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the Task Force, a couple of commissioners and one or two Councilmembers then get an initiative going, called the Citizen's Initiative, and this kicks out the housing for seniors and for affordable housing. She felt it was a conflict of interest. She thought the ACE station should be relocated to the Bemal Property. Certainly 20 acres for senior and affordable housing would represent a compassionate community and this is what the citizens want. Christine Steiner, 596 Hamilton Way, said there would be a housing forum taking place on June 24th, at 6:30 pm, in the City Council Chambers. She said the Task Force did a great job and it would be a great disservice to the community and to the members of the Task Fome, and would certainly discourage anyone from going onto a future task fome, if this were not dealt with in the way it was intended. The way it was intended was that there would be due process. It would go before all the commissions, and everything would be discussed. What happened was in the middle of it there was a curve ball thrown where the Golden Gate Park concept was introduced. Suddenly this park concept took precedence and everything changed. She urged the Council not to rash ahead and try to put this onto the ballot. She felt the community deserved a lot more than that and deserves a plan that is well thought out. Some uses may be taken off that "top twenty" list. A plan then would be developed that should go to the voters and the plan would be a conceptual plan for the future so that people would know what is going on. Even with some financing options she is sure that people will be asked to contribute and the City needs community support for this. Housing is something that people do not understand. When the City develops a housing project, like Ridgeview or the assisted living project, it is the City Council who has the ultimate decision on what is going on there, what kind of density, how many units. The process is that we go with an RFP, we put it out to the developers, we tell them what we are looking for, what the acreage is. It is up to them to come back with a plan that will show what they are proposing to do. The City Council has done this in the past and the result has been three fine developments. Affordable housing is something that she would like to see City staff, for the benefit of the Housing Commission, get back to them on. She suggested that if the City is going to be developing a project affordable for households at 80% of the median, than that constitutes affordable housing. Earlier this evening someone spoke about Section Eight housing and these are the units in Pleasanton that the City has been involved in. The turnover rate in Section Eight housing in Pleasanton is very high. People use this opportunity as a stepping-stone. The City has built affordable housing that has been all senior housing. She urged Councilmembers to take the time and to give the City what it deserves, a well thought out plan and to not speed ahead because this is too important. Carl Pretzel, 3633 Glacier Court, North, shared his experience of being on the Task Force Committees. He said it was a very positive experience for him. The committee felt their mission was completed. The committee approved 5 acres for senior housing and this was an easy vote. General affordable housing was more complicated and they had discussed making available between 5 and 20 acres. They discussed density as low as 10 units per acre and as high as 40 units per acre. This was never decided upon. Mixed rate and below market rate units were discussed and it was never in their thought process that there would be any market rate units included here. Religious facilities are Pleasanton City Council 17 06/04/02 Minutes