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BACKGROUND
<br /> The preparation of an EPSP is called for in the City's General Plan and is identified as a
<br /> priority on the May 2014 City Council Work Plan. City staff and the EPSP Task Force
<br /> have been working on developing and refining the EPSP since the summer of 2012.
<br /> The EPSP Task Force originally agreed on a set of six working draft plan alternatives
<br /> that included a mix of open space, park, industrial, campus office, school, retail, and
<br /> high- and low-density residential land uses. The residential components of the six
<br /> alternatives ranged from 1,000 to 2,279 residential units. Council reviewed these
<br /> alternatives at a workshop in June 2013.
<br /> In 2014, while working on the Housing Element, City staff became aware that no future
<br /> rezoning in the EPSP area would be required to meet the City's 2015-2023 Regional
<br /> Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) obligation, and presented this information to City
<br /> Council. In March 2014, Council confirmed its decision to complete the planning
<br /> process but also directed staff and the Task Force to feel free to explore plan
<br /> alternatives that did not include zoning for high-density housing. At its meeting on
<br /> August 7, 2014, the Task Force voted to: (1) change the base plan to include
<br /> 1,300 residential units without any high-density housing, 1,636,000 square feet of
<br /> non-residential development, and 759 acres of open space (the previous base plan
<br /> contained 1,759 single- and multi-family residential units); (2) eliminate some of the
<br /> alternatives, including the 2,279-unit alternative; and (3) evaluate the following plan
<br /> alternatives in the EIR, as listed below:
<br /> 1. No project/no development;
<br /> 2. Development in accordance with existing City zoning within the Urban Growth
<br /> Boundary (UGB) and the County land use designation in unincorporated areas;
<br /> 3. 100,000 square feet of non-residential development and 1,084 acres of open
<br /> space (the Park option);
<br /> 4. 500 single-family residential units, 478,000 square feet of non-residential
<br /> development, 869 acres of open space, and extension of El Charro Road to the
<br /> north;
<br /> 5. 500 single-family residential units, 478,000 square feet of non-residential
<br /> development, 869 acres of open space, and no El Charro Road extension;
<br /> 6. 800 single-family residential units, 1,636,000 square feet of non-residential
<br /> development, and 759 acres of open space;
<br /> 7. 1,000 single-family residential units, 1,636,000 square feet of non-residential
<br /> development, and 759 acres of open space;
<br /> 8. 1,430 residential units (930 single-family and 500 multi-family residential units),
<br /> 1,636,000 square feet of non-residential development, and 759 acres of open
<br /> space; and
<br /> 9. 1,759 residential units (1,143 single-family and 616 multi-family residential
<br /> units), 1,636,000 square feet of non-residential development, and 759 acres of
<br /> open space.
<br /> Plans for each of the alternatives (with the exception of the No Project/No Development
<br /> alternative) are provided in Attachment 2.
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