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Councilmember Hosterman said she has previously expressed her thoughts on how the <br /> fair share numbers had been determined. The analysis used did not take into <br /> consideration a number of other issues she felt were of importance. She will be asking at <br /> the next ABAG meeting how ABAG arrived at the numbers. <br />Councilmember Ayala said she agreed completely and the ABAG numbers were <br />inaccurate. <br /> <br />Mayor Pico said the main issue for the meeting was to designate to staff whether or not to <br />initiate a change to the Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and to designate, for study <br />purposes, potential high density housing sites in the General Plan. <br /> <br />Councilmember Brozosky is concerned about how the City can be in compliance with the <br />circulation element and at the same time be looking at more housing. <br /> <br />Mr. Swift said that is what will be studied. The existing approved land uses will <br />determine what is necessary for the street network system. There may be a need for a <br />policy change to make the process work. Any time the land use is changed there will be <br />different results. It is easy to reduce traffic congestion by changing already designated <br />office/commerciai/land uses with housing, if the housing is the right type, with the right <br />characteristics in terms of its density and demographics. Any time a planned office is <br />replaced with a type of housing, it greatly reduces the number of traffic trips that is <br />currently projected from that site. Switching from office/industrial to housing is a <br />balance that has to take place in terms of not just worker trips but with the average daily <br />traffic and school impacts. Designating additional high-density residential sites is not <br />somehow contrary to achieving the kind of adequate level of service throughout the <br />whole General Plan. <br /> <br />Councilmember Brozosky asked how many more homes are approved that are not yet <br />built. <br /> <br />Mr. Swift said it is less than 1,000 homes. <br /> <br />Councilmember Brozosky asked if this would allow us to be in compliance. <br /> <br />Mr. Swift said that model had not yet been done and it will be the first thing that will be <br />done. If the approved housing were developed and put onto the existing street network <br />that exists, there are lots of intersections that would not meet the City's standard. That <br />does not include potential streets that could be added or does not include other types of <br />improvements that can be made to many of intersections that potentially could bring them <br />into level of service "D" or better. If office/commercial/industrial development causes <br />workers coming into town in the peak hour where the projected delays are highest, these <br />developments could be replaced with a residential unit that has traffic distribution that is <br />just the opposite. This change, however, can impact the school traffic patterns. <br /> <br />Minutes of the 2 06.29.04 <br />Joint Workshop <br />City Council & Planning Commission <br /> <br /> <br />