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The City Council reviewed the matter at their June 10, 2003 work session. After discussing possible appropriate uses for the property, the City Council directed staff to draft a comprehensive plan amendment to change the northern third of the properties to Places to Shop and the southern portion to Low Density Residential. The Council indicated that residential uses were most appropriate directly on the Mississippi River, while commercial uses were more appropriate directly on Highway 10. The parcels are large enough to accommodate both types of development in the area. At the public hearing held on August 7, 2003, the Planning Commission heard different opinions from the property owners on what the land should be designated. One property owner, who has a residence on one of the parcels in question, would like to have the area remain designated as residential. Another property owner indicated that it should remain commercial, but seemed to find the commercial residential split acceptable. A real estate broker representing a property owner requested that the whole area be designated commercial. After the public hearing and further discussion, the Planning Commission decided to recommend that the Comprehensive Plan be amended to have the upper third of the properties to be designated as Places to Shop (Commercial) with the remaining two-thirds of the properties remain as Low Density Residential. On August 26, 2003, the City Council tabled consideration on the Comprehensive Plan Amendment request to a City Council work session in order to consider designating the land as Mixed Use. The City Council met on October 7, 2003 in work session to discuss the possibility of designating the parcels under discussion to Mixed Use. Consensus from the discussion was that the Staff should bring forward a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to designate the land as Mixed Use. The mixed-use designation would allow for a mixture of residential and commercial uses on the property. The property would be zoned MU -PUD which allows for both commercial and residential activities. The MU -PUD District requires a minimum of 70% of the area be used for residential uses. Staff has attached a copy of the recently adopted MU -PUD zoning district. All development in this zoning district needs to be processed as Planned Unit Developments. Recommendation: Staff and the Planning Commission recommends approval of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the subject properties from Low Density Residential to Mixed Use City Council Action: Motion to adopt a resolution approving the change from Low Density Residential to Mixed Use for properties located on Highway 10.