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Commissioner Pearce stated that at the Task Force level, the theme that came up over and over again was balance, and it is not only balance within this development in terms of matching, or at least coming close to, the mix with the rest of the City, but balance with regard to RHNA numbers throughout the City. She indicated that this was a real driving force in the housing element discussions. She noted that she would hate to be perceived as, or actually be, dumping an inordinate amount of high- density housing here, and echoed what the other Commissioners have said, which she thought reflects a significant amount of the Task Force discussions. 4. Should multi - family housing sites be centrally located to help create a community local point or more disbursed? Chair Blank stated that he thinks it is really hard to answer this question without seeing some proposed plans and layouts. He indicated that, again, he would be looking for balance and does not want to see all the multi - family housing units in one location because that unbalances the property. He noted that some multi - family housing is certainly going to form its own unit because of the way it is put together, but it depends on what kind of communities get developed. He added that other than saying that he want a balance, he does not know that he has enough information to really answer that question with specificity. Mr. Dolan stated that he would like to give a little more background on what the genesis of this question was. He explained that the Task Force had to come up with a land use pattern, and it does not know what the projects will look like. He noted that what really came up in the Task Force dialogue is that when staff and the consultants think about the fact that some density needs to be accommodated out there, and it sounds like they may be headed towards less than more, but you would usually put the higher density together around a central community point where there is walking distance to the retail and easy access to transit, have the park right there, and make a community out of it, the center and together, the reaction of the Task Force was that nobody really wants that much of that, so put a little piece over in the corner and separate it out. Chair Blank stated that from that perspective, if there is maybe one side where there is a park, you build a community; and maybe there is another area where there is retail, you build a community. He indicated that he tends to agree with the Task Force that he is not really keen on having all of the multi - family housing sites in one specific location. He stated that he understands the problems but he also does not want to get in one of these situations the Commission had up in the hills regarding when a blob is a blob, and where exactly it is located. He added that he thinks this has to be done in a conceptual level, at least at this point. Mr. Dolan stated that it just occurred to him where the Commission was going with the numbers and that it might be a non -issue because if the Commission will reduce the number of units to 1,000, and it wants only 25- percent multi - family, then the Commission is only talking about one project. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 22, 2013 Page 25 of 41