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Bocian said the Task Force looked at a number of options; one was having a development, half or a portion of it on the Pleasanton Garden site, another portion would be on the Kottinger site, and the fundamental problem with that is that it is costly to build, and it does not develop the sense of community the Task Force has been interested in trying to develop. The Task Force and staff discussed the joint management as well. Regarding what happens to the Pleasanton Garden site, they have not explored this yet. Pleasanton Gardens has indicated they are willing to work cooperatively with the City towards the disposition of that site. Their focus so far is whether they can get a project that can be funded and works. Their sense is that they can and next steps would be to discuss this. Once the Task Force and staff looked at the benefits of working with Pleasanton Gardens, they believed they should partner. Councilmember McGovern questioned whether there was cost analysis and benefit to tearing out the units and rebuilding them, as there are a number of houses built in the 1970's which are not completely rebuilt. She said she visits the park a lot, has gotten to know some of the people who live there, their lifestyle is definitely a community, they have gardens, landscape, tranquility, they do not have two- and three-story buildings, and she has some real concerns about what this will do to seniors. She questioned if the seniors know this is being discussed or have they been surveyed, and Mr. Bocian said they do know about it, they have not been surveyed and one of the Task Force's issues is whether this could work at all and they believe it could, but the question is what impact does this have. Therefore, they anticipate discussing this much more with residents. Councilmember McGovern said she could see looking at developing Regalia House as acreage and looking at two stories there and then trying to do whatever it means to bring up safety standards. City Manager Fialho said through the pro forma, the Council can analyze different scenarios, starting with the 150 units with or without cooperation from Pleasanton Gardens, look at other options, atwo-story product, a remodel of the existing housing rather than doing anything else, but the pro forma will be the guide as to what the best land use plan is, which is part of the $35,000 cost. Mr. Bocian said this site plan is not the only process the Task Force went through. Early on, an entire book was prepared as part of the work, it analyzed renovation, various densities, locations, site plans, and it was through this that they got to the presented conceptual plan. Councilmember Cook-Kallio asked how much the relocation necessity has to do with the way the site plan was developed, and Mr. Bocian said quite a bit because by utilizing the Regalia area, they think a portion of the development could be constructed so as to move residents from the Kottinger site to there so there would be no temporary relocation. Also, the potential is to move residents from Kottinger Cottages over to Pleasanton Gardens if there are vacancies, but that aspect is very important because one of the goals of the Task Force is to minimize any impact of the relocation. Mayor Hosterman invited public comment. Patricia Donohue-Carey said she has restored a 150 year old house, has followed the Kottinger Park issue and questioned how it would eventually impact the Pleasanton Gardens site and voiced concern about the space between the two-story building proposed in the current project in the northwestern corner of the plot and how that will impact privacy for the adjacent homes. The mass and height considerations were elevations from the street but not from the