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REDA Meeting Minutes—Tuesday,July 18,2017 Page 11 Affordable Housing With a total of 142 affordable housing units needed to meet the Metropolitan Council's allocation for the City of Roseville, Ms. Purdu advised that as the process continued, that policy discussion would come forward during the "Housing" chapter requirements to include residential as part of mixed use designations. However, if the REDA chose to remove that housing component from mixed uses, Ms. Purdu advised that it would change these calculations accordingly. President Roe stated that he found Ms. Purdu's previous explanation helpful in understanding the rationale to include that housing component for mixed uses. Specific to the affordable housing requirement of the Metropolitan Council, President Roe clarified that those goals simply indicated that the city had the capacity to allow it to be built, not that it required to have it built by 2040, but to plan for that capability. If housing requirements were removed for mixed use designated areas, Member Etten asked if the Metropolitan Council would count HDR minimum units. Ms. Purdu responded that the city would be fine even if removing Community Mixed Use (CMU) housing components; as the Metropolitan Council was looking to the fact that the city had the available land and density to provide an opportunity for developers. Ms. Purdu advised that the problem was with the table of land use types on Attachment A (page 3). At the request of Member McGehee, Ms. Purdu explained the density requirement and how it was integrally linked to affordable housing allocations. Ms. Purdu reviewed her theory of the Metropolitan Council's in calculating community development further out in the region versus smaller lot sizes and reasonable units that could be built, with different types of housing that could be considered affordable, including single family units on their own individual lots. As an example, Member McGehee asked, if the city chose to develop a 3-4 acre site and populated it with mobile or mini homes perhaps at eight per acre, would they count toward affordable housing requirements. Ms. Purdu responded affirmatively. President Roe clarified that the Metropolitan Council counted the actual number of affordable units planning for a density so it could be affordable, with credit given no matter what the density, based on the planning approach and actual affordable units available.