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for the rest of the planning area, and residential density could be made up by increasing the density slightly in the single - family residential areas or in other areas the City chooses. He noted, however, that the Transfer Station is much more of a difficult planning matter to design around, and because prevailing winds are in this direction, land to the east of the Transfer Station is designed to be industrial because of the odor, noise, garbage truck traffic, appearance, etc. He added that access to the Transfer Station would be by way of a route along Busch Road and then up to El Charro Road. He indicated that the multi - family units are dispersed on the eastern side, with the same spine and other assortment of land uses previously discussed. Mr. Rasmussen concluded his presentation by stating that staff and the consultants have a series of questions that they would like to pose to the Planning Commission for comments and input. Commissioner Olson made an observation that the housing information provided by Ms. Stern is critical information. He indicated that it is clear from the recent election and the emails that have come in on this item that housing is going to be a hot issue here. He noted that he thinks it would be good to include those RHNA housing numbers in what the Commission communicates, both to the other Commissions and to the public. Commissioner O'Connor noted that El Charro Road is a little differently designed in Alternatives 2, 3, and 4 and that he thought the design of El Charro Road followed the UBG, as shown in one of the slides that showed the UGB. He inquired where exactly the UGB is in relation to El Charro Road. Mr. Rasmussen replied that the UGB line extends down El Charro Road in a straight - line projection. He added that Alternative 1 shows all of El Charro Road within the UGB line. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if the UGB line shown in Alternative 1 is pretty close to the actual line. Mr. Rasmussen replied that the actual line is just a little way over from where it is shown right now. He noted that the other three plans show the line coming over to the west, and the reason is that this location would connect to the driveway at Shadow Cliffs and there is a median break and traffic signal there. He stated that another alternative is to bring El Charro Road straight down. Commissioner O'Connor noted that all the Alternatives show some development occurring outside the UGB, and in a lot of cases, it is just parkland or industrial, except where the road curves, which has some of the other uses such as campus office. He inquired what the mechanism is that would allow development outside the UGB, and what would actually have to happen before that could be done. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 22, 2013 Page 11 of 41