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certain timeline commitments which staff will need to meet, but no firm deadlines exist now other than those associated with the settlement agreement. Councilmember McGovern questioned why very low and low senior housing units at Kottinger were not included in the acreage figures. She pointed out that this shows the City has a broad perspective of trying to meet affordability needs in the community and asked if there is a way to make some changes to the recommendation. Mr. Dolan stated that these were not included in the new rezonings because he believes they have already been counted it in the base figures. Mr. Fialho added that a certain amount of properties are currently zoned and the City has acquired new land. The Regalia house is zoned Public Institutional and the combination of the two properties is about 2.5 acres. Staff did not include it on this list because the Council is going through the task force process and determining whether it still wants to do this which is a decision to be made, and this was not part of the public dialogue. However, staff can go back between now and the time the Planning Commission and City Council hear it and evaluate whether this gets added as additional acreage for rezoning to meet that need. Councilmember McGovern said she thinks it is important to show HCD that the City is not only looking at multi-family but also senior housing to support the goals. Mr. Fialho said the Council should be mindful that the City has met the 30 units to the acre with this recommendation. It would be whether or not the acreage they are rezoning on the Kottinger side fits some other density requirement, like 20 units or 16 units to the acre and, if it is income-restricted, whether it could meet the low and very low requirements. Councilmember Cook-Kallio questioned and confirmed that the City would receive new RHNA numbers within the next year or so. She said there is logic that numbers would be used for the next round. Mr. Dolan said whatever is left off this time will be very ripe for inclusion during the next round of RHNA numbers. Councilmember McGovern referred to the Hacienda Business Park and the Nearon site (11), stating they are constantly looking at changing zonings in the business park to residential in some cases, yet they still have not addressed the capacity issue. She asked when this would be done. Mr. Fialho stated this is a discussion the Council must have early in 2012. It is complicated because there are entitlements associated with it and it will not be prior to adoption of the Housing Element. Councilmember Thorne said the criteria list predisposes the East Pleasanton Specific Plan, and he asked how long this has been in place. Mr. Dolan said what he was describing was criteria used to make the final cut, but they have been talking about this as an issue from the beginning. Mayor Hosterman said regardless of those properties that stay on or fall off the list, she asked whether any property owner would be precluded from bringing a development application. Mr. Dolan said in some cases, they would have to ask for a rezoning, so it is a lot easier if they get it now. Mayor Hosterman opened the item for public comment. Pat Costanzo, representing the Kiewit property, voiced surprise that Kiewit was removed from the list for reasons outlined in his letter. He summarized those issues and reasons in the letter as to why they are requesting they stay on the list and suggested the City zone more than it needs. The new Housing Element is due two years from now and if 300 more units were zoned, they would roll over into that timeframe. Their site scored 25 points throughout the entire process which is the highest scoring site in the east side of Pleasanton, yet they were removed. Two items discussed were the traffic issue and the fact they were in the Specific Plan and how HCD will respond to this. When the DEIR came out, traffic was not cited as an issue. Some HCD sites clearly state, "The inventory can also include sites that are in the process of being made available for residential use via rezones or specific plans provided the Housing Element includes a program that commits the local government to completely all necessary administrative and legislative actions early in the planning period." This is what the Council did when City Council Minutes Page 7 of 18 December 6, 2011