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Corrections to statistic and minor word changes in School Impacts section were made; and Potential visual impacts on Site 7 were clarified. Ms. Stern then stated that the Planning Commission would take two actions on the Draft SEIR: (1) Take comments from the public regarding the completeness and adequacy of the Draft SEIR documents; and (2) Recommend approval to the City Council. Commissioner Blank inquired where in the Draft SEIR the correction to the airport noise could be found. Ms. Stern replied that a couple of sites in the Hacienda Business Park were included in the requirements, and this is found on page 2-8 of the Response to Comments, Mitigation Measure 4.J-7 for residential development, where only Sites 11 and 14 remain; the others have been crossed out. Ms. Stern then briefly described the progress of the Housing Element, indicating that the Draft Housing Element was submitted to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) by the deadline of August 16, 2011, and comments from HCD were received on October 14, 2011. She noted that the Settlement Agreement requires the City to adopt the new Housing Element by January 12, 2012. She referred the Commission to Exhibit G of the staff report, the Draft Housing Element Goals, Policies, and Programs with revisions made in December 2011; Exhibit H, the table showing HCD comments and key to staff responses; and Exhibit I, the inserts made to respond to HCD comments. Ms. Stern continued that the Housing Commission reviewed the Housing Element and recommended stronger language for Policy 22 related to encouraging the development of affordable units. She added that there was consensus among the Housing Commissioners that more definitive language be used in programs, together with specific timelines and quantified objectives; and that staff should respond to all HCD comments. The Commission further recommended that staff move forward with the process. Ms. Stern summarized the responses to HCD comments as follows: 1. Additional information on: Extremely-low-income households and what they pay for housing; Housing needs of developmentally disabled households; Suitability of non-vacant sites for future housing; Suitability of the C-S (Service Commercial) District as a homeless shelter location; and Inclusionary housing as a constraint to housing affordability PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 14, 2011 Page 4 of 22