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DRAFT Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 21, 2013 Page 17 er, Councilmember Laliberte noted that some areas included on the matrix (At- tachment B-revised) were very interesting, such as the differences in demolishing the fire station between the GMHC and Sand Company proposals; and expressed her need to have those number based on reality as much as possible. Coun- cilmember Laliberte noted the substantial investment made by the City and HRA to-date on that property; and the need to make sure taxpayers are getting value for that investment, if not immediately with an outright sale, then a return in some other way. Councilmember Laliberte noted that GMHC had paid more attention to parking and other amenities than other proposals; and as far as density was concerned, she didn't have much concern with the GMHC layout for senior hous- ing, two-story, single-family homes, and townhomes; and found the gradation worked with the neighborhood. Councilmember Laliberte opined that her only concern was in refining the numbers. Councilmember Willmus opined that he didn't have concerns with the density; however, he noted that if units were eliminated it would drive up the cost and fi- nancial gap contribution requirements for the City. Councilmember McGehee expressed her confidence in the HRA, offering her positive impressions with their process to-date, and the good relationship they had developed with the neighborhood. Councilmember McGehee advised that she had heard very positive remarks from the immediate neighbors and their satisfac- tion with the overall process and the GMHC proposal. Councilmember McGehee opined that fine-tuning was between the HRA, the GMHC, and the neighborhood; and expressed great confidence in their pursuit of that part of the process. Councilmember Etten expressed some concern, beyond the general layout, with the parking for single-family homes and townhomes and allowances for two vehi- cles, with no room for a boat or other item; pushing some cars on to the street on Cope and Lovell. Councilmember Etten suggested consideration may be neces- sary for community parking spaces outside driveways for this type of develop- ment. Also, with proposals for single-family homes having double-depth garages, Councilmember Etten noted that this provided some concern to him as well with many seniors still driving two cars, making it cumbersome to continually move cars when parked front to back versus side by side. Councilmember Etten ques- tioned if this situation had any potential to limit who would purchase homes due to the limited amount of garage space available. Councilmember Willmus clarified that, at this stage, the design was conceptual, and as it proceeded, opportunities would be available to bring those factors into the discussion. Councilmember Willmus opined that he would be surprised if de- velopment looked exactly with the designs presented in the proposals. Chair Maschka advised that additional questions would be directed to developers as appropriate.