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language that is legislative in nature and language which can be implemented by the City. She also wants more clarification as to property rights and suggested moving forward and discuss Item 21. 21. Received certification for the Initiative petition to "Save Pleasanton's Hills and Housing Cap" and directed staff to prepare a report on the effects of the Initiative measure City Attorney Roush said last year an Initiative Petition was submitted to the City and filed with the City Clerk. In April, the petition was turned in, and forwarded to the County Registrar of Voters, who confirmed the requisite number had been received, the City Clerk certified it, and now it is before Council for certification. Following this, there are three choices-1) to adopt the Initiative as submitted; 2) place the Initiative Petition on the November 2008 ballot; or 3) request a report on a number of matters which is to be returned to the Council in 30 days for consideration and decision to either adopt it as written or to submit the matter to the voters. The report can include any matters, but more specifically, it could talk about the Initiative's fiscal impacts, its effect on the internal consistency of the City's General Plan and its elements, its effect on land use, the impact of availability and location of housing, the ability to meet regional housing needs, impact for funding of infrastructure, impact on the community's ability to attract or retain business, the impact on uses of vacant parcels of land, its impact on agricultural land, open space, traffic, congestion, and any other matters the legislative body requests be in the report. Therefore, if the Council is not prepared to adopt or refer the matter to Election, staff would request direction in terms of what the report should provide, which can be brought back at the June 17 meeting. Councilmember Sullivan confirmed with the City Attorney that staff could take all questions and issues that had been raised from the public, staff, and the Council and provide analysis. He said he submitted questions regarding a housing cap and asked for them to be included in the study. The questions deal with the number of units that exist now and how the City has counted units in the past, such as second units and assisted living units. Vice Mayor Thorne asked how the Initiative defines a "housing unit" and what is its nexus to its impact on infrastructure and the school district. City Manager Fialho said this was on the list and there is ambiguity as to how the State defines it, said staff has worked on the U.S. Census who considers the City's assisted living facility as a "group living quarter" and not a "unit" and not the way the Initiative has defined a unit. He said the housing cap in the General Plan is vague and states units will be counted up to 29,000 residential. Vice Mayor Thorne said when the City looked at assisted living units for Staples Ranch, a formula was reviewed that drew a nexus between the number of units we were going to count under the cap and the recommended number we were going to count in the cap and its actual impact on the infrastructure and schools and other things. This is what he is looking for, and City Manager Fialho said staff will try to pull something together to address this. Councilmember Cook-Kallio said according to the Initiative, an extended stay hotel would count toward the housing count. City Manager Fialho said the issue is, how the Initiative changes the way staff goes about counting units. Today, the only exemption the City offers is second units, assisted living, and skilled nursing. Everything else is counted. City Council Minutes 11 May 20, 2008