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Fred Norman cited a poem called Responsibility and reported that in the last 10 years 6,331 American military men and women were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. This year 455 men and women have died and he urged the Council to beg their forgiveness and take an active stance against the wars. Kathy Dowding read the names and requested remembrance of 19 American men and women killed in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last month. She invited the Council and public to join the next Pleasantonians for Peace vigil or peaceful protest. Paul Martin, DiDonato Builders, said he, Linda Garbarino, Mr. DiDonato and Mr. Molinaro met and spoke regarding potentially finding an alternate location for the historic home on the property. Linda Garbarino said she sees relocation as not just a one-time opportunity. In this process, they are utilizing all 6 Community of Character traits, and she believes the partnership will be successful and will set a precedent for the City. ADJOURN TO JOINT CITY COUNCIL/PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP Mayor Hosterman adjourned at 7:12 p.m. to the joint City Council/Planning Commission Workshop. She recognized those Planning Commissioners present as Commissioners Blank, Pearce, Pentin, Olson, and Chair Narum. 19. PGPA-17, City of Pleasanton: Discussion of Housing Element Update including sites to be rezoned Mayor Hosterman introduced the informational item and explained the City is under a strict timeline by a Superior Court judge to come into compliance and several meetings will be held on the matter over the next 30 days. City Manager Fialho stated the matter is the outcome of litigation and a settlement agreement with the State of California and Urban Habitat which requires the City to rezone sufficient land for a Housing Element to accommodate housing for all income types. The settlement agreement also required the City to adopt a Housing Element and a Climate Action Plan. He said the Council and Planning Commission will hold a workshop, followed by the Planning Commission's review in December and the item will then return to the Council in the early part of January. Everything must be completed, zoned and adopted by the middle of February. Community Development Director Brian Dolan gave the staff report and PowerPoint presentation, stating staff is looked to receive feedback from the Planning Commission and Council on site selection. He said the Planning Commission and task force forwarded recommendations of a list slightly larger than what is needed to be adopted and therefore the City either needs to rezone extra acreages or pare down the list. Tonight, staff will receive feedback which will assist in preparing documents for the Commission early next week and in early January for Council action. Mr. Dolan presented the list of 18 sites which he said are geographically distributed throughout the City. The task force helped staff create a rating which received significant community input and any site on the list now scored well and all are deemed as the best housing sites. The rating also identifies whether they are mixed use (MU), high density residential (HDR) or commercial (C). Some will moved forward as mixed use and require a designation and others will be zoned to HDR, and staff anticipates there will not be a mixed use component involved. He said some have a mixed use designation not necessarily because a mixed use project is anticipated but because staff wants to maintain the option to preclude it from being developed as an office or other commercial project. Generally, staff tried to maintain mixed use in the business park; however, one limitation is that State housing law only allows the City to do this with 50% of the total list of properties and staff had to be mindful of this. City Council Minutes Page 3 of 18 December 6, 2011