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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS a. PGPA-17, City of Pleasanton Consider the Preliminary Draft Housing Element Submittal to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), including potential rezoning of sites for multi-family housing. Chair Narum presented the process to be followed for the consideration of PGPA-17: 1. Housing Element Goals, Policies, and Programs Presentation of the staff report Commission clarification questions Public hearing Commission discussion 2. Sites Presentation of staff report Commission clarification questions Public hearing Property owners/representatives General public Commission discussion 3. One motion and vote for the entire Draft Housing Element Janice Stern presented the staff report and indicated that staff will ask the Planning Commission to take an action to recommend approval of the Draft Housing Element (DHE) to the City Council prior to its submittal to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), the agency charged with reviewing DHE. She stated that the DHE consists of the Goals, Policies, and Programs; the list of housing sites; and the background report prepared by staff. She stated that the Planning Commission will see this Draft again prior to adoption of the Housing Element at the end of 2011. Ms. Stern then reviewed the Housing Element Update process for those Commissioners who were not directly involved in the Housing Element Update Task Force (HEUTF). She indicated that a number of community meetings have been completed, and she will be presenting a brief update of the community meeting held earlier this week; - has been done with the Housing Commission, the Planning Commission, and the City Council in April and early May; the document then went back to the HEUTF for its final recommendations on the Goals, Policies, and Programs as well as on the sites; last week, it went before the Housing Commission for its final recommendations; and tonight, it is coming before recommendation to go forward to the City Council, who will then review the Draft and give its approval for submission to HCD. Ms. Stern indicated that the Planning Commission is not taking any formal action on the DHE at this point because the Commission does not have the benefit of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) at this point, and formal action will be considered once the entire package returns to the Commission sometime in the October-November timeframe. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, June 22, 2011 Page 3 of 33