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Mr. Fialho commented that the Oak Grove project was farther along in the process, which is why staff devoted more attention to it. It was felt that could be a template for the other properties. Mr. Brozosky referred to the Hacienda project and asked if staff had seen any proposals it could use to develop traffic models? Mr. Iserson said staff had only been working with the developer in terms of land use assumptions for the properties and buildings in the area so they can take existing land uses and plug them into the model. Mr. Brozosky referred to the reserve concept and asked about the process for dipping into the reserve in the future? Would it be used for a project with great amenities or would it just be set aside until another General Plan update? Mr. Iserson said staff had not gotten to that point yet. The reserve is a concept suggested by Council as an option when allocating housing units during this process. The concept will be fine tuned as the update process goes along and various policies will have to be adopted in the Land Use Element. Mr. Brozosky asked if a certain number of units are assigned to a parcel and fewer than that are actually built, do the remainder units have to be assigned somewhere else in the city? Mr. Iserson said yes if they are identified in the Housing Element. In the normal approach in dealing with residential property, the designation has a range. As long as a development falls within that range, that is acceptable. Staff is using the midpoint of a range for planning purposes, so if the development is below the midpoint, then the units must be transferred somewhere else. Mr. Brozosky asked if the Hacienda development was allocated 800 units and the approved plan has only 600 units, then 200 units have to be transferred somewhere else? Mr. Iserson replied that needed a little more thought. The Hacienda property in question is not listed in the Housing Element. Staff would have to compare to see how the units in the existing parcels relate to what is approved in the specific plan and determine whether there is an excess that has to be transferred. Mr. Brozosky commented the General Plan has to be consistent among all the elements and asked if some adjustment to the Housing Element would be necessary after updating the Land Use and Circulation Elements, or would that be done some time in the future? Mr. Iserson commented that staff was hoping that at the conclusion of this update process that the General Plan would be totally consistent, including the Housing Element recently approved. The city would be adopting another Housing Element within a few years and that process has already started with the ABAG numbers. It is staff's goal to make certain the current General Plan update is consistent with the Housing Element recently adopted. Mr. Brozosky asked if it would make more sense to have a bigger reserve and not designate all the units. Perhaps assign a lower number of units to the BART station and Hacienda areas, but give the developers incentive that if they provide more affordable housing that they could have a higher number of units. Joint Workshop City CounciVPlanning Commission 16 04/25/06