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AGREEMENT REGARDING FEBRUARY 15, 2012 LETTER Attachment 1 This Agreement Regarding February 15, 2012 Meet and Confer Letter is entered into by and among Plaintiffs URBAN HABITAT PROGRAM and SANDRA DE GREGORIO, and Defendants CITY OF PLEASANTON and CITY COUNCIL OF PLEASANTON. 1. RECITALS 1.1 On or about October 17, 2006, Plaintiffs Urban Habitat Program and Sandra De Gregorio filed an action in Alameda Superior Court known as Urban Habitat Program, et al. v. City of Pleasanton, et al., Case No. RG 06 293831 ("Urban Habitat Litigation"). 1.2 In August 2010, the Parties formalized their resolution of the disputed claims and fully settled and resolved the merits of the Urban Habitat Litigation by entering into a Settlement Agreement, which was incorporated into the judgment of the Court, entered on August 19, 2010. 1.3 On February 13, 2012, the City adopted its updated Housing Element. 1.4 On February 15, 2012, Plaintiffs sent the City a meet and confer letter pursuant to Section 12.3 of the Settlement Agreement asserting that the City had failed to timely complete the re-zoning required under Section 6.6 of the Settlement Agreement, and had violated Sections 5.1 and 6.5 and Exhibit C by virtue of the inclusion of certain language in Policy 37 of the adopted Housing Element. Plaintiffs asserted that, absent a prompt negotiated resolution of these issues, they would seek a Court order (a) enforcing those terms of the Settlement Agreement, (b) re-imposing its injunction on the City's authority to issue land-use permits and approvals, and (c) awarding of further attorneys' fees covering the period since August 2012. 1.5 The City disputes the assertions in Plaintiffs' meet and confer letter. 1.6 The Plaintiffs and the City desire to fully settle and resolve the merits of the issues asserted in Plaintiffs' February 15 meet and confer letter, without further litigation, on the terms set forth herein. 2. AGREEMENT The above Recitals are incorporated herein by reference. 2.1 No later than July 18, 2012, the City Council shall amend the Pleasanton General Plan's Housing Element as set forth below, without making any other substantive changes to the Element: 2.1.1 Amending the Housing Element's Program 9.7 so that it reads in its entirety: