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Mr. Iserson said no number was set, but there was 22 acres of medium density residential approved. The idea of senior housing was discussed, but nothing was cast in concrete. Ms. McGovern asked about this because she was concerned about the transfer of density. She did not want to see a specific number of units assigned to this property. issue. Mr. Iserson said that site is not included in the Housing Element, so it does not have that Mr. Brozosky clarified that if the site is not used for a school, it is designated as medium density residential, senior only. The 114 units is the midpoint for medium density, but no specific number of units was set. Trish Maas said there are five locations in town available for residential units: Stoneridge, Hacienda, Staples Ranch, East Side, and Valley Trails. Of those five, she asked which already have a specific plan or master plan? Mr. Iserson said there is a plan for Hacienda and Staples Ranch. Ms. Maas felt it was possible to be overwhelmed in trying to plan every site. She felt emphasis should be on "general" plan. When a plan comes forward, then people can become more specific in the planning of a site with traffic models, etc. Mr. Iserson said traffic is also considered at the General Plan level, but as one gets to specific project levels, then more detailed traffic analyses are done. At the General Plan level, consideration is given to possible land uses and possible traffic impacts, knowing that further analysis will be done later at the project stage. At this meeting, staff is looking for input on the general proposals. Staff would present further options later. Mr. Blank did not want to create unintended entitlements as part of the General Plan update. Mr. Arkin asked for further clarification of the draft circulation model and what assumptions are included. He also asked if any proposed addition of home sites would be added to that model? Mr. Iserson responded that after the various workshops on traffic circulation were held, Option B was selected by Council, which included intersection improvements, some street widening and extensions, not including Stoneridge Drive and the West Las Positas interchange. Regarding the east side of town, one of the key extensions was EI Charro Road from 1-580 to Stanley and the interactions to Busch. After land use options are determined from these workshops, then new traffic models would be run to determine impacts. The first workshop that returns to traffic would take a closer look at some of the proposed extensions, widenings, etc. Mr. Arkin asked if he could assume that when that stage is reached, staff would take the current state of the city, plus what is already approved and then consider one at a time the Hacienda, Staples Ranch and east side proposals to evaluate the impacts. Mr. Iserson said staff would come back with two to four alternative land use scenarios and run the traffic models against them based on the Option B circulation plan. Joint Workshop City CounciVPlanning Commission 6 01/24/06