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parcel and there has been discussion about possible changes, which is why it is before this body to see if there is any inclination to make changes to it. Mr. Brozosky asked if the property owner was interested in making changes or did staff bring this old information for Council and the Commission to think about the potential? Mr. Iserson said the latter. Mr. Brozosky felt if there is work going under the existing PUD and zoning, it would be wise not to change anything at this point. Cindy McGovern also referred to the Knuppe property and said she understood that this type of retirement hotel could be considered commercial and not be counted towards the housing cap. If the developer changes to medium density residential, then the units would count against the housing cap. She said it sounds like they are moving away from assisted living, and asked staff if that was what was happening? Ms. Stern said she was right about not counting assisted living units towards the housing cap and this is commercial zoned property. If it were changed to a residential designation, then the units would count towards the housing cap. Ms. McGovern said when considering zoning changes on anything other than rural density residential, it would be helpful to know the full range of density, including the highest number of allowed units, and not just the midpoint. She referred to some terms in the report she had not heard of before, such as wild lands overlay, and asked for clarification. Ms. Stern said there are other properties in the General Plan with that designation. These are lands identified as wild life corridors, valuable plant and wild life habitats, such as arroyos, the San Antonio Reservoir area, highly vegetated areas and other natural areas necessary to maintain significant populations of plant and animal species. It is an overlay designation which is additive to the underlying General Plan designation. Ms. McGovern wanted a broad perspective of the community and felt it would be helpful to have something showing what percentage of land is still in agricultural and grazing, wild land overlay, or public health and safety. She asked when is a piece of property designated as public health and safety? Ms. Stern said this is land set aside for the protection of the public health and safety due to geologic, topographic, fire or other hazards. This is un-developable land that does not have any density assigned to it. Ms. McGovern said in other words, there is something on that property that needs to be carefully considered when development is proposed. Regarding seismic hazards, landslides, etc. she clarified that there is some criteria within the Public Safety Element that talks about issues and how to deal with them on all pieces of land in Pleasanton. Ms. Stern referred to an extract of the General Plan, which referred to policies related to seismic safety, geologic hazards, etc. Generally it talks about the need to study these areas and to determine if there are active fault zones, their locations, and whether buildings should be set back a sufficient distance from the fault zones. It also talks about landslide areas and the Joint Workshop City Council/Planning Commission 4 03/01/06