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ATTACHMENT 1 Housing Element RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, APPROVING THE CITY-INITIATED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ADOPT AN UPDATED HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE 2015-2023 PLANNING PERIOD, AS FILED UNDER CASE P14-0440 WHEREAS, over the last 12 months, the City of Pleasanton has been preparing an updated Housing Element of the General Plan; and WHEREAS, at its meeting on September 2, 2014, the City Council authorized staff to submit a Draft Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), and HCD provided comments on the Draft Housing Element to the City of Pleasanton in a letter dated November 20, 2014; and WHEREAS, staff has responded to HCD's comments, as appropriate, in the revised Draft Housing Element document and the City Council finds the Housing Element as now drafted is consistent with the requirements of State housing element law; and WHEREAS, on December 10, 2014, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the updated Housing Element and made recommendations to the City Council; and WHEREAS, a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) was prepared for this project, and a resolution certifying the SEIR as complete and adequate in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act was adopted by the City Council on January 4, 2012; and WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held on January 6, 2015 with respect to this General Plan Amendment, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1. Determines that the conditions described in California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162 have not occurred and finds that the previously prepared Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR), including the adopted CEQA Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations in City Council Resolution 12-492, and the Addendum to the SEIR for the Project are adequate to serve as the environmental documentation for the Project and satisfy all the requirements of CEQA. SECTION 2. The City-initiated General Plan Amendment to adopt the updated Housing Element of the General Plan, as shown in Exhibit A, attached hereto and made part of this resolution by reference, and thereby superseding and replacing the Housing Element adopted on February 13, 2012 and amended thereafter, is hereby approved.