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DRAFT Chair O'Connor clarified that the sites do not have to pass muster and be built, as long as the site is viable and is accepted by HCD. Mr. Dolan replied that what he meant by passing muster was that it be accepted by HCD. Chair O'Connor stated that he thinks Commissioner Ritter's question referred to what would happen if one of these sites does not get built. Mr. Dolan replied that it does not matter if the sites get built or not; what matters is that the City make the case that the sites are viable. He added that it is also a lot easier to make the case that a site is viable if it is vacant, and not all of the sites are. Mr. Dolan then gave a quick summary of some of the issues that staff has heard during the public outreach: 1. The CM Capital site in terms of the volume, and the desire of the Parkside neighborhood to at least downzone the density or go back to commercial only. 2. The City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and accurately so, people have pointed out there have been court cases or one in particular that makes it difficult to implement to its fullest. The Housing Element has a Program that says the City will look at this and try and figure it out. Basically, implementation has been hampered somewhat, but the City has been successful in negotiating with the developers as they have come forward to get affordability in all of these projects. While it has not necessarily always been to the exact level, but staff has worked very hard to get it close. 3. The Growth Management Ordinance which gets back to the issue of so much development was approved at the end of the last planning period. This feels more scary because people do not average it out; they just assume those big numbers are going to keep going into the future, which is not the case. There is nothing that needs to be done that the Council already has not done in terms of moving forward with the new Growth Management Ordinance. 4. Infrastructure some of the typical issues associated with growth, particularly water. Up until the beginning of the drought, Zone 7 has water master plans and tracks all of the cities it serves and what their General Plans are. It pays attention to where the cities are going and work to try and provide the water supply. As this drought has gotten worse, these master plans of three years ago did not envision a three -year drought and all this rationing that is being done. Right now, the City is right in the middle of what is becoming a crisis, and in reality, there is a protocol in place. At a certain level of concern, the City Council has the ability to put a moratorium on growth, and when it does, that will affect these sites and other sites that have had zoning for many years. It is doubtful that cities would build without the cooperation of all the communities served by DRAFT EXCERPT: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, 8/13/2014 Page 5 of 18