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Comprehensive Plan Update Minutes – Wednesday, June 28, 2017 Page 9 Member Gitzen stated part of this area had already been discussed, but more of it 369 needs to be included in development/redevelopment. 370 371 Mr. Paschke pointed outpart of the site that is included in the Twin Lakes 372 development area. 373 374 Member Gitzen commented the old Ford business is no longer there and the retail 375 mix is changing. The area to the west is prime to be redone. 376 377 The Commission agreed they would like to include the areas suggested by 378 Member Gitzen. 379 380 As requested by the Commission at a previous meeting, Ms. Perdu provided 381 information on what is going on in Edina with Southdale Center. She reported 382 Edina designated this as their community activity center in their 2008 383 Comprehensive Plan. The current zoning is mostly a land commercial district, and 384 general objectives include details about mixed use, increased density and intensity 385 of use, life-cycle housing, and a safe pedestrian environment. There is a mixture 386 of zoning districts around the perimeter of Southdale, and there is not one 387 cohesive district for the area. They did have a small area plan where they 388 provided a framework vision with specific uses with an emphasis on human-scale, 389 reducing surface parking, creating a better street grid,and buffering pedestrians. 390 391 Member Kimble pointed out this was in the 2008 plan, but it did not materialize 392 until now. She stated the City has made the streets more user friendly and broken 393 down, and they have been doing a really nice job in changing the character of the 394 area. 395 396 Ms. Perdu commented they could potentially incorporate these types of ideas into 397 their narrative about Rosedale and the Comprehensive Plan. 398 399 Ms. Perdu continuedher report on the calculations associated with the 400 Metropolitan Council requirements. 401 402 Affordable Housing 403 The Metropolitan Council requires there to be enough residential density and 404 available land for development and redevelopment. This creates opportunities for 405 affordable housing and it is important the City guides at least eight units per acre 406 tomeet the 120-unit required. They use the minimums of the City’s density range 407 to calculate how many units it will get and the City’s affordable housing 408 allocation is 142 units. Currently, the City’s high density residential meets this 409 minimum at 238 residential units. At this point, Community Mixed Usedoes not 410 count toward the affordable housing allocation. 411 412 In response to Member Kimble, Ms. Perdu explained they take the developable 413 acres (19.8) and multiply it by the minimum density (12 units per acre) to get 238 414