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Mr. Dolan replied that staff saw that letter and that there was a similar comment tonight. He indicated that there are a couple of issues to consider here. He added that once the Council approves the alternatives, he can explore adding one. He noted, however, that if a phased alternative was added, the analysis would be done for when all phases are complete. Mr. Dolan continued that this would look just like any alternatives. He emphasized that the Council was very specific in its direction that it was not interested in creating a phased extension of El Charro Road; it did not want to create another Stoneridge Drive situation where a part of it is built, and then ten, twenty years go by and people forget that that was the plan, and then it becomes a huge community battle. Mr. Dolan stated that the other thing that is relevant to the question is that all of these alternatives will be phased; every single one of them will be subject to Growth Management, which is the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), the current limit in the ordinances, and the RHNA numbers divided by the years in the planning period. He indicated that there will be some leeway to borrow from years but that all of them will be phased out; this growth is going to have to be metered out. He noted that it creates challenges in the financing but that is what the Ordinance says. Mr. Dolan noted that staff will look into Commissioner Olson's idea but that he does not see how the answer will be different. He noted that ultimately, impact analysis on the worst case would be done, which is complete build out of all the phases. The Commissioners then presented their comments. Commissioner Allen stated that many of the speakers tonight and others that she has talked to on the Task Force are concerned about the number of units and the impact on traffic and other areas. She noted that the Task Force recognized that it needed to have a plan that was financially feasible, so the Task Force backed in to the alternatives that were presented by creating a worst -case financial view which assumed a full buildout of infrastructure using worst -case costs as well as the most conservative revenue view. She continued that the Task Force then determined how many housing units and commercial units were necessary to have a financially feasible project. She noted that this approach to working the numbers this way likely creates more housing than may be required. Commissioner Allen stated with this in mind, she has six requests for the EIR scope to assure that the City does not build any more housing than absolutely required to have a feasible project: 1. Identify the expected incremental school impacts with each of the alternatives. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, November 13, 2013 Page 11 of 50