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non - conforming or becomes a permanent use in this area, and these are things that will be further evaluated based on the compatibility issues, the fiscal analysis, and the overall environmental analysis that is being done. Commissioner O'Connor commented, for clarification, that the Commission will be looking at proposals going forward, including zoning for specific uses, but will not get to pick the tenant. Commissioner Nagler clarified that the Commission gets to recommend approval or denial. Mr. Beaudin replied that was correct. He referred to the use tables attached to the environmental document that include a wide range of uses and allow for permitted, conditionally permitted, or not permitted uses. He reiterated Mr. Weinstein's earlier statement that what is being considered with respect to the environmental analysis is a reasonable worst -case analysis for environmental review purposes. Commissioner O'Connor commented that it would be nice if the approved category or zoning could state that the City would rather not have another such and such retailer in town. Mr. Beaudin explained that there will be a series of findings that go with an application, and the Planning Commission's goal is to regulate the use and not the user. He stated that tonight's purpose is to receive comments on what would be a zoning change, and that would create a wide range of uses that could be permitted in this area, which would be a more straight - forward process; or conditionally permitted, which would be a process that would more likely involve a public hearing; or anything that required modifications or deviations from the plan would be on a different path as well. Commissioner Ritter reiterated his original request that the Economic Vitality Committee provide some feedback and input and a recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding what the City needs, as opposed to just getting what the City ends up with. Commissioner Nagler agreed. He added that he would also like to get more detail about the analysis that is going on in the background, as this project, however it ends up being rezoned, does potentially impact the mix across the community, the types of retailers, and the types of uses. Chair Allen stated that in view of one of the goals of this project to set a model for what an economic zone would look like, she would like to consider if there are other economic zones within the City that might be looked at over the next 20 or 30 years, because if there are others, the question then is whether there are certain uses that would make more sense in one economic -zoned area of the City versus other areas. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if there were any other potential locations within the City that would be considered later as an economic development zone. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, September 23, 2015 Page 16 of 19