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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA ORDINANCE NO. 1488 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE PT~ASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING CHAPTER 17.40, "LOWER INCOME HOUSING FEE", ESTABLISHING A HOUSING FEE IN LIEU OF CONSTRUCTING HOUSING FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS. RECITALS (Not to Be Codified) WHEREAS, the Housing Element of the General Plan includes goals, policies and implementation programs for the production of lower-income and moderate-income housing to meet the City's regional share of such housing; and WHEREAS, these programs include both inclusionary housing programs and other direct governmental programs designed to produce such housing; and WHEREAS, commercial, office and industrial (COI) development will generate new jobs occupied by lower-income and moderate-income workers; and WHEREAS, not all residential projects and COI projects are ~ suitable for providing inclusionary lower-income and moderate-income units within their project sites; and WHEREAS, to the extent the General Plan goals are not met through inclusionary housing programs, it is necessary to implement these goals through direct City-sponsored housing projects; and WHEREAS, because lower-income housing goals cannot be entirely met through inclusionary programs and market rate projects, it is necessary for City-sponsored projects to augment these other programs; and WHEREAS, although moderate-income housing goals appear achievable through inclusionary and market rate projects, certain types of desirable moderate-income housing may require assistance through governmental programs; and WHEREAS, the City has undertaken studies and otherwise has reviewed and considered all relevant information to 1