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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 21, 2013 Page 15 quested, Mayor Roe anticipated that the GMHC would be flexible during discus- sions and negotiations to address those issues. Chair Maschka advised that he was in agreement with the City Council support of the GMHC proposal, but hadn't wanted to drive tonight's discussion, but agreed that they had found the appropriate developer in the GMHC. While a considera- ble amount of refinement on the site was still needed, Chair Maschka opined that he was intrigued about the GMHC proposal, as well as their interest in rehabilitat- ing existing single-family housing for seniors to make the move into this product and resell their current homes. While being concerned that the initial GMHC proposal may be too vertical and intense, Chair Maschka expressed confidence that those details could be worked out; and opined that the GMHC proposal best fit the Roseville community's expectations for this site. Chair Maschka opined that the CommonBond proposal provided for a beautiful building, it didn't connect with the community at this site. Regarding the Sands Company proposal, Chair Maschka opined that it was a good development, but concurred with the comments of Councilmember Willmus that if that was the proposal, the property should be put on the open market. Chair Maschka advised that the HRA was also very concerned with the financing aspects, with the market place able to meet those demands, but with City financing something may need to be significantly adjusted. HRA Member Quam stated that, if simply addressing the neighborhood concerns, she really liked the GMHC proposal,but also had significant concerns with the fi- nancing. Member Quam advised that financing options for any of the proposals should not be glossed over, but was confident that as the finer details were worked out in the final process it would become clear. Member Quam concurred with the need to take advantage of this rare opportunity and not push the property into the market for development. Member Quam advised that her two finalists of the three proposals were that of the GMHC and Sand Company, based on the overall RFP and not just the design component, opining that she needed more in- formation on how much money the City would need to commit out-of-pocket- for either of those proposals. With that additional information, and if one was found more significant than the other, Member Quam noted that this would be of con- cern to her as that cost would be borne by all Roseville residents. However, with- out the benefit of that more detailed information, Member Quam advised that she had not yet made a clear determination between those two proposals. Member Lee stated that she was in the GMHC camp, understanding that the fi- nancial gap was an issue for committing the City to a specific proposal, as men- tioned by Councilmember Willmus. Member Lee noted that the HRA and City had gone to great lengths to work with the community for what they wanted in their neighborhood, and in order to get that type of product at this location, it was