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Mr. Pico wanted to know what the objective of setting a number. Does it have any teeth? Whether it is 27,000, 27,350, 30,000 or 40,000, what does it do besides give people the idea of what the overall target for buildout is. Do we stop when we reach the number or do we just continue to build? Mr. Rasmussen indicated this paragraph is just for information, but under certain Programs in the Land Use Element, the housing cap will be based on similar wording that at buildout, the City should not exceed 27,000 units plus whatever is developed on the San Francism property. Eventually, it is a critical number. Mr. Pico felt that if it is just information, we are splitting hairs and he felt that setting a number at 27,000 is reasonably close and need not be specific. He felt a target could be set that the community can look at and feel confident it is the size the city will grow to. He supported the General Plan Steering Committee recommendation. It was moved by Ms. Miehelotti to adopt the Steering Commlttee recommendation but adjusting for the medium density decisions and to include 1,900 units for the San Francisco property. Mr. Roush indicated the difficulty with that approach is that Council has also excluded the Vineyard Corridor area and the second sentence regarding total population including the San Francisco property would not be known. Ms. Acosta asked if Council was conceptually interested in setting a target, including or excluding the San Francisco property, Vineyard Corridor, etc.? Ms. Dennis wanted to include as much as possible in round numbers. Mr. Tarvet felt the problem was that the number of units for the San Francisco has not been decided. When a number is set, people then focus on the number and assume that number of units will be allowed. Mr. Pico suggested adopting the wording of the Steering Committee but changing the total number of housing units to 29,000, inclusive of the San Francisco property and everything else. That includes the recommended 27,000 units and 1600-1900 units on San Francisco. There is enough flexibility to accommodate other projects. It was moved by Mr. Pico, seconded by Ms. Denni.% to modify page H-11, third complete paragraph, to read as follows: "If all residential land shown on the General Plan Map were built out, Pleasanton would contain approximately 29,000 housing units. This holding capacity estimate assumes that residential land uses are built to average densities (Table H-4), vacancy rates will average three percent, and household size will level off at 2.65 persons per household at buildout." 07/02/96 -11-