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and jobslhousing balance, there could be developed a structure by which to consider the presentations of individual projects. James Paxson, 4473 Willow Road, Suite 105, responded to some concerns expressed about the workshop devoted to Hacienda Business Park. The intention of the business owners was not to present a specific plan nor alternatives at this point. Until there is direction from this body on what it envisions for the process and what it wants to see, the owners do not have much to present in terms of actual projects. What they do want to present is a good deal of background information on development alternatives. They have done a lot of background research and they want to present that information to the Council and Commission to help the body make informed decisions and to give direction about the types of projects that are desired in that area. Kevin Close, 871 Sycamore Road, wanted further definition of certain terms. With regard to the housing cap, he asked what is a housing unit and how many are left? It seems that response from staff will not come before the fourth meeting. He asked what is gross density. Is it all the acreage or density at the site of development? He also wanted circulation kept in mind when considering all these things. There were no other speakers. 4. NEXT STEPS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY COUNCIL OR COMMISSION Nelson Fialho suggested that the body reach consensus on the ten or so issues raised before setting further workshops. He also wanted discussion about condensing the schedule of workshops. Even though there are nine workshops, there are really only five after this one. The last three are for staff to present the draft element as a result of the discussions to that point, traffic modeling, and the last workshop would be to determine the preferred draft circulation element. Two of the workshops are for presentations regarding Hacienda and Staples. There are significant economic and residential considerations at a policy level that will directly impact the General Plan and should be reviewed before embarking on discussions of citywide land use issues. He acknowledged it seems overwhelming, but there is a purpose and staff would try to keep presentations and discussions as short as possible. Mr. Brozosky did not feel direction would be given to staff until all matters had been presented. He asked staff at which workshop would things be prioritized and directions given for them to start working on the draft land use element? Ms. Stern understood the desire to look at everything first and felt it would be about workshop #6 before directions could be given to staff for preparation of the draft plan. Mr. Brozosky referred to the need for prioritizing and felt it should be done in a way that least impacts the traffic in the city. He felt there was no problem with more people in the city, but with the congestion and traffic that comes with housing development. Joint Workshop City Council/Planning Commission 9 09/27/05