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I. BACKGROUND In January 2012, the City Council approved the rezoning of nine sites throughout the City for high-density multifamily development in order to meet the City's Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) (Ordinance No. 2030). One of the approved sites, Site #9, is the CM Capital Properties site located at 5850 and 5758/5794 West Las Positas Boulevard. The zoning of Site #9 is Planned Unit Development — Mixed Use (PUD-MU) District. On September 4, 2012, the City Council adopted the Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines (hereafter referred to as "Standards and Guidelines") to guide development on the nine sites. The CM Capital Properties site consists of two parcels: a 5.9-acre parcel located at 5850 West Las Positas Boulevard and a 6.7-acre parcel located at 5758/5794 West Las Positas Boulevard. These two parcels are not required to be developed together. In 2013, Summerhill Housing Group (Summerhill) purchased the 5.9-acre parcel. In February 2014, the Planning Commission reviewed and recommended approval to the City Council a PUD development plan from Summerhill for the development of a 177-unit apartment project on the 5.9-acre site located at 5850 West Las Positas Boulevard. The project site has a density requirement of 30 dwelling units/acre, which results in 177 residential units on the 5.9-acre portion of Site #9. The 177-unit apartment proposal was subsequently reviewed and approved by the City Council on March, 18, 2014. A copy of the Planning Commission staff report for the apartment project is attached as Exhibit E. On January 2, 2015, the City Council approved a density reduction of the 6.7-acre site located at 5758/5794 West Las Positas from a minimum and maximum of 30 dwelling units/acre to a maximum of 12.5 dwelling units/acre. On March 6, 2015, Summerhill submitted an application for a 94-unit condominium development and related on-site improvements. The proposed 94-unit residential development also includes a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Major Modification to change the site's minimum and maximum design requirement of 30 dwelling units/acre to the proposed density of 15.9 dwelling units/acre; an amendment to the Housing Sites Development Standards and Design Guidelines to modify the density from a minimum and maximum of 30 dwelling units/acre to the proposed 15.9 dwelling units/acre, and an amendment to the previously approval Development Agreement (DA). The proposed applications are subject to review and approval by the City Council, following review and recommendation by the Housing Commission (regarding the affordable housing component of the project) and the Planning Commission. The Planning and Housing Commissions' recommendations on the proposed applications will be forwarded to the City Council for review and final decision. The proposed 94-unit condominium development, if approved, will replace the previously approved 177-unit apartment complex development. Summerhill Housing Group Planning Commission Page 2 of 28