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Chair Blank stated that it is a little better on the printed copies Mr. Rasmussen displayed the Alternative 1 map on the screen and pointed out the two -acre retail to the south, and another four acres up north in conjunction with the office area. He added that there would be some lakefront retail as well, which is not shown but would be part of an overlay for the office area. Commissioner Pearce asked Mr. Rasmussen to speak to the genesis of the creation of the three units to an acre versus eight or four, and why the variety of low- density designations in the different Alternatives. Mr. Rasmussen replied that low- density becomes a bit of a left -over category when all the other land uses are taken out. He explained, for example, that he talked about the reasons for locating office and parks and industrial at specific areas, and once that acreage is taken out as not appropriate for residential, and then a certain amount of multi - family is put in a couple of locations, a lot of acreage, in this case, is left over for single family residential. He noted that once the acreage is taken and the numbers are kept down, the density goes way down. He added that it is kind of a strange problem that really low densities are coming up within the single family area because there is a lot of land left over, and yet the overall numbers has to be kept down. The Commission then discussed the questions in the staff report. Commissioner Pearce requested that because she is on the Task Force, she be the last with regard to the questions as she would like to get the Commissioners' input first before answering the questions. 1. Does the Planning Commission support planning for future development beyond the current Urban Growth Boundary? Commissioner Posson said yes, noting that he thinks it makes sense, in light of the overall planning area, to look at expanding the UGB. Commissioner O'Connor stated that if the current UGB is expanded, it would include more acreage now in the City; and if whatever is outside, including the industrial, is moved inside, it leaves acreage for the City to meet the RHNA numbers. He added that moving the UGB farther and farther out would provide more acreage, and the City will continue to get more and more RHNA numbers at some point because the City has more acreage. Chair Blank stated that he does not know how big a movement that is, so he does not know how much the City would be expanding the UGB or not. Mr. Dolan replied that it would be less than 140 acres. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 22, 2013 Page 22 of 41