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City it can. She said if the lists are rezoned and all of a sudden the school district thinks one of the sites might be a good elementary school, she asked if this would preclude the land from becoming an elementary school. Mr. Dolan said if they acquire the property and they want to build a school, he did not believe they were subject to the City's zoning requirements. He thinks there would be some repercussions with the list getting shortened for that reason and it would need to be adjusted. Chair Narum referred to the Auf der Maur/Rickenbach site (8) and said 11.5 acres at 30 units to the acre seems like a lot of units at that particular site. She would like to see it cut back to 10 acres at 30 units and using the 1.5 acre with lower density that could be feathered more over towards the development on the south side. Mr. Dolan said in their dialogue with the property owners, they envision a mixed density project. All dialogue has been about lower density towards the front with higher density in the back so it has a feathered density. Chair Narum said she was looking more at the total number of units being at 300 and determining how the remainder would be feathered. Mr. Dolan said this can be done, but then the City would need to think about what is done with the remainder and is it okay to go to a very low density or whether the City is creating an awkward piece that is not low density appropriate or does not fit in. Councilmember Sullivan thanked staff for doing more work on the list. He was also on the task force and they did discuss starting with a big list, narrow it down and eventually submit something that they needed to submit. Most people in the community do not want them to submit a larger list because once it is rezoned, something could be built on the property, and there are future RHNA numbers to meet. Regarding comments about the location of some of the sites, staff has made some good corrections with what has been done on the east side, but there are also a lot of other criteria which was developed, and where it ended up was well represented. He voiced general support of the direction but had some concerns. He is fully supportive of doing the east side study before rezoning those properties. Eventually, there most likely will be housing on those sites given future RHNA allocations, and this needs to be planned properly before moving forward. Before, the east side was overburdened with many units, and this is the right thing to do for that area of town. He disagrees with Commissioner Pearce on the San Francisco site and to him this is the ideal site. It is next to an ACE train station, within walking distance to the downtown, it meets the goals of the General Plan for additional downtown residential units, and it is infill and makes sense, so he is confused as to why it was removed. Mr. Dolan said removing it leaves the City's options open with the civic uses that have been part of the dialogue. Also, once they lost the ability to get credit for a 23 unit per acre, imagining 30 units per acre next to the lower scale neighborhood became more problematic. Otherwise, it is a good housing site, but it seemed like they are not sure about what is wanted for the site so why give it up when there are other opportunities. Councilmember Sullivan felt this could potentially be looked at again in the next RHNA allocation if there is a 23 unit per acre need. Councilmember Sullivan voiced the same concern with the Auf der Maur/Rickenbach site (8), stating they went from 159 to 345 units and he questioned why there was an over 100% jump. Mr. Dolan noted that at one time early on the City was only considering half the site. Councilmember Sullivan stated the list submitted to HCD was 11.5 acres and 159 units, and now they are still at 11.5 but with 345 units. If they get through the east side plan and they receive the next RHNA allocation there is a strong potential that more units will go on the east side. Suddenly, they will have a lot more units on Site 8 and additional units in the specific plan area so he questioned whether they were making the situation worse in the long term there. Councilmember Sullivan also had the same question about CarrAmerica site (10). They had 336 units at 40 units to the acre and now this is reduced to 252 units at 30 units to the acre. He understands the explanation for going from 40 to 30, but this is in the business park. It is relatively close to transit and it seems this is where units should be added instead of reduced. Mr. Dolan said he thinks there might be City Council Minutes Page 11 of 18 December 6, 2011