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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 9, 2015 Page 6 way extension for the City of Roseville, representing a total commitment from other government agencies of close to $6 million. At the request of Mr. Sherman, Mr. Link briefly reviewed exterior architectural designs; as well as providing section cuts from a drone that showed site lines for the broader neighborhood and distance from existing single-family homes, signi- fying the developer's sensitivity to the neighborhood in being the least impactful as possible given the higher density of this type of housing and required height of the buildings. Council Questions Councilmember Willmus noted differences between the site plan included in the agenda packet and as part of tonight's presentation, and asked the developer to explain the differences specific to egress and ingress along with underground parking. Mr. Link advised that during survey work with the developer's professional civil engineer and architects, the project had been revised due to significant grade is- sues for the underground parking. Mr. Link noted that this latest design created more of a flat plain for entering the garage almost at grade, and thus provided more green space and surface parking stalls. If further revision was requested, Mr. Link expressed the developer's willingness to cooperate as the design came closer to formal submission. When discussions for this project originated in 2013, Councilmember Willmus noted that the proposal was for 100% market rate units as referenced in the Met- ropolitan Council's Section 12 of the grant application, and questioned when that discrepancy had come into play and the project to include affordable housing units, and whether it was after neighborhood input. Mr. Sherman advised that he didn't recall a discussion that included intents for 100%market rates units without consulting with his staff,but his recollection was when presenting to the Roseville Housing & Redevelopment Authority (HRA), the project had targeted a portion of the units for affordable housing. Mr. Sher- man again expressed his confusion, but related his understanding from the meet- ing in July of 2013 with the HRA that the project always included a mix of work force and market rate units. Councilmember Willmus noted that Mr. Sherman's recollection was similar to his, and questioned the discrepancy on the Metropolitan Council grant applica- tion; asking that someone from the development team provide a response in the near future to staff to disseminate to the City Council. Councilmember McGehee concurred with the questions raised by Councilmember Willmus and that the project had been presented as a market rate project, which would have been one of the first such developments in Roseville. With the appar-