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THE CITY OF - 7 PL£ASf4NTONe CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT January 6, 2015 Community Development Planning Division TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING: P14-0440 AND 114-1309 - CONSIDER A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT WITH ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION; AND A ZONE CHANGE FOR 5758 AND 5794 WEST LAS POSITAS BLVD. (CM CAPITAL 2 SITE) TO CHANGE THE DENSITY FROM A MINIMUM OF 30 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PER ACRE TO A MAXIMUM OF 12.5 UNITS PER ACRE SUMMARY Over the past twelve months, the City of Pleasanton has been preparing an updated Housing Element of the General Plan, which is a State-mandated plan for meeting the City's current and future housing needs for households of all income levels. In order to demonstrate sufficient housing capacity, the Housing Element includes an updated site inventory of parcels within the City that could be developed with housing to meet the assigned Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) goals for the next eight years. No new residential zoning is being proposed as part of the update. The City Council is being asked to consider a zone change for the CM Capital 2 site to change the density from a minimum of 30 units per acre to a maximum of 12.5 units per acre concurrently with adoption of the updated 2015-2023 Housing Element and associated environmental documentation. On November 20, 2014, the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) approved the draft Housing Element. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION On December 10, 2014, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council authorize adoption of the 2015-2023 Housing Element with associated environmental documentation and zone change of the CM Capital 2 site. RECOMMENDATION 1. Find that the previously prepared Supplemental Environment Impact Report (SEIR), including the adopted California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations and the Addendum to the SEIR, conforms to CEQA. 2. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 1) approving a General Plan Amendment to replace the 2007-2014 Housing Element of the General Plan adopted on February 13, 2012 and amended thereafter, with the updated Housing Element for the 2015-2023 planning period.