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• Task II — Process a development application, coordinate project construction and provide property management services. MidPen was authorized to being work immediately on Task I with the understanding that the Task II work would not begin until after the City Council reviews the predevelopment report and affirms its intent to move forward with a development review process. Task I required MidPen to review three development options: • Option I — Provide increased density on the Kottinger Place sites only. This option assumes that all or the majority of the existing Kottinger Place units would be rehabilitated and new units would be added to the site using developable space. • Option 2 — Construct a new development on the Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens sites. This option assumes replacing all of the existing developments with a new development that would be owned and operated as one project. • Option 3—Construct a new development on the Kottinger Place site only. This option assumes replacing the existing Kottinger Place development with a new project. It also assumes the Pleasanton Gardens would not be included as part of the City's redevelopment effort. Mr. Bocian further advised that since February 2012, the Task Force has been working with MidPen and the adjacent neighborhood to address the Council's direction. A draft predevelopment report has been prepared for the Commission and City Council to review and approve. The Commission was informed that the predevelopment report outlines the work of the Task Force and MidPen related to completing the direction given by City Council in February 2012. The report includes a comprehensive discussion of Task Force objectives, desired characteristics for the project, and three development options. Mr. Bocian advised that at its September 19 meeting, the Kottinger Place Task Force agreed unanimously to recommend Development Option 2 which involves developing a new project that would occupy both the Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens sites and to forward this recommendation to the City Council for approval. Mr. Bocian noted that staff concurs with the Task Force recommendation. MidPen representatives, Jan Lindenthal, Lillian Lew-Hailer, and Abby Goldware, provided background information about their organization including key facts and core expertise. They then reviewed with the Commission a PowerPoint presentation pertaining to the Redevelopment Analysis for Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens. Topics included: Assigned Scope of Work; Task Force Meetings; Task Force Objectives; Other Key Stakeholders; Stakeholder Feedback; Fundamental Development Characteristics; Development Options 1, 2, and 3; Meeting Task Force Objectives; Financial Information; and Existing and Proposed Views from various vantage points within and outside the site. Commissioner Welsh had questions pertaining to costs and what steps the City of Pleasanton would need to take to absorb additional costs. Mr. Bocian advised that the City would be involved in the design of the project and would work to keep costs down. He pointed out that the numbers shown by MidPen were estimates and the final figures would depend on a range of issues and conditions. He also provided information about City Lower Income Housing Funds (LIHF) available for this project, rioting that these Page - 3 -