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revealed some previous double counting of projects, which has reduced the City's calculation of the total number of existing housing units within the Planning Area, and thus means there are about three hundred additional units that can be planned for under the cap during this General Plan Update. The table following shows the existing and remaining development potential as of January 2004, when the land use discussion first started with the Planning Commission and City Council, and how it has changed as of January 2007. As of Janua 1, 2004 As of Janua 1, 2007 Existin Dwellin Units 25,246 25,765 Units Under Construction 411 223 A roved Units 780 257 Potential Future Units (no 878 748 a royals Total Dwelling units at 27,315 26,993 Build-out of the General Plan Residential Units allowed 29,000 29,000 under the Voter-Approved Ca Remaining units to be 1,685 2,007 tanned for As can be seen from this table, as of January 1, 2007 there were 2,755 dwelling units remaining under the cap. Of these, 748 units were available under the existing General Plan land use designations, and an additional 2007 units are available to be planned for under the General Plan Update. Because the City's residential land use designations allow a range of densities, the High Density Residential (HDR) designation has no upper limit for density, and each residential site has unique development constraints, it is difficult to calculate with any certainty the exact number of units that will be built on each site. It is important, therefore, that there be some flexibility in the General Plan Land Use Element for accommodating "surplus" residential units without the need for multiple or serial General Plan amendments. The new Mixed Use land use designation is a way to accommodate these units, as well as to meet the General Plan goals, as described below. Assisted Living Units: At the last Joint Land Use Joint Workshop in April 2006, the Planning Commission and City Council discussed the issue of whether or not to count assisted living units within the 29,000 unit cap. Previous practice had been to exclude assisted units from the cap. In April 2006, the City Council provided direction to staff that, if the Continuing Life Communities (CLC) project in Staples Ranch is approved, a portion of these units (240 units out of an estimated total of 850) should be counted as housing units towards the cap, based on estimated impacts of this type of development on city services and utilities. The Draft Land Use Element (Attachments 1 and 2) reflects the direction from City Council (see section headed Residential Cap on page 2- 15 in Attachment 1 and Attachment 2). Page 3 of 10