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Ms. Roberts referred to the Hansen/Kaiser site, which is 73 acres, and asked about the 35 acres designated as potential high density residential. She asked if that included the 20 acres for the school district. Mr. Iserson indicated that is the east part of the Hansen property where EI Charro would be extended. Staff had reviewed that area and felt there was a possibility for residential development since it was farther away from other impacted uses. He agreed with Ms. Roberts that it was across from Cope Lake. Trish Maas referred to #44 on the map near the Kaiser Hospital site and indicated the Planning Commission had felt it would be a good location for senior housing. That does not appear to be part of the discussions now and she wondered why. Ms. Stern said staff had heard that Kaiser was no longer interested in that. Staff is rechecking with all property owners to determine their current interests in development. Mr. Blank referred to the proposal to get community input at the end of this process. He felt by that time a lot of effort would have been put into creating the plans and the community input could indicated a desired change that would cause the process to start all over again. He preferred that staff insure community out reach for each of the Tuesday sessions so that there can be community input as the process goes along. Mr. Iserson indicated notices will be put in all the newspapers. He said all the input given at prior meetings would be the basis for the recommendations being presented. As this plan is refined, the community will be part of the process. He clarified that the Hansen site referred to by Ms. Roberts was farther down Stanley and not by Cope Lake. He noted there were four workshops in late 2003 and early 2004 to discuss potential land uses and to provide background information for issues in various parts of town as well as potentials for change. Neighborhood meetings were held in various parts of town to allow the residents to present their comments. Ann Fox referred to the map and felt it would be helpful for all the roads that are considered for widening to be shown in red. When she looked at some of the land uses that are to be discussed and considered the draft circulation element recently decided upon, she did not see how those came together. For instance, widening Old Santa Rita Road to three lanes from Rosewood to Santa Rita. She did not see how the vacant land left for development and actual proposed use would entail requiring Old Santa Rita Road to be widened to three lanes. She referred to the schedule of proposed workshops and their topics and suggested combining some of the topics into one workshop, such as putting Hacienda Business Park and Staples Ranch together in order to streamline the process. She wanted to review land use in conjunction with the circulation element. Mr. Iserson acknowledged the traffic piece fitting in with land use is a point well taken. However, staff felt it was better to discuss what is the best land use for a specific area first, then to perform traffic models to see the impacts of the land use. Adjustments could be made at that point. He also noted that staff wanted to streamline the process, but each of the topics Joint Workshop City Council/Planning Commission 2 09/27/05