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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 19, 2015 Page 24 categories. Councihnember Laliberte opined that the goals worked on by the HRA over the summer may no longer be relevant to the City Council, and as with any development at some point, it was prudent to not just state one type, but see that programs were in place to support whatever type was needed and fit that ini- tiative to make it happen. Councilinember Laliberte opined there was no need to limit anything or require a lot of additional staff time, but simply to be ready to move forward if and when opportunities arise, allowing different developers to make that decision. City Manager Trudgeon noted that a lot of these things were already in place or being done at the staff level as part of normal operations; and often once programs are approved for a particular area of focus, it simply sat on the shelf until needed. Beyond the initial set up, Mr. Trudgeon advised that there typically wasn't a sig- nificant amount of staff tiine involved. Mayor Roe asked if a reasonable 2016 goal would be to have the program up and running. Mr. Bilotta responded that the plan is achievable and not taking anything away from the other KOI's, since as stated by City Manager Trudgeon, staff already did this work. Mr. Bilotta noted that currently the Old Highway 8 project was the fo- cus point and the City would actively solicit developers, as well as working on developinent of the Press Gym site being undertaken by staff as part of their nor- mal business. , In addition to the Maxfield Study data, Councilinember Willmus noted that by us- ing fiscal disparities and home valuations and levels of service at that breaking point, the $350K value had been readily available. Mayor Roe expressed his lack of interest in being prepared to inake a decision based on values versus levels of service when that indicated many homes, inchid- ing his, supposedly didn't contribute in any valuable way to the community, which he didn't consider a true picture. Councilmeinber Willmus opined that was an exaggeration and not his intent, but simply to identify how the coininunity wanted to move forward. Mayor Roe reiterated his concern in using that as a criterion. Councilmember McGehee agreed with Councilinember Willmus on that point, opining she had never seen a coinplete listing of the number of apartment units in the City, even though there seemed to be a lot they were not all specified for sen- iors, and also not all necessarily where seniors inight choose to live. Coun- cilinember McGehee opined she didn't necessarily see a terrible need right now and instead saw a real economic need in Roseville to make the community more