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ATTACHMENT 1 RESOLUTION NO. 12- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, APPROVING THE CITY-INITIATED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADOPT AN UPDATED HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE 2007-2014 PLANNING PERIOD, AS FILED UNDER CASE PGPA-17 WHEREAS, over the last 15 months, the City of Pleasanton has been preparing an updated Housing Element of the General Plan; and WHEREAS, an 11-member Housing Element Task Force was formed in October 2010, and after nine Task Force meetings, four community workshops, input from housing experts, and extensive community input, the Task Force recommended a Draft Housing Element to the City Council on June 1, 2011; and, WHEREAS, at its meeting on July 19, 2011, the City Council authorized staff to submit a Draft Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), and HCD provided comments on the Draft Housing Element to the City of Pleasanton in a letter dated October 14, 2011; and, WHEREAS, staff has responded to HCD's comments, as appropriate, in the revised Draft Housing Element document and the City Council finds the Housing Element as now drafted is consistent with the requirements of State housing element law; and, WHEREAS, on December 14, 2011, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the updated Housing Element and made recommendations to the City Council; and WHEREAS, a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) was prepared for this project, and a resolution certifying the SEIR as complete and adequate in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act was adopted by the City Council on January 4, 2012; and WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held on February 13, 2012 with respect to this General Plan Amendment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. The City-initiated General Plan Amendment to adopt the updated Housing Element of the General Plan, as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made part of this resolution by reference, and thereby superseding and replacing the Housing Element adopted on April 15, 2003, is hereby approved. SECTION 2. The City Council determines that this is one of the four times in 2012 that the Housing Element of the General Plan may be amended as provided in Government Code Section 65358. SECTION 3. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.