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that she also wanted to know if this would preclude the Commission from discussing this property when comes back to the Commission and theoretically changing the zoning designation to high density residential after having additional community meetings. Mr. Dolan reiterated that he did not think it would preclude the Commission from having that discussion. He indicated that the statement is correct that the community has not been put on notice of this kind of change, like all the other properties have had the benefit of. He indicated that the 5.3 acres could never be expanded to 11.5 acres without going through the full, legal rezoning hearings with all the notification; however, the reality is that once feedback is received from the HCD, staff will have a fairly compressed timeframe to move on, digest the comments, incorporate them as staff sees fit, and proceed with the rezonings. He noted that staff will do what is legally required in terms of public hearings, and there may be the opportunity to do more community outreach, but the timeframe will not be very long. inquired if the converse is true, that if this were submitted to the HCD with only 5.3 acres and the HCD is agreeable, the Commission would be able to go back later on and add more acreage after holding community meetings. Mr. Dolan replied that the HCD will only be interested in whether the City has met all the requirements for what a Housing Element needs to contain and that the sites are reasonable and that the City has met the acreages. He noted that the HCD has take over a lot of the City's discretion, but it will not care about what the City does with the remainder. Chair Narum stated that the Commission could also designate all 11.5 acres at 30 units per acre and forward it to the HCD, and in the meantime have potentially some outreach. She noted that this would give the City some flexibility should the HCD deny some of the other sites. Mr. Dolan stated that the Commission could do that. Chair Narum added that then this would not require the City to rezone it. Mr. Dolan said that was correct. He noted that he does not know what the Council will do, but it appears like the Commission will be sending the Council a larger list, and the decision on which ones get rezoned will be done after the feedback from the Council is received. Commissioner Pentin inquired if, for purposes of the EIR, evaluating the property at 5.3 acres versus 11.5 acres needs to be considered. Mr. Dolan replied that staff is putting the worst case scenario into the EIR. He noted that this is easy to do because what is being proposed in all of the properties, with the PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 22, 2011 Page 21 of 33