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Regular City Council Meeting AND Board of Adjustments and Appeals Monday,July 09, 2012 Page 6 was opposed to further reducing the tax roll through such uses; however, she noted that her opposition to the requested action tonight would be based on her safety concerns with additional traffic adjacent to a senior housing community. City Attorney Gaughan, in response to Councilmember McGehee's request for additional examples of commercial building use, advised that he would need to consult with the City's Planning Division before providing an accurate and more comprehensive accounting of the those type of uses throughout the com- munity. Mayor Roe clarified that, from his research of property taxes for any non-profit entities renting office space in Roseville, potentially that portion of space rented by a non-profit was excluded from property taxes. City Attorney Gaughan advised that he would need to review that issue further before responding. Mayor Roe noted that any non-profit organization in Roseville could contribute to diminishing the City's tax base, indicative of past City Council discussions regarding religious organizations in various zoning districts, as raised by the previously proposed Chinese Christian Church's request for church use in an industrial area. However, Mayor Roe opined that this should not make up the entire finding for denial of a requested use. Councilmember Willmus noted that this discussion had also come up with the recent Presbyterian Homes expansion. Mayor Roe suggested that the City's tax base be a separate discussion at a later date. Brian Humphries, Associated Vice President of Campus Operations, Northwestern College Mr. Humphries provided a brief background of this request for this type of pro- gram; and advised that the rationale of Northwestern College for use of this building was based on the amount of available square footage of 7,100, compa- rable to that required for such a nursing program. Mr. Humphries advised that other Northwestern College staff was available to respond to any questions of the City Council as applicable. Regarding the traffic level at this site, Mr. Humphries opined that it should prove a reduction from today's use, since there were twenty-five (25) college employees currently on that site that would be relocated to the main campus, primarily admissions staff and their clients. Mr. Humphries noted that the ma-