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2015 Housing Element Annual Progress Report April 19, 2016 The City of Pleasanton is required to report annually to the State of California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) on the implementation of its General Plan Housing Element. HCD requires a report format that consists of five spreadsheets. These are included as Exhibit A of this report. Housing Element Implementation Highlights Key efforts towards implementing the Housing Element in 2015 are highlighted below: ® Building permits were issued for a total of 891 dwelling units. Two hundred and fifty - one (251) units are part of the Hacienda 2 — Essex project, formerly owned by BRE at the northwest corner of Gibraltar Drive and Hacienda Drive. Two hundred and ten (210) multi - family units and fifty -five (55) single family units are part of Township Square (Commons at Gateway) at 1600 Valley Avenue. Three hundred and forty -five (345) units are part of the Vintage Development project, formerly owned by Auf der Maur at the southeast corner of Bernal Avenue and Stanley Boulevard. An additional twenty -eight (28) permits were issued for various single - family homes throughout the City. Thirty - eight units (38) within Hacienda 2 and thirty -two (32) units within the multifamily portion of Township Square will be affordable to very low- and low- income households, approximately 15% of each development. s Planning approval was granted to modify the Summerhill development located at 5850 W. Las Positas Boulevard to change it from a 177 -unit apartment project to a 94 -unit condominium project. Approximately 10% or 10 of the total units will be affordable to very low- and low- income households and the applicant will pay the City's Lower Income Housing Fee (LIHF) of $122,452. Planning approval was granted to Ponderosa Homes, at Centerpointe Presbyterian Church site at 3410 Cornerstone Court, for 25 single - family homes. The City granted the applicant (as allowed by the IZO) approval to use 10 Inclusionary Unit Credits (IUCs) for the project. ® Consistent with Policy 10 and Program 30.2 within the Housing Element, the City completed a review of the City's Growth Management Program to be consistent with State law and create a more efficient process for implementing the program. This was approved by the City Council on February 17, 2015.