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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 1, 2013 Page 11 Mayor Roe noted that the City may need to commit to some type of assistance to fill financial gaps to provide for that affordable housing option. Chair Maschka concurred, noting that a developer could often receive tax credits for including an affordable housing option in their development. Mayor Roe opined that the City should incent a mix of affordable housing; and suggested terminology for that affordable housing for consistent use in the City of Roseville as "affordable, work-force housing in our community" as a community priority. Councilmember Willmus noted the need to remain flexible with housing moving forward, opining that demographics would continue to change significantly over the next few decades; and the City should position itself for that change. Mayor Roe noted that, realistically, today's 55 plus buildings would move through those demographics and no longer serve that audience but remain stand- ing, and should prove adaptable to the market place. Chair Maschka noted that this was HRA Member Lee's continuing comment that buildings built today should be able to address the housing market needs and changing demographics for the next 100 years. Chair Maschka spoke in support of the updated Maxfield Report and the HRA's excitement to address trends moving forward and changing housing needs. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Chair Maschka and HRA Member Masche referenced some of the exciting housing areas currently happening in the broader metropolitan area, including American Avenue in the City of Blooming- ton, the west end in St. Louis Park. Chair Maschka noted that the most bizarre thing currently happening is the need for assistance with the retail component to make housing work, since it had always been opposite in the past. Mayor Roe referenced a recent article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune on reha- bilitation of multi-family apartments in the City of Burnsville; noting that since the City of Roseville already had a funding program in place to address those is- sues, it should remain a high priority. Councilmember McGehee suggested the need, when rehabilitating a multi-family building, to consider compartmentalizing second-hand smoke, and be mindful of accessibility and sprinkler systems. Mayor Roe opined that those were the type of things gap funding would need to address, as they probably wouldn't happen without that assistance.