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Minutes Planning Commission Page 3 had this in mind when they had this planned. He stated the City Council hasn't decided the number of units, exemptions, percentage of units to be exempt. He said that in all project approvals there is a condition regarding the City not guaranteeing sewe r availability and that in his opinion there are none available. For these reasons he would ask City Council to put a moratorium on applications until these matters are decided. He said a decision must be made regarding housing; and, if in fact, we have approved more than we have sewers for and if the City is asking for a ch ange to the General Plan for 1986, now is the time to change the Plan and that right now with 600 units approved you couldn't approve any more units for four or five years because the holding capacity for 1986 is being reached and it is time to stop all of this. He urged all of the Commissioners to support the request for a moratorium on applications until all of these points have been clarified and determined. Commissioner Doherty stated he supports Commissioner Wilson's suggestion and that the Commission is wasting the applicants' time hearing applications for industrial and commercial if in fact there is no sewer capacity. He indicated direction from the City Council is needed as to what capacity is left, distribution of capacity and how much they want to give affordable housing, higher cost housing and how much they want for other developments and he supported Commissioner Wilson's recommendation. Commissioner Jamieson strongly supported Commissioner T~lilson's motion and has felt for a number of months that no one in the staff or City Council level knows the definition of 'affordable housing' and that in his opinion it has been an excuse for developers to come and get development approval because they show on their schedule the development is for 'affordable housing.' Chairperson Getty stated she goes .long with comments of the other Commissioners. She asked Councilwoman Karin r4ohr to address this matter. Councilwoman Mohr said she could not speak on behalf o~ her colleagues but shares the concerns expressed. She said that Brown-C al dwell is doing a study which is due next month on sewer capacity and that until the report is received and DSRSD responds to the study she couldn't say how much capacity is left. Assistant City Attorney Brian Swift said the moratorium would be the easiest way to stop proposals pending the sewer and affordable housing studies. He indicated that the general plan capacity was considered in the 1976 study of the General Plan and the City Council can change that if they so desire and that the policy right now in the Growth P4anagement Element and the Supplement to the General Plan took into consideration the 1976 review and it hasn't been changed from 1976 to the present. A motion was made by Commissioner Wilson, seconded by Commissioner Jamieson that a request be made to City Council that a moratorium on future applications be put into effect pending the sewer study and direction from Council concerning the items he has raised.