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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 7, 2018 Page 18 Councilmember Willmus commented that over the last few years, housing costs have rapidly outpaced wages. Other communities are dealing with that too. It is something to be mindful of and plan for. With regard to the Met Council, they would like a chance for six months' review with no intervening amendments to existing Comp Plans submitted by cities . Ms. Perdu commented that the Met Council process is different than the six- month process for adjacent communities. Councilmember Willmus recalled that the Met Council has discussed expanding their timeline for review. Councilmember Laliberte recalled at a Metro Cities meeting, there was a discus- sion on a six-month freeze on Comp Plan changes. Community Development Director Collins provided an update on the issue: orig- inally, the plan was to start a moratorium in June for a six-month period, to allow the Met Council to review Comp Plans. However, they received an outcry from the development community. The Met Council Board will be meeting next month to look at delaying the moratorium until December, still for a period of six months. Mayor Roe asked what happens if an amendment is submitted during that time period. Community Development Director Collins clarified it does not halt the City's process. It halts the Comp Plan amendment from getting approved. Councilmember Willmus commented that a future date,maybe the Council can take up a resolution suggesting the Met Council to back away from that type of timeline. He also asked about the importance of starting off with the narrative with the land history from 500 million years ago. He asked why that section does not begin from when Roseville began zoning property. City Planner Lloyd commented that is an excerpt from a 2002 planning effort, which provided a longer historical document. The point is that the City's earlier traditional planning efforts did not have equity as a concern or a lens. In this case, there was a document that is rich about the history of the natural environment and skipped to 1850 when settlers began arriving in St. Paul. There is quite a lot of history of that aspect of Roseville's development. The lead-in in the narrative is to indicate there is a lot of planning history of different kinds. Councilmember Willmus stated that does not tie in with the opening paragraph.