconsistent, and unwieldy to administer. 4.1.1 Staff is recommending that the update to the zoning code should implement "form- based" or a hybrid-style code for all or a subset of the zoning districts instead of traditional Euclidian zoning. (The current code is a Euclidean-type code) . The 2030 Comprehensive Plan categorized future land uses based on the desired scale of new development, not on a specific set of uses. The regional business, community business, and neighborhood business lend themselves to utilizing form-based code, which instead of relying on a series of regulations on use should be regulated by a set of design regulations that achieve the desired outcomes for the specific district. A restaurant, coffee shop, or retail store could be in any of these categories, but the key to achieving the neighborhood-, community-, or regional-type development is how the buildings housing these uses are designed and integrated into the public realm. Attachment C is background information on form-based code. 4.1.2 Staff recommends a two-step request for qualifications/request for proposal process for this project. Attachment A is a draft request for qualifications document, which includes a project timeline. Upon receipt qualification packages, staff will review the submission and select up to five firms from which to seek a full proposal. A request for proposal will be prepared at a later date and brought to the City Council for approval. Sased on the proposal packages and interviews, the City Council would authorize the hiring of the preferred consultant. 4.1.3 Staff also recommends significant involvement of both the Planning Commission and City Council with the update of the zoning code. Working with the consultant, staff envisions breaking the code into related segments (e.g. residential districts, commercial districts, environmental regulation, etc.). The consultant and staff would work together to create draft sections and bring them to the Planning Commission and City Council for review and discussion. Sased on the input from both bodies, revisions would be made and a formal public hearing would be held with the Planning Commission and brought to the City Council for formal adoption. 4.2 Master Plan Review: Past Roseville Comprehensive Plans have included, through adoption, an assortment of related planning documents (e.g. master plans, streetscape plans, and roadway plans). At this time, the 2030 Comprehensive Plan does not include any of these documents; however, as described in Item 1.5 of this report, it does set forth a process for the City Council to specifically review pre-2009 master plans for potential inclusion on the Comprehensive Plan. The following are the documents that are directed to be reviewed: Twin Lakes Susiness Park Master Plan, 1998 James Addition Report, Arona/Hamline Master Plan, City Center Plan, and Cornerstone Program. Page 2 of 3