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Attachment A In response, Mayor Roe stated that he was personally supportive to change the rules across ЊЎЊ the board for this type of use, since it had come up on several occasions with a need for more ЊЎЋ density on a site and not necessarily adding a lot of other issues to surrounding properties. ЊЎЌ Mayor Roe expressed his concern in having a developer need to jump hoops or meet ЊЎЍ standards for a PUD simply to gain a little more density. ЊЎЎ Councilmember Willmus stated his concerns with amending the Table that may have long- ЊЎЏ term applications and affect how this or any facility may change over the life of the ЊЎА infrastructure in place. Councilmember Willmus noted the frequency of seeing apartments ЊЎБ constructed as market rate and then converting to condominiums, creating his concern in ЊЎВ amending the Table with such specificity as suggested by Mayor Roe. ЊЏЉ Mayor Roe noted that these units were smaller and not as appealing for conversion, which ЊЏЊ could be a further consideration as well. ЊЏЋ Mr. Paschke questioned whether this could qualify as group living under state statute; and ЊЏЌ noted the proposed financing from various agencies to develop this as affordable senior ЊЏЍ housing and the specific regulations for that financing. ЊЏЎ Mayor Roe agreed that his suggestion may not suffice since he had incorrectly thought this ЊЏЏ proposal was for an assisted living type facility, and not for afford-able senior housing which ЊЏА is what is actually proposed. Mayor Roe thanked staff for setting him straight and withdrew ЊЏБ his text amendment suggestion. ЊЏВ As a point of information, City Manager Trudgeon noted that the PUD ordinance, specific to ЊАЉ density, allowed for only up to a 10% increase in residential density, and with 42 units ЊАЊ allowed, that would only increase units by another 4 units for a total of 46 units. Mr. ЊАЋ Trudgeon noted that the developer had already stated that their proposal wasn't feasible for ЊАЌ anything under 60 units. ЊАЍ Councilmember McGehee spoke in support of tabling this request pending further ЊАЎ investigation of how to make it work short- and long-term. Councilmember McGehee noted ЊАЏ that this site was ideal for seniors to access amenities without driving; and she spoke in favor ЊАА of this location, but not as HDR-2 zoning designation. ЊАБ Mayor Roe noted the options included tabling or extending, depending on the land use ЊАВ review deadline and process. ЊБЉ Councilmember Willmus noted the review process could be extended by the City Council in ЊБЊ writing for up to 60-days. ЊБЋ City Attorney Gaughan agreed, as per state statute, the City Council has the ability to extend ЊБЌ the review period, as long as their specific reasons for the extension are provided to the ЊБЍ applicant in writing. ЊБЎ From a staff perspective, Mr. Paschke stated that he was unaware of any easy process to ЊБЏ accomplish what the City Council appeared to be seeking, whether timing was involved or ЊБА not. Mr. Paschke advised that a number of things would need to be analyzed and taken into ЊББ consideration to patch in a text amendment as discussed, or for any other process. Mr. ЊБВ Paschke noted that a number of area residents attended the developer's open house but had ЊВЉ not subsequently shown up at the public hearing at the Planning Commission; and suggested ЊВЊ that may be an indication of their lack of concern with the development. While ЊВЋ