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Plan be completed by the second quarter of 2013. Letters were also received from Citizens for Caring Community and Kiewit (see Attachment 23). Most of the Planning Commission discussion focused on the list of sites for potential rezoning. The Commission debated the merits of including a buffer over and above the minimum number of units to meet the City's housing need, and the appropriate size of that buffer. Eliminating the Sheraton site (Site 2) and putting fewer units on the Auf Der Maur property (Site 8) were discussed, but were not supported by a majority. The vote was 4-1 with Chair Narum dissenting regarding the list of sites to be re-designated; while still supporting the Housing Element generally, she believed the Planning Commission should recommend the minimum amount of acreage needed to meet the City's housing need. The Planning Commission was unanimous in supporting the preparation of an East Pleasanton Specific Plan, starting in the first quarter of 2012 and concluding by the second quarter of 2013. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Housing Element is a policy document that consists of goals, policies and programs to guide the City and private and non-profit developers in providing housing for existing and future residents, and to address the housing needs of all economic segments of the community. Concurrent with the City's consideration of the updated Housing Element are proposed General Plan amendments, Specific Plan amendments and rezonings for up to 15 sites in Pleasanton to allow high density multifamily development. The Draft Housing Element retains many of the programs included in the 2003 Housing Element with adjustments and refinements where necessary. The Goals, Policies and Programs also address legislative mandates enacted since the 2003 Housing Element (related to the provision of emergency shelters, transitional and supportive housing, and housing for 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. To address HCD's comments (Attachment 4), staff has drafted a series of responses, including additional information, analysis and some proposed changes to the Goals, Policies and Programs. These are discussed under Response to HCD, below, and are shown in Attachment 8, Attachment 9, and Attachment 10. Also part of the project description for the SEIR was the City's Draft Climate Action Plan (CAP) which outlines goals, strategies and actions to reduce municipal and community- wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The City Council will be asked to take a formal action on this document at its February 7, 2012 meeting. SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT A Supplemental EIR (SEIR) augments an EIR prepared for an existing project to address any project changes or changed circumstances since the time the prior document was certified. In the case of changes to a previously approved project, as is the case here where the new Housing Element amends the Pleasanton General Plan, the purpose of an SEIR is to provide the additional analysis necessary to make the Page 5 of 12