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City Council Meeting Minutes June 2, 2015 Page 5 of 27 the a. llowed shows all of those. They have not gone through the development review process but are allowed by the zoning in place. Council member Loo wanted to get a handle on anything and everything that could come before Council. There was an exercise years ago where zoning was looked at and calculations were then done to determine how many possibilities you would have Planning and Building Safety Directly Russ stated that is shown in "Currently allowed ". Council member Keany asked about the Cottonwood Condos and townhouses around Cottonwood Park and wondered if someone bought out each owner how many additional units could be developed. The answer was 20. Council member Keany inquired what zoning changes would take place with this plan. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted the small area plan would give a land use vision and if there were zoning change recommendations staff would proceed to suggest changes to the Municipal Code. There are land use scenarios for each alternative. Council member Keany noted most developments do not fill to the maximum allowed density and wondered if there was planning industry percentage to determine potential to actual. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ wasn't aware of an industry standard. Council member Lipton asked to look at the proposed alternatives and what the conditional implies. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted it would be vetted throughout the process but based on what the community saw as important. Incentives to developers could be used to add other amenities to the City. He referred to the land use assumptions; residential shows only the floor height as conditional. General office then gave a potential 50% discount to residential, less than half the units being shown are conditional. Council member Lipton wanted to make sure they are accounted for with assumptions. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted they are with an assumed 50% discount. Council member Lipton noted with the alternatives considered there would be 2 story and no more than 3 story buildings. City Manager Fleming noted the only way conditional criteria would be granted would be if Council felt it was merited. Land use description shows conditions as proposed. Senior, live /work, affordable housing, fiscal performance, limited impact on view sheds and shadows and /or public realm improvements. Special merits could lead to approval of conditional criteria for additional floors. Council member Keany asked about affordable senior housing opposed to senior housing. Planning and Building Safety Director Russ noted staff is not asking for a vote on the conditions tonight and will work with Council to vet a very deliberate process. This presents the concept and the logic to the discount. He agreed the community has asked for affordable senior housing.