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455 78,000. Now to come back and say that the properties that presently are exempt that are outside the City limits, when they come in and are not counted actu- ally prevents property from being developed within to City limits. To go from 78,000 to 65,000 is not reasonable. The benchmark today is not 62,000, it is closer to 78,000 according to staff. Councilmember Mohr stated that equity is the issue at hand. The problem with coming up with a number, Council is talking about some unknown number of acres and unknown number of people that is reasonable for those acres. She felt the Planning Commission recommendation makes sense and would give the Council greater flexibility to approve projects that are worthwhile for the City. Councilmember Butler stated he objects to everyone called the recently adopted and then rescinded position on benchmarks that include all land within the City as a loophole. This City Council considered and agreed with that even though he voted against it. He felt the Citizens Committee and the Plan- ning Commission recommendation is the most workable system, which requires the Council to consider the state of the City, the state of infrastructure, etc., and on that make decisions about the growth of the City; that is more realis- tic than to have an artificial number of people. Mayor Mercer stated that when he agreed to a 62,000 benchmark is was to satisfy a referendum petition that he felt would be devisive to the community and cut the benchmark to 59,000. He supported the Planning Commission recom- mendations as well as those of the Citizens Committee; combined with the in- frastructure requirement . It was moved by Councilmember Mohr, and seconded by Councilmember Butler, that Resolution No. 292, eliminating the benchmark policy and establishing a growth policy of 0-650 market rate units per year tied to the ability of the City to provide infrastructure and services as expressed in a yearly Growth Management Report, and to include an additional 100 units per year to be al- located in the Council's discretion to projects which set aside at least twenty-five percent of their units for low income households, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Butler, Mohr, and Wilson NOES: Councilmember Brandes and Mayor Mercer ABSENT: None Mayor Mercer stated he supports eliminating the population limit but is opposed to allowing 100 low income units to be approved beyond the 650 limit. item 9f RZ-88-5, A plication of the City of Pleasanton to prezone an approximately ten acre site Vocated at to Foothill the R- -6500 (Single-family 5137 Road 1 Residential) District or to any other zoning district consistent with the General Plan Consider Adoption of Negative Declaration Mr. Swift presented his report (SR 88:286) dated June 21, 1988, regarding this matter. Mayor Mercer declared the public hearing open on the application and the negative declaration. 13 - 6-21-88