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BACKGROUND The subject application is a City-initiated amendment to the Pleasanton Municipal Code to promote commute alternatives and reduce average daily vehicle trips. This amendment is prescribed by both the Climate Action Plan (CAP), adopted February 7, 2012, and by the Circulation Element of the General Plan, as follows: Climate Action Plan Strategy TR1:Improve and increase transit ridership with incentives,partnerships and related investments Action TR1-6: Modify municipal code to require new residential developments within 1/2 mile of transit to offer discounted transit passes as part of HOA amenities. Strategy TDM2:Promote Alternatives to Work and School Commutes Action TDM2-7: Modify municipal code to require new and substantial developments within 1/4 mile of transit to provide transit passes or other transit use incentives for an interim period sufficient to establish transit use. ActionTDM2-10: Modify municipal codes to require dedicated parking spaces in new and modified developments for carpool, vanpool, alternative-fuel, and car-share vehicles. Circulation Element of the General Plan Goal 4:Provide a multi-modal transportation system which creates alternatives to the single-occupancy automobile. Policy 15: Reduce the total number of average daily traffic trips throughout the city. Policy 21: Support the use of alternative fuel vehicles. Program 21.1: Encourage the construction of infrastructure for and use of alternative fuel vehicles. The amendment, as shown in Exhibit A of Attachment 1, would result in modifications to the parking regulations and multi-family residential district regulations in Title 18, and the addition of a new chapter in Title 17. The transit incentive provisions described in this report were previously imposed on larger discretionary residential development projects on a case by case basis through the use of a condition of approval. DISCUSSION In Pleasanton, as in most cities, the transportation sector is identified as the dominant source of greenhouse gas emissions. According to the CAP, in 2005 on-road transportation accounted for 52.1 percent of the overall community emissions. To reduce this emissions source the CAP incorporates both land use and transportation measures that are designed to reduce vehicle miles traveled. This amendment implements the CAP by promoting alternative forms of transportation in two ways: 1) providing the transit incentive prescribed by TR1-6 and TDM2-7, and 2) requiring dedicated parking for alternative vehicles as prescribed by TDM2-10. Page 2 of 4