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The second major option (Option B) is a "Concentrated Residential" scenario with two variations: Options B1 and B2 assume a Transit Oriented Development focus with mixed use including residential development located in the Hacienda Specific Plan area, the West Dublin BART Station, in the Downtown, and as additional units in the Kottinger Place/Pleasanton Gardens development. Options B3 and B4 assume a High Density Residential focus but not necessarily in a mixed use or Transit Oriented Development pattern. Again, all four Staples Ranch options are shown for the Concentrated Residential scenarios. At its meeting on April 4, 2006, the City Council received a report regarding affordable housing needs and issues (see Attachment 5). The staff report noted that, in order to reach the City's Regional Housing Needs targets, approximately 1,237 additional moderate-, low-, and very-low income units would have to be built by 2008. The Planning Commission and City Council will also recall that the Housing Element, adopted in 2003, included a program (Program 19.1) that committed the City to rezoning approximately 30 to 40 acres ofland sufficient to accommodate an additional 871 high-density, multi-family housing units. Of the eight Land Use Options presented in Table 2, three of the options (AI, BI and B3) could theoretically allow development of an additional 1,237 units affordable to moderate-, low-, and very low-income households, depending on the amount of such housing provided with each specific development. All of the land use options would satisfy the Housing Element requirement for re-zonings to allow an additional 871 multi-family units. Staff is aware that the City Council has indicated a preference for designating the East Side Properties as a future Specific Plan Area, without assigning a particular number of units or amount of commercial development at this time. However, because of the potential need to reserve some units for this area under the cap, and the requirement that some development assumptions be made for the purposes of the Environmental Impact Report, staff is asking that the City Council consider some "place-holder" development assumptions. The General Plan Land Use Map and policies would make it clear that the actual residential and commercial development potential for this area would be determined by a future Specific Plan process. It should be noted that elements or numbers in the Land Use Options presented in Table 2 can be "mixed and matched" to create other options, and that the Planning Commission and City Council may wish to consider other development options in its discussion. The City Council is being asked to select two or three options (either as described by staff or new options suggested by the Planning Commission and City Council) for the purposes of running a preliminary analysis of traffic impacts, fiscal impacts, and impacts on major services such as schools. A comparison of the impacts of these Land Use Options will help the City Council in selecting a Preferred Land Use Plan, and for defining the "project" and "altematives" for the purposes of the Environmental Impact Report. SR 06:102 Page 6 of7