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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 08,2012 Page 9 Chair Maschka advised that, at this time, nothing had been taken off the table; and the HRA was very supportive of good intergenerational and mixed use housing, and was more than willing to work that in and consider the best option for the community. Member Masche advised that the HRA as a whole, and individually, was very excited to be having this discussion, opining that it had been a long time com- ing. As Councilmember McGehee brought up, Member Masche confirmed the HRA's interest in keeping the neighborhood involved from the beginning and throughout the process. Member Masche noted the HRA's strong interest in seeing this development succeed; and addressed discussions and studies to-date from staff, other communities and numerous studies. Member Masche refer- enced, as an example, the Excelsior and Grand project; and, with the agreement of the City Council, the HRA' s control of the site to work with architectural firms for the best design possible once the type of product has been determined. Member Masche noted that it was the HRA's desire to drive a process that would get what was best for Roseville citizens and serve to update current hous- ing stock, based on updated studies. At this time, Member Masche opined that how many and the type of units was hard to identify at this time; but noted that the HRA had been studying the issue for some time, and thanks to staff, a great Purchase Agreement had been put in place, with good protections for everyone. Member Masche opined that by having the full three (3) acre site available, it would allow a great site to work with and serve to positively improve that neighborhood, as well as creating a milestone for the HRA and community. Member Masche opined that he couldn't wait to start on the process and a future project. Councilmember McGehee opined that she was also very excited about a poten- tial project; noting that she liked the ideas, and also that the City was in the driver's seat. Addressing comments of Chair Maschka, Councilmember McGe- hee noted that other communities had proven that affordable, high-end buildings could be constructed, and also include a percentage of those units set aside at a fixed rate; and provided several examples of some she had observed. Coun- cilmember McGehee opined that it was her hope that, out of this process and with Mr. Trudgeon's assistance, a policy could be developed to deal with af- fordable housing and facilitate that mix moving forward to eliminate and/or avoid future pockets of poverty in the community. Refocusing on the draft MOU, Mayor Roe suggested discussion on whether or not the City nets out remediation and demolition costs from its costs and be re- flected in the MOU. Mr. Trudgeon advised that, in order to maximize the public benefit and dollars, the more costs that could be shifted to the private market the better; and ex- pressed his uncertainty that those provisions could be adequately defined today,