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replied that they are not currently targeted that way, but the City could explore that if desired. He stated that City programs to date have been focused on income levels and not on specific employment categories. Mr. Whisnand would like to see programs that are aimed at trying to keep those workers in the community. Vice Chairperson Hodgett cautioned that this may raise some fair housing, discrimination, and disparate impact issues. However, if the City conducts ajobs- housing balance analysis, the concern can be avoided. The Commission discussed past uses of the UHF. In response to a question from Chairperson Harris, Steven Bocian affirmed the UHF has been used in some cases to reimburse other City funds in situations where impact fees have been waived to promote affordable housing. Patricia Belding, chairperson of Citizens for a Caring Community, 7703 Highland Oaks Dr., Pleasanton, addressed the Commission. She stated that in general, the top priority for the use of the UHF at the present time should be the creation of very low income housing units, citing the City's RHNA need for about 750 very low income units. Ms. Belding stated that the Commission may want to develop new, specific criteria that projects must meet in order to qualify for assistance from the UHF. This would provide developers with clear requirements and incentives in advance of making a formal application to the City for fee waivers and other assistance. Ms. Belding shared some ideas and recommendations that her group has developed: · Provide fee waivers only for low and very low income units in a development, not the entire development. · Allow fee waivers for the entire development when the number of low and very low income units is 40% of the total, and 70% of the affordable units are available to very low income households · Create a sliding scale of increasing benefit for exceeding the 25% minimum up to the 39%. . Give priority to projects located on City-owned land (e.g., Kottinger Place). · Give the creation of new affordable rental units the highest priority. . Suspend assistance to "for sale" units until the City has fulfilled its very low income housing goals. . Reevaluate the uses for the UHF after Pleasanton has reached its very low income housing target. The Commission thanked Ms. Belding for her comments. Bruce Fiedler, Pleasanton Gardens Administrator, 251 Kottinger Drive, Pleasanton, wanted to bring attention to statistics that may not be as well known as the information Page - 7 -