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landslide prone. He inquired how this situation would be treated and if the designated <br />houses would be moved to another area. <br />Ms. Stern noted that this Element addresses open space land rather than lands designated <br />for development and that it would be unlikely that policies and programs in this Element <br />would actually affect developable land. <br />Chairperson Arkin clazified that land use zoning is different from General Plan <br />designation and that the updated General Plan would apply to future PUDs and would not <br />affect existing ones. He added that the Spotomo property has a General Plan land use <br />designation but not an approved PUD or land use zoning. <br />Mr. Iserson concurred with Chairperson Arkin that the Spotomo property does not have a <br />PUD development plan approval. He explained that the Housing Element shows the <br />property as having 75 units at the midpoint of the General Plan and that the City is not <br />locked in to building that number of homes should some issues azise regarding land slides <br />or 25-percent slopes that would prevent that number of units from being achieved. He <br />added that the City does not have to approve the number of units at the midpoint; it has <br />the discretion of approving any number of units on a PUD development plan, and should <br />it approve fewer units than that identified in the Housing Element, it would keep track of <br />the balance of the units which will need to be made up somewhere else in the City. <br />In response to Commissioner Blank's inquiry regazding whether the balance of units <br />i~ could be transferred anywhere in the City and not necessarily to property owned by the <br />same owner, Mr. Iserson replied that the number of housing units is a general accounting <br />matter and does not have to be in compensation to the developer. <br />THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. <br />The Commission then reviewed the Goals, Policies, and Programs and provided the <br />following comments and recommendations: <br />Text <br />Pa¢e VII-2 <br />Chairperson Arkin noted that mountain lions and bobcats were seen in the greenbelt area <br />between Martin Avenue and Lake "I" by the Mohr Elementary School. <br />Page VII-3 <br />Chairperson Arkin inquired why the Western pond turtle is considered a reptile rather <br />than an amphibian like frogs. Ms. Stern replied that they aze categorized that way. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, May 24, 2006 Page 5 of 34 <br />