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payment. The second outstanding item relates to the Housing Element and presentation to HCD. Staff is currently working on the Housing Element and is on schedule. The third item is adoption of the Climate Action Plan, set for February 17, 2012 which is progressing and on schedule. Although not part of the settlement agreement, he said the Council directed staff to work on a review of the Growth Management Ordinance. Staff met with the Council subcommittee on the matter and is planning to hold another meeting late March /early April with a goal to mirror and track the timeline for the Housing Element. Councilmember Sullivan suggested scheduling an update at a Council meeting for the Housing Element and combining it with an update on the Growth Management Ordinance discussions. Councilmember Sullivan referred to the draft inventory and confirmed with Mr. Fialho that it has been transmitted to Urban Habitat and to nonprofit housing developers, per the settlement agreement, a copy of which he agreed to provide to the Council. Councilmember McGovern voiced concern in being able to maintain local City control over its process for developing housing units within the Housing Element. Mr. Fialho acknowledged that this matter has to do with discretionary authority by the Council to proceed with the PUD process employed on projects with anything zoned 30 units to the acre. He said staff is still discussing the City's opinion on this with HCD. They have also requested the City Attorney's Office to provide a legal opinion so that staff can prepare the Council for the discussion as part of the Housing Element approval process. Councilmember Sullivan suggested holding the discussion at the same meeting with the Housing Element and Growth Management Ordinance items. Councilmember McGovern asked when the decision will be made on Hacienda Business Park as to whether housing units will be included in RHNA numbers. Mr. Fialho said the question as to at what point the City looks at development entitlement within the business park and change assumptions warrants a broad discussion by the Council and the business park prior to the Housing Element adoption, as it has implications across that geographic area of town. MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL Councilmember McGovern referred to Indian remains being found when Safeway was being built, and she questioned what will happen on the site. Mr. Fialho said a specific protocol in terms of the remains' relocation process was adopted as part of the EIR which must be followed by the developer. He said it is part of the monitoring and mitigation plan adopted in the Phase II Specific Plan. He noted that the situation also occurred when grading was done with the Bernal Community Park as well as construction of the KB Homes. Councilmember Sullivan requested staff send the Council a status update on what has been found. Councilmember Thorne referred to the streamlining of water agencies. He said LAVMA will present its budget in April and it will significantly reduce administrative costs and cutting back on the General Manager's hours. Councilmember Sullivan noted that projects are being completed reducing the need for project oversight; however, there are legal issues with some projects City Council Minutes Page 6 of 7 March 1, 2011