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Regarding the Iron Horse Trail, she has been approached by nearby Valencia residents who are concerned about EBRPD's changes to the park. Currently, it is a walk able area, good for tots, but they see a high speed bike trail which removes that amenity. She would like to continue working with staff on the project, wants a livable, safe place to raise a family, connection to open space throughout the park, adequate room for families and children to play, minimized noise from freeways, and thinks the City needs to work with the developer on adequate open space and a park. Vice Mayor Cook- Kallio said she was also a member of the task force. It is nice to hear people talk about validating the work done, as it was sometimes difficult given the amount of time. She thanked all participants, supports the need for community buy -in, and voiced frustration in the fact that those on the Council were privy to information the task force did not have, and they could not make decisions until more was known about the settlement. She thinks it shortened the timeline to deal with issues. She thinks it is also important that everyone understands the difference between the core and non -core standards. She is appreciative of the fact that Don Reber offered sharing of the pro forma and said that understanding what is and is not feasible will make this a different document. She added the following concerns: Schools are an issue in terms of getting students back and forth to elementary school; for the project to be livable and have buy -in, the on -going conversations after the task force has ended will be important. She referred to page 3 of 4 of the staff report and it talks about the discussion where a tentative agreement was made. Things relating to open space, retail and density still need to be vetted more thoroughly, as they are significant items for consensus. Particularly the section on retail, the last line states, "...and whether or not the retail can be located both on Owens and on Gibralta Drive and still remain a critical mass as the new residential sites are being developed." Then, in the draft report's section on page 14, the second bullet states, "50% of Gibralta Drive's building frontage is required to provide live /work or retail space on the ground floor." She did not remember the task force coming to consensus on this part. What she does not want to happen in this particular situation, because the City is under court order to get this workable, is to have somebody come up and say the community thought this was true, and then it is overruled. She did not feel the Task Force came to consensus on this, and she asked that the language be softened or somehow be made consistent with the core standards and the vision statement. Page 6 and 7 of the vision statement mentions it has to be consistent with the settlement agreement with Urban Habitat. She suggested a need for something reflected that shows it is consistent, as saying "shall" and "be required" are not flexible words. She also would love to see an opportunity to give local workers jobs in a local project. Mayor Hosterman said she thinks all important issues have been covered. She appreciates George Hagarty's comments, said she is a big picture person, thinks there is more than a good working framework towards a viable project that can be good for the community, and asked if there were any remaining comments or questions from task force members. Don Reber said he noticed in the exhibit handed out yesterday with the different product types there is an example of stand -alone retail. It used the remainder of the site for the density calculation, so you get 200 units and still meet the 30 units to the acre on parcel one. He thought the settlement agreement took into account all of the acreage and applied 30 units to the acre to it and came out with a specific number. He asked for clarity from staff on this. Mr. Dolan said staff very specifically negotiated not having to hold to the acreages; however, the hard and fast number of 130 total affordable units was calculated on doing the 29 acres at 30 units per acre. If the parcel size dipped by a little bit or a lot, the obligation is still to do 30 units per acre. The only place it comes back is that there needs to be 130 affordable units. Joint Workshop Minutes Page 12 of 13 December 16, 2010