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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction This Addendum was prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines (Article 11, Sections 15162 and 15164). The City of Pleasanton certified the Housing Element and Climate Action Plan General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR (SCH No. 2011052002) on January 4, 2012. This document is referred to as the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR, or the Supplemental EIR, in this Addendum. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) allocates regional housing needs numbers to regional councils of govemments throughout the State. For areas with no council of govemments, HCD determines housing market areas and defines the regional housing need for cities and counties in these areas. HCD assigned the Bay Area a Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 1,857,990 for the 2014 -2022 planning period. The Association of Bay Area Govemments (AMC) then further defined the RHNA to distribute the region's share of the Statewide need to the cities and counties in the Bay Area region. For the 2015 -2023 Housing Element update, the City of Pleasanton is allocated an RHNA of 2,067 units, with allocations for specific income groups. The City of Pleasanton 2015 -2023 Housing Element is designed to address the projected housing needs of current and future city residents and to comply with State law requiring amendment of the Housing Element every five or eight years, depending on jurisdiction (California Government Code Sections 65580 - 65589.8). The proposed Housing Element is the City's policy document guiding the provision of housing to meet future needs for all economic segments of Pleasanton, including housing affordable to lower- income households. The analysis provided in this Addendum (see Section 3.0 for the technical analysis) provides substantial evidence supporting the City's determination that the proposed Housing Element does not meet the criteria for preparing a subsequent or supplemental EIR under CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and is consistent with the provisions of CEQA Guidelines Section 15164. 1.2 Organization and Scope SECTION 1.0- INTRODUCTION Section 1.0 provides an introduction and overview describing the intended use of the EIR Addendum. SECTION 2.0 - PROJECT DESCRIPTION This section provides a detailed description of the proposed Housing Element. SECTION 3.0- ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Section 3.0 provides substantial evidence to support that none of the circumstances set forth in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 would result from adoption of the proposed Housing Element. CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 and the Addendum's consistency with these guidelines are addressed. City of Pleasanton August 2014 Housing Element Addendum to the General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR 1.0 -1