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Vineyard Avenue or at Staples Ranch. She noted that Council is setting its priorities soon, and she requested that a priority be included to look at master planning the Lower Income Housing Fund so - - that Council has an understanding of how much funding is available and how it can be distributed to cover all age groups in this community for affordability. She would support "Option A" as set forth in the staff report with the idea of a commitment to affordable housing as it provides Council the flexibility to decide whether it is ownership property, rental property, percentage of affordability, or whether it is a project for all age groups, or limited to seniors. Mayor Hosterman supported the motion because "Option A' states that in this scenario, the City would advise Mr. Auf der Maur to sell the property and/or directly secure a developer with a commitment to affordable housing. Mr. Sullivan said he would support the motion without his proposed amendment. He would personally like to see any proposed project for this site increase the intensity of affordability. Mr. Fialho pointed out that Council would have flexibility when the project comes before Council to increase the intensity of affordability from a policy perspective through the use of Affordable Housing Funds. Ms. McGovern believed that the purpose of the City involvement with the Auf der Maur property was to address the issue of relocating residents of Kottinger Place senior apartments and potentially the residents of the adjacent Pleasanton Gardens development during the time that the project may be redeveloped. In talking to staff, it does not appear that this is a viable option. Mr. Bocian said if Council had an interest in pursuing this, staff would recommend Option B. - - The redevelopment of Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens is not a certainty at this point; it is a concept. The Task Force and residents that have been involved with this project have looked at the issue of relocating people in the event that Kottinger Place is either redeveloped or reconstructed. If the City had ownership of the Auf der Maur property, the City could control the development of it and try and coordinate this work at the same time as the redevelopment for Kottinger Place occurs. From staff's perspective, these types of decisions are not ready to be made and as a result, staff is not recommending Option B. If Council had an interest in securing the Auf der Maur property for this need, it would want to pursue Option B. Mr. Fialho pointed out that there are too many conflicts associated with moving residents from Kottinger Place and potentially Pleasanton Gardens on an interim basis and then moving the residents back to a new facility. He believed there are other preferable options to pursue. The roll call vote was taken aa follows: AYES: Councilrnembers - Brozosky, McGovern, Sullivan, and Mayor Hosterman NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Mr. Brozosky said he was not interest in marketing Inclusionary Unit Credits for a project that has not been identified. He noted that the Ponderosa Ranch project had been presented to Council and Council did not allow the project developer to sell the Inclusionary Unit Credits. He noted that the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance is in place, which has many options. Mr. Sullivan believed Council was saying that it would consider a proposal. He had no problem in making this a policy statement because Council still has full discretion in the matter and it Pieasanton City Council 8 04/05/05 Minutes