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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 23, 2016 Page 14 cilmember McGehee opined that this development proposal was a good fit for the PUD process; and if the PUD ordinance recently adopted was already found to have insufficient flexibility to consider a project such as this, a text amendment to the PUD ordinance seemed a simpler thing to accomplish, allowing the City Council to make a determination on this and future cases. Councilmember McGehee noted the support for this type of project in the community, but also noted the need for conditions applicable to a 62-unit development but not applica- ble citywide; addressing this specific site without changing the rules for the entire community. In response, Mayor Roe stated that he was personally supportive to change the rules across the board for this type of use, since it had come up on several occa- sions with a need for more density on a site and not necessarily adding a lot of other issues to surrounding properties. Mayor Roe expressed his concern in hav- ing a developer need to jump hoops or meet standards for a PUD simply to gain a little more density. Councilmember Willmus stated his concerns with amending the Table that may have long-term applications and affect how this or any facility may change over the life of the infrastructure in place. Councilmember Willmus noted the frequen- cy of seeing apartments constructed as market rate and then converting to condo- miniums, creating his concern in amending the Table with such specificity as suggested by Mayor Roe. Mayor Roe noted that these units were smaller and not as appealing for conver- sion, which could be a fiirther consideration as well. Mr. Paschke questioned whether this could qualify as group living under state statute; and noted the proposed financing from various agencies to develop this as affordable senior housing and the specific regulations for that financing. Mayor Roe agreed that his suggestion may not suffice since he had incorrectly thought this proposal was for an assisted living type facility, and not for afford- able senior housing which is what is actually proposed. Mayor Roe thanked staff for setting him straight and withdrew his text amendment suggestion. As a point of information, City Manager Trudgeon noted that the PUD ordinance, specific to density, allowed for only up to a 10% increase in residential density, and with 42 units allowed, that would only increase units by another 4 units for a total of 46 units. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the developer had already stated that their proposal wasn't feasible for anything under 60 units. Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of tabling this request pending further investigation of how to make it work short- and long-term. Councilmember McGehee noted that this site was ideal for seniors to access amenities without