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2012 Housing Element Annual Progress Report March 5, 2013 Page 2 of 3 The City of Pleasanton is required to report annually to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) on the implementation of its General Plan Housing Element. HCD requires a report format that consists of six Excel spreadsheets. These are included as Exhibit A of this report. Housing Element Implementation Highlights Key efforts toward implementing the Housing Element in 2012 are highlighted below. • The Pleasanton General Plan Housing Element was adopted on February 13, 2012, and certified by HCD on October 29, 2012. ♦ Building permits were issued for 467 dwelling units. Of these 424 units are being constructed in a senior rental housing project which will also provide assisted living units. Fifteen percent of the total units (5% in each of the following income categories) will be affordable to very low-, low-, and moderate-income households. ♦ The City appropriated $8 million from the Lower Income Housing Fund to assist a major project to redevelop Kottinger Place and Pleasanton Gardens, two aging rental complexes that provide housing to extremely low income elderly. ♦ Planning approvals were awarded to two high density/mixed use project with a combined total of 506 rental apartments (BRE projects in Hacienda). Affordable housing agreements to designate 15% of the units (38 units in each project, or 76 total units) for rental by very low-income households. Proposal were received for four additional sites with a combined total of 1,028 potential future units. These sites are Carr America, Pleasanton Gateway, Auf Der Maur/Rickenbach, and Nearon. • The City's Growth Management Ordinance was amended to insure that it does not prevent the City from meeting its share of the regional housing need. The study is expected to be completed by mid-2013. ♦ The City circulated a Request for Proposal and selected a consultant to conduct a comprehensive nexus study to review and potentially update the City's Lower Income Housing Fee. ♦ The City maintained active support for a wide range of nonprofit organizations in 2012 and worked directly with Mid-Pen Housing and Habitat for Humanity on project-specific activities.