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caused the problems. If it becomes an assisted living project and becomes licensed, then there is a whole lot other issues involved. Councihnember Michelotti discussed with Ms. Steiner the difli~rences in the senior housing and the levels of services ofli~md. Ms. Steiner gave the example of other cases. Litten Gardens is a development that is being presently reviewed. That was developed as a fully Held subsidized independent living facility. The second stage was assisted living and the third stage was skilled nursing. These were developed separately, but that is not what has been proposed at this point. She has no problem with waiving the low income housing fee because they would have to comply with the low income requirements to get the tax credits, but she cautioned that she was very supportive of going a lot further than that because she thought it was very ditI~rent. That is where her concern is because she does not want them to fail and she does not want the City to lose out. Mayor Tarver closed the public hearing and commemed that he sees this as not a good situation. The conditions of approval on the PUD that was made 15 years ago really do not fit. The Housing Commission is having the same problems. He stated that they had talked about design and ways to change the fire access roads. What is at hand is a problem and a dilemma for everybody. What the applicant is saying is that it doesn't want to open Pandora's Box again and have to go through the process because of the delays and the time it takes. But that's the way it works. We could take what we have and try to force it or we could do the right thing and start again and not try to do something that we did 15 years ago under a completely different set of circumstances. He encouraged the Council to say that this doesn't work and encourage the applicant to put something togother that can be processed through for approval in a way that we would see it today. Commissioner Michelotti said that the calls she received were regarding design issues, more so than the project itself and what it would do. Concern was expressed because of the building was four stories. Councilmember Pico said that he ~w it as trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. There arc problems witb the conformonce with the PUD and the Council being thrced to take m~ action under the threat of a time umbrella. The reality is that this is a permanent impact. It is a permanent impact on the neighborhood, on the City and the developer. There are going to be tax credits next year in March. We want th work to come up with a plan that really fits and serves the needs of the community, that the neighborhood can accept attd doesn't feel like it is being forced down their throats. We should say that we are sorry, it doesn't work right now, but itls a great prqject. Mr. Pico agreed with Ms. Stoiner's comments and we should look at this a little nmre. We are being forced into doing this because the thing that is driving this and the tax credits, not good planning. Pleasanton City Cotmoil 19 06/06/00 Minutes