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THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED. Karen Ellgas stated that she basically would like to reconfirm staffs recommendation regarding the CM Capital 2 site on behalf of the Parkside residents. She noted that the neighborhood has done a lot of campaigning and work to get to this point and asked that the Commission approve the recommendation. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. Commissioner Allen referred to Program 30.2 on page 27 of the Draft Housing Element and noted that there is an item added that states "... incorporating all lower- income regional housing need allocation requirements into the growth management allocation...." She asked staff if this is something that the City already does. Ms. Wallis replied that currently, all housing units are currently counted equally within the growth management allocation, and the intent of this option is to break down the 235 units into individual income categories, each treated separately within the growth management allocation. She added that this is different from the exemption option which would exempt all lower- income units from the growth management allocation. Commissioner Allen asked if this is essentially what the City does today when it creates its growth management allocation numbers. Ms. Wallis said no, specifically because it is not worded that way. Commissioner Ritter commented that he liked all three recommendations and that the Supplemental EIR was good to add to the previously prepared report. He commended everybody who put so much time into this document, as well as the public feedback, which was great. He thanked Ms. Ellgas for speaking on the CM Capital 2 site, noting that it was great to see how that worked out. He noted that the changes made by the City Council made a lot of sense. Commissioner Allen echoed Commissioner Ritter and thanked staff for all their hard work, the public, Ms. Ellgas and her team for coming out and working in a win /win way to create a really good plan. She noted that the bottom line is that HCD approved the document and that she knows staff worked really closely with HCD regarding its issues and concerns. She indicated that the Housing Element is a testament to having a well- thought through plan that serves the needs of the community. Chair O'Connor stated that the Housing Element is one of the longer triumph -type things the City does every so many years. He noted that there are a lot of new things, a lot of public comment, and a lot of work that went into this. He noted that, unfortunately, he does not have the long, long list of names, because there are many, many people to thank who put the effort into this, including some on staff who are no longer here. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, December 10, 2014 Page 4 of 7