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Ms. Pearce asked if staff had found any other places like Staples Ranch where fees had been broken down in terms of looking at affordability? Mr. Iserson said staff had not found any other place with a similar model. Staff would continue to work with the developer to find a way to isolate the housing cost from the service cost to figure how to make certain units affordable to low income residents. Mr. Arkin asked if Ridge View Commons was counted against the housing cap? Mr. Iserson said yes because those units are not traditional assisted living units. They are independent living units. The communal dining is not part of the cost of the living units and is operated by an outside source. Mr. Arkin felt Ridge View looked like what is proposed for Staples Ranch and should not be counted toward the housing cap. Ms. Fox agreed with the staff recommendation to include the 65 units in the housing cap. She also supported the rationale for not including the assisted living and skilled nursing facility units. With regard to the other issues of jobslhousing balance and growth management goals, she felt the remaining residential units should be the best fit for the work force. Some of this should occur in the market rather than setting a list of housing types in each development. She felt the economic issues should take precedence with regard to the jobs/housing balance rather than government trying to regulate the process. However, we should keep in mind there is a requirement for affordable units in the city as well as special needs housing. The city should not overly engineer how the remaining units are divided among the needs. Ms. Maas concurred with Ms. Fox's comments. Mr. Arkin believed the apartments for Staples should be counted the same way as Ridge View Commons. Regarding growth management, he felt the process needed to be updated. He felt there was very little value in going through that and there was no benefit to the community. Some abbreviated process may make sense or doing it every couple of years. He suggested adding a new category for green built homes to the existing ones for regular and affordable units. Regarding the jobs/housing balance, unless there is insurance that people live and work in the same city, trying to keep track of that does not make much sense to him. He felt what made more sense was to encourage the remaining units be designed to be more balanced in terms of impacts on existing residents, schools, and traffic. Ms. Hosterman noted the staff report lists other ways of addressing the jobs/housing balance. She asked Mr. Arkin if he supported focusing on those other bullet points. If so, staff could be directed to address other land use and circulation policies to support those concepts. Joint Workshop City Council/Planning Commission 11 11/29/05