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DRAFT D. City has undertaken several actions to meet its Regional Housing Needs Allocation ( "RHNA "), to review and plan for the future constructive reuse of housing and retail uses on this 8.4 acre site, including, without limitation, the following: (1) CEQA Compliance. A Supplemental Environmental Impact Report was prepared and certified for the City of Pleasanton Housing Element and Climate Action Plan General Plan Amendment ( "Housing Element EIR ") and Rezonings on January 4, 2012. This recent Housing Element EIR anticipated that a high- density residential project of up to 420 residential units and up to 10,000 square feet of retail would be constructed on the Project Site. Upon receipt of Developer's project applications, City prepared and considered an Addendum to the Housing Element EIR and determined that: the Housing Element EIR fully analyzed all the impacts of the Project. (2) Planned Unit Development Modification. As described in Recital C above, following review and recommendation by the City Planning Commission and after a duly noticed public hearing and certification of the Housing Element EIR., the City Council, by Ordinance 2034, approved a major modification to the Planned Unit Development ( "PUD ") development plan for Hacienda (PUD- 81 -30) (the "PUD Modification "), which rezoned the 8.4 -acre portion of California Center to Planned Unit Development -High Density Residential (PUD -HDR) to allow for residential and retail uses. (3) Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines. On September 4, 2012, the City Council adopted the Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines ( "Design Guidelines ") to guide development on the rezoned sites, including the Project Site. (4) PUD Development Plan and Modification. Following review and recommendation by the City Planning Commission and after a duly noticed public hearing, preparation and consideration of an Addendum to the Housing Element EIR and adoption of the PUD Modification, the City Council, by Ordinance approved the PUD Development Plan and Modification (the "Project Design Review ") for those portions of California Center covering the 8.4 acre residential housing and retail site known as "The Residences at California Center ," office parking structure and surface parking, and related site improvements, as more particularly identified as the "Scope of Work" :in the attached DA Exhibit Bt and collectively referred to in this Agreement as the Project Site. (5) Growth Management Agreement. Following review and approval of the PUD Modification, the Design Guidelines and the Project Design Review, the City Council, by Resolution determined that it was in the best interests of the City to approve a Growth Management Agreement covering the Project Site (the "GMA ") and further determined that the City's obligations to meet its RHNA is best served if City issues the residential and retail building permits for the Project Site consistent with the GMA. (6) Affordable Housing Agreement. Following review and recommendation of the Housing Commission and after a duly noticed public hearing, the 2