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Mr. Campbell asked for a time line in establishing the task force and studying the redevelopment of Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens. With this type of project, Mr. Boeian indicated it would take eight to twelve months to reach the first stage. The first stage would be in flushing out the major issues and moving forward with a Request for Proposal. The Request for Proposal would either identify a developer that has experience with redevelopment in public housing projects, who is willing to step forward and take the lead, or a eonsuitant that could assist the task force with trying to formulate the parameters of the project. He advised that it might take multiple years to achieve the results, as dealing with the park and funding issue take time. He was hopeful that it could be done quicker. If the property were redeveloped, Ms. Hosterman wondered if the funding by HUD would disappear?. Mr. Bocian indicated that staffhad not yet done extensive research in the matter. He anticipates this issue will be one of the issues looked at. When the study was conducted in 2001, the consultant indicated there was the potential for retaining the affordability of the projects but the issue could not be resolved until there was a complete application. In order to get to an application submitted to HUD to redevelop the project, a project was required. Ms. McKeehan concurred with Ms. Hosterman's comments and noted that the task force needs to look at this matter very seriously because if HUD financing went away, it would be a major obstacle. Ms. Hosterman pointed out that value of the projects in the community, which serve a special need within the community. The reason she asked that this item be continued was due to her overall concern of making the transfer of frail, elderly people from one location to another. She wondered how people could be displaced for a period of time, which was of great concern to her. Even if Council did determine that this project was a good thing to do, she was interested in hearing how people could be moved from one location to another. Mayor Pico believed the task force would be charged to look into the HUD financing. He believed Council was not here to discuss every single issue; the discussion was whether or not Council wanted to ere. ate a task force. Mayor Pico asked for public comments. Brace Fiedler, resident of Pleasanton Gardens, referred to a headline in a recent, local newspaper. He disagreed with the headline and stated that Kottinger Place was not too old; it is energy efficient and does have high, per-unit, management and operating costs. It does need a plan for redevelopment and provision for additional units to meet the needs of the baby boomers reaching retirement in the next several years. He pointed out that none of the items are tied into the age of the facility. Kottinger Place has decent, Pleasanton City Council 21 11/4/03 M'mutes