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<br />Mr. Brozosky commented that people coming into the facility have to be in <br />reasonable health with no major problems. <br /> <br />Mr. Ashenbrenner said that is true, but the project must be prepared to handle <br />their needs when they are not independent and that is unlike any other housing he <br />knows of. <br /> <br />Mr. Brozosky asked if in his other facilities, people moved from the community <br />into his facility or did they move in from all over outside the community. <br /> <br />Mr. Ashenbrenner said 70% of the residents come from within 15-30 miles of the <br />facility. About 20% of the residents come to live near their children. He believed that <br />would occur in the Pleasanton facility. <br /> <br />Ms. McGovern referred to pictures for the proposed facility showing very active <br />seniors and did not want the community to think this was not a fun place to be. It is not <br />a place to go to end your life. <br /> <br />Mr. Ashenbrenner agreed it was a quality place to live independently. He said <br />people live better and longer in communities like this. <br /> <br />Ms. McGovern strongly supported having a facility like this Pleasanton. If fulfills <br />a need. <br /> <br />Mr. Brozosky asked how this facility compared to a community like Rossmoor? <br /> <br />Mr. Ashenbrenner said the senior age group has become a large continuum. <br />Rossmoor is for those 55 and older, mostly from 55-75. Those residents live there for <br />activities, not for health care or for food. They want to own their own property and have <br />all the responsibility of ownership. All that property falls under the purview of the <br />Department of Real Estate or the landlord/tenant common law of the state. In a <br />continuing care retirement community, that is for people who are older. Under the law, <br />they must be at least 60 years old. Under the laws for providing food, the people are 62 <br />and older. These people are very different - they don't want to own property or <br />shouldn't own property and the principal reason to come to the facility is not for the <br />property, but for the services, activities, amenities and insurance protection so that if <br />either spouse becomes ill, that the costs are all covered. He commented that <br />communities like Rossmoor generally are feeders to communities like the one proposed <br />for Staples Ranch. <br /> <br />Mr. Brozosky referred to the comment that residents are in Mr. Ashenbrenner's <br />facility for 12-15 years and asked how many years they live independently before <br />moving into assisted living? <br /> <br />Pleasanton City Council <br />Special Meeting <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />11/29/05 <br />