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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 21,2014 Page 10 cilmember Laliberte referenced results of the recently completed community sur- vey and the expressions of seniors in Roseville wanting to age in place in their homes for as long as possible, but then impacting the turnover of those homes to facilitate the projections from the Metropolitan Council anticipating their move into multi-family units. Councilmember Laliberte noted that those senior resi- dents area staying put; as well as survey data supporting that other people are in- terested in moving into Roseville, and also others wanting to stay in Roseville. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she was unsure if that same impact was be- ing found in other cities, or if it was unique to Roseville. Councilmember Willmus agreed with comments of his colleagues, and expressed his curiosity in learning more about the modeling methodology used by the Met- ropolitan Council, given the fact that Roseville has had a relatively stable popula- tion for a significant amount of time as noted in the bench handouts. When re- viewing the household projections for Roseville over that time, Councilmember Willmus opined that the Metropolitan Council figures had continued to be signifi- cantly overstated. As noted by Councilmember Etten, Councilmember Willmus agreed that Roseville was a built out community; and questioned where additional units were supposed to go, by building up, or how the modeling attempted to fa- cilitate that growth. Councilmember Willmus requested additional background information on modeling and methodologies used by the Metropolitan Council. Councilmember McGehee further noted that there was continual turnover of homes in Roseville, but much of that turnover involved empty nesters moving in- to Roseville into existing housing stock, as it provided single-level homes on smaller lots with yards that were manageable for the senior population. Given the country's demographics, Councilmember McGehee opined that the City of Rose- ville had more than sufficient clientele for its existing housing stock; and noted that over 40% of Roseville's population was over the age of 50. Councilmember McGehee opined that it was important for the Metropolitan Council to be aware of that, but also to take into consideration the fact that — as verified in the com- munity survey— people want what they now have, and were not seeking another option. Councilmember McGehee opined that this information was important to the City and the integrity and unity of the Roseville community. Councilmember Laliberte, in referencing projections for employment and popula- tion, noted the current work being done by the RHRA over the last year with business retention efforts; and invited Metropolitan Council representatives/staff to become familiar with that as well and the concerted efforts being taken, even though the community was fully developed and didn't have a lot of room to meet new projects. Specific to the conversation about projections and modeling, City Manager Trudgeon advised that the Metropolitan Council had adopted new forecasting models in the recent past; which made more sense to him. City Manager Trudg-