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in the planning period. He indicated that with the City's current draft RHNA number, the exact number is not certain but that it is actually quite a bit lower than what the City previously had. He noted that if everything stays the same, that number would be less than 300. Mr. Dolan stated that the Council also formally noted that this will not go into effect until January 1, 2014 or until such time as the City approves enough units to meet its last RHNA, which will not happen before 2014. He indicated that staff anticipates having four more projects, one of which the Commission has already seen at a Work Session, with three more coming up on Work Sessions soon. He added that there may possibly be one more from the nine housing sites before that time. Commissioner O'Connor asked what the total number of units would be. Mr. Dolan replied that the four projects have about 300 units each, with a total of about 1,200 units all together. Commissioner O'Connor noted that the Commission has already seen one that has about 600 units. Mr. Dolan confirmed that is the BRIE project and that the four projects are in addition to the BRE project. He noted that these are four of the nine housing sites, and assuming they will meet the guidelines and be approved by the Commission and the Council, all these units will be counted towards the last round of RHNA number. He added that this would mean the change to the Growth Management Program number will not come into effect for quite some time. Mr. Dolan stated that another change made is that all the subcategories for which allotments had previously been reserved had been essentially eliminated from the Program: projects defined as affordable, large projects, and a single - family home. He noted that it is unclear at this time, but there is a whole year ahead before this comes into effect, and there is an understanding that the Program will be revisited in the future, at which time some version of the subcategories could possibly come back. He indicated that the Councilmembers felt they needed to do something because they were the sitting City Council when the housing cap was eliminated. Mr. Dolan stated that staff will forward the Council report to the Commissioners. He explained that staff was told in short notice that this would be considered by the Council, and there was really no opportunity to have a lengthy discussion about it. He indicated that staff will spend a lot more time in consultation with the Commission when a more comprehensive review is done. Mr. Dolan also informed the Commission that the Council ultimately approved the minor changes to the Housing Element Background report and Program 9.1, and made a few additional changes. He advised that the final revised Housing Element was submitted PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, October 24, 2012 Page 3 of 7