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needs. He was not sure what was done over the last 20 years had met those needs. He felt transit-oriented development (TOD) in the Hacienda Business Park makes sense environmentally and in affordability. Until this is looked at the City will not know what the community thinks about it, and he would like to see the developers bring the City a specific plan that shows a viable mixed use, livable, walk able community adjacent to the BART station. He indicated he was supportive of something up to 900 units to see what it would look like and felt it would be of great benefit and encouraged staff to do this as soon as possible. He felt the school district should also be included in discussions, said he has some significant concerns about transit-oriented development at the West Dublin BART Station because he did not believe it provides opportunity for mixed use livable communities and would be supportive of an idea for one specific plan for North Pleasanton that looks at both of those potential TOD locations to see what would make sense there. He indicated he was supportive of flexibility under the cap. Regarding assisted living, there has been discussion and analysis. He felt true assisted living units had not been counted against the cap and he was in favor of doing this here; however, they should be true assisted living in the calculation. He liked the Planning Commission's policy of the CLC that any units that are freed up are allocated to affordable housing and transit- oriented development; however, this would not imply any approval of these. He supported the new land use designations, mixed use and water management lands, cited the jobs housing balance and the need for commercial. Mayor Hosterman suggested putting a period after the word, "one acre or larger." She noted this was located in several places and confirmed staff could adjust this in those areas. Councilmember Sullivan asked for more of an explanation on the sentence, and asked that it be changed to, "consider drafting an ordinance...." or "evaluate drafting an ordinance..." because discussion on resident rights should occur and believes in the sustainability goals. He suggested they be listed up front as Goal number one. Mayor Hosterman queried the Council about moving the sustainability goal up to number one, and after brief discussion, everyone agreed. Councilmember Thorne said he struggled with the housing count unit for Staples Ranch because of impacts. At the time it made sense to him, but since that time he considered consistency and would be concerned that if the City went back and changed the way it did things in mid-stream, some unanticipated issues might arise. He said he would support it as long as the extra units were put towards affordable housing, whether they were TOD or something else. He said he did not support the 25% slope inclusion for determining the gross developable acres, did not like the "any type housing" verbiage in the general plan and he would have to see what the other land use designations look like first. On the issue of establishing a commission, he questioned what this entailed. City Manager Fialho said staff originally included "review and consider" consistent with Council priorities. Councilmember Thorne said he would want to keep it at "consider" and questioned whether it should be called a commission because he saw this as a tool to develop the City's environmental management system and they do not need to be part of the plan review process in a period of time the City is trying to reduce planning processing time. Mayor Hosterman said the commission is an additional program that states, "Establish an advisory commission to the City Council to provide recommendations and policy implementation regarding energy and environmental projects and priorities and to review the energy and environmental issues relevant to development proposals generally." She voiced concerns with this because the Planning Commission reviews all proposals that come before the Council. She said she has a great desire to see a brand new standing commission on energy and the City Council Minutes 12 August 21, 2007