Read Article Three of the six people who attended Wednesday’s community conversation at the Auburn Senior Community Center look at a slide while listening to Eric Cousens, Auburn’s director of Planning and Permitting, discuss some of the city’s long-range plans. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal AUBURN — No one can predict the future. But, in Auburn, during the tail-end of a pandemic that has driven a housing market frenzy, officials are trying to plan for it. At the heart of those plans is a drive to simplify Auburn’s zoning ordinances and increase density in hopes of addressing a housing shortage that has caught up with the city. But as the process unfolds, some are asking how much is too much, and how the sweeping changes could transform Auburn’s unique balance of urban and rural neighborhoods.