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forth in the ordinance divides the number of RHNA units by the number of years in the RHNA cycle. The ordinance stipulates that the City Manager shall provide the Council with a report specifying this number within 90 days following issuance of the RHNA cycle's obligation, which was July 18, 2013. It further indicates that up until June 30, 2014, the city with operate with a growth management number that is consistent with current RHNA. Mr. Bocian stated that the RHNA obligation for the January 2014 to October 2022 planning period is 2,067 units. Using the planning period of 8.8 years, the annual growth management number would be 235 units commencing July 1, 2014. He noted that the ordinance does contain language allowing the Council to adjust that number under certain conditions, provided the total number within the RHNA period remains the same. Mr. Dolan stated that when the ordinance was brought forth in October 2012, staff, the Council and subcommittee discussed the potential need for establishing a priority process in the event that the number of residential development applications submitted in a given year exceeds the growth management number. Staff is recommending that this sort of policy be developed as part of the upcoming Housing Element process. Councilmember Pentin asked how the projects recently approved by the Council relate to this. Mr. Bocian explained that those developments and any other development approved before July 1, 2014 fall into the period in which growth management is equal to RHNA. The Council specifically adopted this policy due to concern throughout the rezoning that the city would constrain those developments. Mayor Thorne noted that this action actually lowers the annual growth management limit. Vice-Mayor Cook-Kallio asked and Mr. Bocian confirmed that projects on the recently rezoned sites that do not forward prior to July 1, 2014 must fit within the new growth management allocation. Mr. Bocian further explained that the approvals for recent projects included Growth Management and Development Agreements that vest the development of those units for a certain period of time. Vice-Mayor Cook-Kallio asked and Mr. Fialho confirmed that even if a developer was to have a project in the pipeline for the last seven or eight years, they would be subject to growth management after July 1, 2014. Mr. Fialho clarified that a Growth Management or Development Agreement could exempt them from the allocation. He said it is very unlikely the city would even encounter such a situation or not be able to accommodate them within the 2,067 units allocated for the planning period. Councilmember Brown referred the Housing Element booklet's section on the Growth Management Ordinance, which outlines a sub-allocation based on project type. She noted that staff did not supply a redline version of the ordinance including proposed modifications and asked whether the new ordinance would contain a similar breakdown. Mr. Bocian explained that staff has not proposed any amendment to the ordinance, therefore there is no redline version to provide. The action being requested of the Council is to implement the language within the ordinance. To the latter part of her question, he explained that those breakdowns were removed from the ordinance when it was amended in October 2012 which is why the Council advocated for the development of a priority system. Councilmember Brown noted her Housing Element booklet was amended in October 2012 and requested an updated version. Mr. Bocian directed her to the agenda report attachments. City Council Minutes Page 12 of 13 October 15,2013