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In response to Councilmember Brown's inquiry, City Manager Fialho clarified the reason the item is before City Council is because it was identified as a priority and the City is trying to run the processes concurrently with the best timeline to demonstrate that the two processes merge. He advised if the City wants to accommodate any RHNA as part of East Pleasanton, it needs to accommodate the processes concurrently. He also noted City Council has it within its discretion to pause and let the Housing Element process unfold organically. Councilmember Brown stated she voted to put East Pleasanton into the two-year plan because she understood the RHNA number would be received by June 2020 to March 2021. In response to Mayor Thorne's inquiry, Community Development Director Clark clarified the zoning will remain on the land if no action is taken by City Council. She also clarified the City would need to look at the applications for light industrial if the developer insisted on bringing it forward. In response to Councilmember Brown's inquiry, Community Development Director Clark advised the City has provided comments and would continue to provide comments on housing proposals that come forward. In response to Councilmember Pentin's inquiry, City Attorney Dan Sodergren advised if a developer comes in with an industrial project for East Pleasanton, the City will need to process the application which would then be reviewed by City Council for approval. He advised the City Attorney would review any liability at that time. In response to Councilmember Narum's inquiry, Community Development Director Clark clarified the date to submit a draft Housing Element continues to be August 2022 and the shortened timeline is concerning to staff. She also clarified the Planning Commission's process would need to be determined but could be handled in a number of ways including holding special meetings so they have enough bandwidth to address the important topics and allow discussion with the public. She further clarified if City Council gives staff the direction to proceed, a consultant would be hired to develop the process. City Manager Fialho reported the Planning Commission reserved one meeting per month outside of their regular calendar when leading the General Plan update and City Council followed suit and it provided two dates per month where the Planning Commission could operate independently or could convene with the City Council jointly. In response to Councilmember Testa's inquiry, City Manager Fialho advised the State cannot come in and plan East Pleasanton under current regulations and assuming no laws change. He also noted City Council will drive the land use alternatives discussion which is highly dependent on City Council direction and advised there is currently no base plan approved. In response to Councilmember Testa's inquiry, Community Development Director Clark clarified there is no current proposal for the developer to support staff services. She clarified the concept had been discussed but staff does not feel any funding support is necessary from Ponderosa Homes and would need to be approved by City Council. In response to Councilmember Testa's inquiry, City Manager Fialho advised it would be unusual to make meetings with Ponderosa Homes public but would be at the discretion of City Council. He also stated the City does not need to start the East Pleasanton plan process to accommodate the RHNA numbers but the consequence is that RHNA number assignments have to be distributed within properties that are inside the city limits of Pleasanton and a portion of East Pleasanton is outside the city limits. City Council Minutes Page 4 of 9 March 3,2020