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NEXT HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE Pleasanton will soon be starting work on the 5th update to its General Plan Housing Element. The latest draft schedule for this work shows adoption of the Housing Element due in December 2014 (see Attachment 2). The Housing Element update process will include a review of the City's available inventory of housing sites to determine if the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for the 2014-2022 planning period can be accommodated or if additional land needs to be rezoned to accommodate the housing need. The draft4 RHNA is as follows: Table 2: 2014 — 2022 Regional Housing Needs Assessment Income Category Draft Regional Housing Need Allocation (2014-2022) Very Low Income 713 Low Income 389 Moderate Income 405 Above Moderate Income 551 Total 2,058 The income distribution of the numbers is important because the City must have land zoned for higher density residential development (30 plus units per acre) to meet its obligation for very-low and low-income households. Therefore, the City must have approximately 37 acres of appropriately zoned land to meet its obligation to accommodate (713 + 389) 1,102 units affordable to low- and very-low income households. It cannot count sites that get approval during the 2007-2014 period. Sites anticipated to remain in the City's inventory for the 2014-2022 planning period include four of the nine sites recently rezoned as part of the Housing Element update, and the 12.4 acre Roche site (in Hacienda near the BART station). Higher density residential sites anticipated to be available in the 2014-2022 RHNA cycle could accommodate approximately 991 or more units. In addition, there is land zoned for lower density residential development that would accommodate approximately 270 units5, making a total of approximately 1,261 residential units that could be accommodated. The table below provides an estimate of the additional units and acreage of residentially-zoned land that will be needed to meet the City's 2014-2022 RHNA. How much of this housing should be planned in the East Pleasanton area will be a matter for discussion by the Task Force and City decision-makers. °According to the attached schedule, the Final RHNA should be issued on June 3, 2013 5 The 270 unit estimate includes: the Auf der Maur property on Bernal Avenue by Bonde Ranch (51 units); 98 medium density units on the Pleasanton Gateway site; 50 units on Lund Ranch II, tt0 units on Spotorno, and 10 units on Oak Grove; and other sites, such as lower density properties by Foothill Road (20 units estimated). The existing available site inventory for residential development is shown in Appendix B of the Housing Element Background Report, February 2012 (see: http://www.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/pdf/Appendix-B.pdf). Page 3 of 4