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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 19, 2015 Page 21 Mayor Roe suggested revising that target to "Iinprove Housing Diversity." When considering the type of housing tmits, Councilmember Willmus defended the need to include those units of over $350K and what tool was needed to facili- tate that type of unit, opining it was an iinportant part of the broader picture and a needed housing stock type in the community. In addressing the lead-in coinments froin City Manager Tn.idgeon, Councilmember Willmus agreed with Coun- cilmember McGehee that all items identified in Attachinent A are important and he was not seelcing to drop any of them. Councilmember Willmus opined that it was iinportant for the City Council to at a minimuin address zoning for lot sizes to facility that type of development, while not seeking out specific programs for funding their development. Councilmember Willmus stated that there were some things the City Council could do related to that housing need and he was not ready to agree to set it aside at this point. In recognizing Mayor Roe's suggested target to "Iinprove Housing Diversity," Councilmember Etten noted there were already developinents coming forward in that target zone, but a lack of good low-income-senior housing remained consid- erably lacking based on the City's own housing studies, whether or not they may be deemed more controversial than other housing types. Mayor Roe recognized Community Development Director Paul Bilotta noted that, if the City Council ultiinately decided to delay housing as a strategic priority until 2017 if would also allow it to be fully slotted into the ten-year comprehensive plan update process. However, Mr. Bilotta clarified that just because something may be deferred, didn't mean it would stop happening, noting upcoming high density residential housing amendinents and zoning issues slated to come before the City Council in November. Mr. Bilotta advised that staff still anticipated bringing things forward in 2016, and would need to know whether or not the City Council intended to address those priorities in order to scope a Request for Pro- posals (RFP) for a comprehensive plan upclate consultant. Councilmember McGehee opined that if left as suggested with move-up housing it acknowledged to the development community coming forward with plans ex- actly what the City was loolcing for, which seemed to her to be useful to staff and also provided the developer a good indication of the direction being sought by the City. Mr. Bilotta noted that was a concept with comprehensive plans and how they vary in identifying development sites with a specific outline in the comprehensive plan as to the City's desire or how an area was guided. From his perspective, Mayor Roe stated that it was important to put all of the housing stock needs in the community and currently missing in the marlcet place,