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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 19,2017 Page 19 that the Metropolitan Council may consider an adjustment, but she didn't person- ally feel the attempt would be successful. Recognizing that this discussion could be lengthy, and in consideration of the re- maining items on tonight's agenda, Mayor Roe suggested focusing on the current and potential zoning of 57 acres for HDR while the community also had a short- age of other housing types to choose from and how to address that concern. Councilmember Laliberte suggested that this discussion may be more prudent at a work session; and stated that she also was not satisfied with the "urban" categori- zation, hearing continually from residents that if they were interested in that type of setting, they'd move to such a community. Councilmember Laliberte further noted the number of complaints she'd fielded about current urban building stand- ards used by the community in buildings located so close to the sidewalk (e.g. Rice and Larpenteur development) stating that she anticipated more of that in the future if the city continued to push for those urban settings. Councilmember Laliberte stated that the community should have a voice in how it was labeled and those related expectations, whether forecasts or not; especially since the community knew better its identity. Councilmember Laliberte stated that the results she sought from the HDR and MDR discussion was for the number of sites currently identified as HDR to change to a lower designation and in con- text with a broader discussion. Mayor Roe stated that he was hearing that this was an overwhelming situation with different statistics in play as they related to Metropolitan Council require- ments for affordable housing, and suggested more time was needed for that broader discussion. Councilmember McGehee stated that her understanding of tonight's discussion was to identify a broad range of things the City Council wanted staff to bring for- ward as information or questions arising for the next meeting solely focused on numerous issues. Councilmember McGehee noted that she and Councilmembers Willmus and Laliberte were prepared with some of those points tonight if staff wanted to talk about them directly. Mayor Roe noted that tonight's meeting was already an hour behind allotted time, and suggested this item come back as a work session agenda discussion to do it justice. Councilmember Willmus agreed, opining that the city has significant acreage cur- rently designated HDR, expressing his interest in guiding some toward. MDR and balancing that with Metropolitan Council guidelines, with those conversations in- ter-related.