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ATTACHMENT 3 THE CITY OF Planning Commission Staff Report 2:101 p pLEASANTON® May9, 2012 Item 5.b. SUBJECT: P12-0754 APPLICANT: City of Pleasanton PURPOSE: Public hearing to recommend approval to the City Council of an amendment to the City of Pleasanton General Plan Housing Element to amend Program 9.7 and Policy 37 (as shown in Exhibit A), which program and policy apply City-wide. EXHIBITS: A. Amendment to the Housing Element Goals, Policies and Programs B. May 1 , 2012 City Council Agenda Report and Attached Agreement and February 15, 2012 letter from Public Advocates BACKGROUND On February 13, 2012, the City Council adopted an updated Housing Element. As noted in the attached City Council agenda report, Urban Habitat, one of the Plaintiffs in the Urban Habitat et al, v. City of Pleasanton litigation, sent a letter dated February 15, 2012, requesting that the parties meet and confer regarding the City's obligations under the Settlement Agreement approved by the City Council in August 2010. The parties have met over the last few months and have tentatively reached an agreement, the terms of which are outlined in the attachment to the City Council agenda report (Exhibit B). The agreement involves the modification of Program 9.7 and Policy 37 of the recently adopted Housing Element of the General Plan. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The changes to the 2012 Housing Element being proposed are as follows: Program 9.7: Adopt Development Standards and Design Guidelines to facilitate the development of high quality multifamily housing and to create more certainty for residential development on Sites 25 through 33 in Appendix B Housing Sites Inventory. These standards are intended to be substantially similar to those developed for the Hacienda TOD (sites 22, 23 and 24) and would at a minimum include affordability consistent with the City's inclusionary Zoning Ordinance and Case No. P12-0754, City of Pleasanton Planning Commission Page 1 of 2