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r^ condominiums. She inquired what protections within the Ordinance would prevent that from happening. Mr. Bocian replied that the entire public process would prevent that kind of occurrence and added that the City Council must approve the conversion with a very detailed plan. There must also be adequate notification of the tenants, who would have the right to have no rental increases, an opportunity to purchase the unit, and relocation assistance. In response to an inquiry by Acting Chairperson Fox regazding whether a converted property must be retroactively made ADA-compliant and meet the open space ordinance requirements, Mr. Bocian believed that may be possible and that it maybe more of a Planning question than a process. He believed that in the application process, a vaziance maybe requested for those sorts of issues. In response to an inquiry by Acting Chairperson Fox with respect to people with vouchers for Section VIII housing, Mr. Bocian replied that the Section VIII vouchers generally go with the tenant rather than with the development. It would be possible to get some unit-based vouchers, but he did not know of any developments in town that met that criterion. The Ordinance did contain provisions that those tenants, depending on their income level or their age, have the opportunity to stay in the unit for a certain period of time. For instance, a senior may stay in the unit for nine years. Very-low-income tenants may stay for an additional three years. Acting Chairperson Fox inquired what would happen if an existing apartment complex in Pleasanton already has reserved below-mazket-rate affordable housing units within the City's affordable housing plan. Mr. Bocian replied that the change proposed in the Inclusionazy Zoning Ordinance indicated that if there was an existing affordable housing agreement on the development that exceeded the required affordability within the existing development, that agreement would have to be extended to the converted project as ownership units. In response to an inquiry by Acting Chairperson Fox regazding whether this Ordinance applied to seniors in the mobile homes in the azea, Mr. Bocian replied that it was possible to have a common interest development in a mobile home park; he noted that they did not exist in Pleasanton at this time. A discussion ensued addressing the inclusion ofmoderate-income households in affordable housing and the focus of various City Councils with respect to those households and home ownership. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Pearce regazding whether apartment units are required to have a certain percentage of Section VIII vouchers accepted, Mr. Bocian replied that was not the case. Acting Chairperson Fox suggested that the Commission make comments page by page. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 18, 2006 Page 14 of 22