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Matthew Morrison StirPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Provided to the City Council October 1, 2013 After Distribution of Packet Pleasanton City Council Date 200 Old Bernal Avenue L� Pleasanton, CA 94566 Re: Item 5, Ordinance No. 2081 Dear City Council members. I encourage the council to reconsider Ordinance 2081 to either reject or modify the ordinance to allow the City more control over the total developable square footage in Hacienda Business Park and better understand how ever-increasing employment there might affect Pleasanton's accommodation of housing under future Regional Needs Housing Allocation(RHNA). When Hacienda Business Park was approved the majority of residents worked outside of Pleasanton and the business park was never intended to provide residential housing. Now the situation is the opposite, resulting in ajobs-housing balance of 2.1 jobs for every unit of housing. Ideally, housing should be available at prices, sizes, and locations suited to the workers who wish to live in Pleasanton. The Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS)requires regions in California to"... plan for future housing need and complementary land uses, which in turn must be supported by a transportation investment strategy, with a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light-duty trucks." (Final Regional Housing Need Plan for the San Francisco Bay Area: 2014-2022,Association of Bay Area Governments, adopted July 18, 2013) According to the Final Regional Housing Need Plan local jurisdictions can nominate Priority Development Areas(PDAs), neighborhoods near transit,as appropriate areas to concentrate future growth. In non-PDA areas the plan applies Fair Share Factors increasing the housing allocation as a result of past performance not providing very low and low income housing, having large employment in the area, and being in proximity to transit services. Each of these Fairness Factors applies to Pleasanton resulting in increased allocations. 1 of 2