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5. Provide increased accessibility and affordability to the most vulnerable populations; and 6. Conserve water and decrease dependence on imported food stocks and their high transport costs. Building on Existing Efforts ABAG anticipates the SCS will build upon existing efforts in many Bay Area communities to encourage more focused and compact growth while recognizing the unique characteristics and differences of the region's many varied communities. FOCUS Priority Development Areas (PDAs) are locally- identified and regionally adopted infill development opportunity areas near transit. In 2007, the Pleasanton City Council approved a resolution authorizing submittal of an application to ABAG for designation of Hacienda Business Park as a PDA. ABAG approved Hacienda Business Park as a "potential PDA" making this area eligible for planning grants and technical assistance, but not capital infrastructure funds. In order to be eligible for such funding, ABAG and MTC believe that the City must adopt a plan for the geographic area consistent with the SCS. The PDAs provide a strong foundation upon which to structure the region's first Sustainable Communities Strategy. PDAs are only three percent of the region's land area. However, local governments have indicated that based upon existing plans, resources, and incentives the PDAs can collectively accommodate over fifty percent of the Bay Area's housing need through 2035. The current Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) allocates an average of $60 million a year to PDA incentive - related funding. Future RTPs, consistent with the SCS, will be structured to provide policies and funding that is supportive of PDAs and potentially other opportunity areas for sustainable development in the region. Process —SCS Scenarios The final SCS will be the product of an iterative process that includes a sequence of growth and supportive transportation scenarios. The SCS process started in March 2011 with the release of the Initial Vision Scenario, and will be followed by more detailed alternative vision scenarios (i.e., SCS scenarios) that refine the IVS. The alternative scenarios are anticipated to be released in July 2011. A final draft is anticipated to be released in early 2012. The alternative vision scenarios are anticipated to be different than the IVS in that they will take into account constraints, such as funding constraints for transit and road repair, that might limit development potential, and will identify the infrastructure and resources that can be identified and /or secured to support the scenario. Local jurisdictions can provide input, which will then be analyzed for the release of the ABAG and MTC's preferred scenario by the end of 2011. Page 3 of 7