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extremely low income persons), as well as provisions included in the Settlement Agreement in the matter of Urban Habitat v. City of Pleasanton as they relate to addressing special needs housing, housing for large families, facilitating development of housing by a non-profit developer and presenting an annual report regarding housing to the City Council. The approaches for addressing these topics as discussed by staff and the Housing Element Task Force are as follows: • Meeting the requirements for allowing emergency shelters "by right" and consideration of supportive housing and transitional housing as a housing land use: Goal 20, Policy 46 and Program 46.1 relate to the satisfaction of emergency shelter, supportive housing and transitional housing requirements of SB2, and commits the City to revising the zoning ordinance to address these requirements within one year of Housing Element adoption. • Addressing the Settlement Agreement— Resolution 10-390: The Housing Element Task Force reviewed the following draft programs (under Goal 19, Policy 45) addressing the requirements of the Settlement Agreement: o Identify the level of need for special needs housing, including housing for low income non-senior adults with disabilities,that is not being met in the community. (Program 45.1). o Consider utilizing the City's Lower Income Housing Fund to provide low interest loans to retrofit existing residential units for the purpose of developing very low and low income rental units with three bedrooms for large families. (Program 45.2). o The City will coordinate a workshop with non-profit developers and owners of sites to be rezoned to accommodate affordable housing at 30 units per acre for the purpose of facilitating discussion regarding potential opportunities, programs, financial support, etc. The City will utilize its lower Income Housing Fund to assist with the acquisition of a site, or other financial support, to assist with development of an affordable project with three bedroom units with families by a non-profit housing developer. (Program 45.3). o As part of the City's Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report approval, or other time deemed appropriate by the City Manager, the City Manager will present a report regarding the City's efforts to fulfill Resolution 10-390, the success of the efforts and the plan and proposals to attract well designed affordable housing for families with children in the future. (Program 45.4). Other amendments to the 2003 Housing Element Goals, Policies and Programs which have been made in Attachment 2 include: • Review and consider amending development requirements of the existing Second Unit Ordinance as they relate to parking and heights, and other requirements, to encourage the development of second units (Program 6.3); Page 4 of 9