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6C MENDE - pLEASANTONc SUBJECT: City Council Staff Report January 17,2006 - Amended Assistant City Manager OPTIONS FOR COUNTING HOUSING UNITS WITHIN THE CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY PROPOSED FOR STAPLES RANCH STAFF RECOMMENDATION: SUMMARY: SR 06:034 Page 1 of8 Staff recommends the City Council consider the options prepared by staff and provide direction regarding the number of housing units to be counted against the residential housing cap. Consistent with the Council's October 11, 2005 workshop, staff is recommending that a total of 65 units be counted. However, detailed in this report are four viable options that can be used for determining units and staffs recommendation represents its view of this issue. At its October 11, 2005 General Plan workshop on land use, the Council reviewed a conceptual proposal by Continuing Life Communities to develop a community care retirement community with approximately 823 units on 45 acres of the Staples Ranch property currently owned by Alameda County Surplus Property Authority. As part of these discussions, the Council discussed various issues related to how these units would be counted against the voter approved residential housing cap of 29,000 units. As an outcome of these discussions, the City Council requested additional information on the nature of these units and their impacts on City services. This report provides specific information on the types of units that are expected to be included in this development, provides several options as to how these units could be characterized, and requests direction from the City Council. The City Council is not being asked to consider the merits of the Continuing Life Communities project and any direction provided should not be construed as an endorsement or rejection ofthis or other similar projects. In addition, this report does not pertain to how, if at all, affordable housing will be applied to this development. Staff anticipates this being discussed at a