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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 9,2015 Page 13 nificant grants from and the support of other government agencies, he felt they owed that process a chance to see if the project could work before having to re- turn the money to those agencies for a competing project in another community, since this represented a significant award for Roseville and the proposed devel- opment project, while providing a way to increase workforce housing in Rose- ville. Councilmember Laliberte asked Mr. Sherman to address the changes in building rental unit percentages and make-up and the total costs between the previous presentation in June and tonight's meeting. Mr. Sherman recalled that the total cost at over $40 million had not changes; and the project's units had changed based on underground versus surface parking, in- creased construction costs of$140,000 per unit, as well as land costs per unit of approximately $20,000 and other costs for soft costs (e.g. financing) and site clean-up. Mr. Sherman advised that they would provide updated proformas to staff for further analysis and dissemination to the City Council. Public Comment Dwayne Metz, Mildred Drive (across from the lake) Mr. Metz opined that the lake and park are the gems of this community and need- ed to be protected at all costs. Mr. Metz further opined that the proposed location of this project did not serve to protect the lake. Jeff Hagen, 5976 S Owasso Blvd. Mr. Hagen clarified that his mother was the current owner of the property in ques- tion in Roseville. Mr. Hagen noted that this redevelopment had been under dis- cussion for over ten years,but it just continued to drag on. While recognizing that there was some concern by the City Council, Mr. Hagen opined that there was al- so obvious agreement that it was preferable to turn this land from a trucking ter- minal into something of value to the City of Roseville that would increase its tax base. Mr. Hagen suggested the question should be whether the City Council was fully comfortable with the current use or how soon it wanted to move to the next phase in redeveloping the properties. Mr. Hagen opined that further delay for more time would be advantageous to the community. Kathleen Erickson, Centennial Drive Ms. Erickson referenced an e-mail she had sent to the City Council earlier today, and clarified that she had no qualms that there was a need for more housing in the area. However, Ms. Erickson opined that this was not the right location for this type of housing, not whether it was market or affordable rate housing,but because of the proposed significant impacts to the adjacent single-family residential neighborhood. While appreciating the drone shots presented by the developer, Ms. Erickson questioned how representative it was to those residential properties when one of the buildings was proposed to be located closest to the roadway from