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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 Page 14 Councilmember Willmus indicated he would like to do something like that if the Council wanted to get some of the data first, then have conversations formulated off of that. The thing that really jumps to mind when looking at the style of hous- ing that he has been able to see, is that housing is missing that would fit into a medium density residential classification. That is not just in Roseville, but throughout the region and is a piece that the Council can identify when going forward with planning processes and rezoning and can become a guide to look to. Mayor Roe thought it was more than just zoning and could be policies and other things, other proactive things, the City can do to foster that type of development because the City is at the mercy of the marketplace as well. Mr. Trudgeon thought the umbrella of meeting housing needs of all really leads the Council to then look at what is missing. Councilmember Willmus stated he wanted to push back a little bit with respect to zoning and marketplace. If the City does not have zoning in place that does not accommodate the things the City is missing, that in itself is a barrier. He thought when the Council looks at things and the approach he took, was to look at the overall acreage land area of Roseville and break it down. How many acres are zoned in each classification? There are a couple of things that really jump out, something the City Manager has spoken to, which is a way the City can start to identify and formulate a metric. Councilmember Etten stated the City was a little thoughtful when putting together the City's 2040 plan as the Council did look at some of those things. He stated under "Inclusive Community Governance," he thought that adopting racial equity plan was too much. He suggested maybe looking at taking next steps with the GARE process. Mr. Trudgeon wondered if it would be fair to say instead of adopting, it is really about implementing and taking the next steps of that racial equity plan and start doing things to further that along. Councilmember Etten thought the GARE process and the racial equity plan is go- ing to be continuing. He stated the Council is not just adopting, the Council is taking action on it. Councilmember Laliberte thought there was talk about having it focus on what the City can control within the organization and to her, that is something that could be flushed out as that bullet instead because the whole action plan cannot be all done at once, but direction was given on what could be done. Mayor Roe stated the Council still wants to make sure there is incremental pro- gress in some of those areas.