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Ms. Wallis continued that staff went through all the comments, such as "Add Policy and Program to Goal 5 and add Programs to Policy 10," and while staffs responses are not itemized, staff is looking to change and add Goals and Policies and move them around. She noted that a lot of the Housing Element programs can meet the needs of more than one goal and policy, so that although there were policies and goals that did not look like they had implementing programs, they were actually addressed in other areas. She added that when the final document comes back to the Commission, it will come with a little cheat -sheet which will show which of the implementing programs can be identified with which goals and policies because they do meet program goals for different areas. Commissioner Allen requested staff to recap the Housing Element changes to the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZO) when the IZO will be looked into again in the future and what its implications would be. Ms. Wallis stated that this question came up last week at the Housing Commission meeting. She indicated that the timeframe for Program 16.2 will be changed. She explained that currently, it just indicates that the timeframe is an annual review as needed. She added that this was discussed, and it was determined that within a year of the implementation of the Housing Element, the IZO will be reviewed and revised within the timeframe of Program 16.2. With respect to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), Commissioner Allen inquired if staff thinks there is any intent that the State of California will identify any kind of quota for units for developmentally disabled individuals in terms of targets that will have to be met or if that will be just a subset of RHNA. Ms. Wallis replied that it is a subset of RHNA. She stated that currently, there is nothing in the law that would require any obligation to meet any disabled unit numbers or to construct the units. She added that this is all based off of economics and viability, and the City is just required to show that it has the capacity and has made a good faith effort to meet these goals and policies. Commissioner Ritter noted that former Councilmember Becky Dennis summarized a lot of good details in the letter she submitted, and while he does not want to go through each of them, he would want staff to look at those and make sure the wording is right as the edits are done. He stated that he did not want to go into specifics, but Ms. Dennis spent a lot of time on this and brought up some points where there are overlaps. He added that he thinks it is worth looking at it because she does bring up some good points in there. Commissioner Ritter then noted that Policy 7 on page 4 -8 of the Housing Element says "Encourage at least 50 percent of multiple - family housing units to be rental apartments." He stated that he knows that nationally, 35 percent of people rent; he inquired if the term "apartments" refers to just apartments or includes rental houses and condominiums as well. Ms. Wallis replied that it refers to any type of rental unit. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 25, 2014 Page 5 of 29