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City Council Meeting Minutes October 18 2016 Page 8 of 14 Planner Robinson stated this is a public hearing on the Small Area Plan. He went over what a Small Area Plan is stating it is to translate the goals of the comprehensive plan into specifics for this area. He noted this planning process began in 2015 and there have been multiple public meetings. He reviewed the principals of the plan that both the Planning Commission and City Council approved earlier in the process. 1. Improve connectivity and accessibility while accommodating regional transportation needs. 2. Create public and private gathering spaces to meet the needs of residents, employees, and visitors. 3. Enhance bicycle and pedestrian connections to private and public uses. 4. Utilize policy and design to encourage desired uses to locate in the corridor and to facilitate the reuse or redevelopment of vacant buildings. 5. Establish design regulations to ensure development closely reflects the community's vision for the corridor while accommodating creativity in design. 6. Establish development regulations to meet the fiscal and economic goals of the City. Planner Robinson noted there are suggested development types for the 1) edges of the area which would be larger, clustered buildings; 2) corridor areas along McCaslin Boulevard north of Cherry Street, more suburban areas; and 3) center development in the southern portion of the study area which would have a higher density of use and be more pedestrian oriented. Planner Robinson stated the placemaking concepts incorporated for the center, entrance and edge areas create a pedestrian friendly area that is not a wall of development along McCaslin Boulevard. He showed some development possibilities, not specific recommendations, for areas of office, residential, and new commercial. He reiterated that redevelopment of these parcels with residential use would require rezoning of the properties and a special review use process/development process through the Planning Commission and City Council. Planner Robinson stated the Citizen Survey had both support and opposition to adding residential in this area. Planner Robinson noted the Plan includes a street improvement plan, and suggests removing a lane of traffic on McCaslin Boulevard. Even at build -out it is not justified by the traffic numbers. The roadway improvement plan includes adding a northbound land on McCaslin Boulevard at Dillon Road to address traffic congestion. It also includes a trail improvement plan to create better access from Centennial Valley/McCaslin to Davidson Mesa. Planner Robinson stated this proposal would not preclude big box development where it currently exists.