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BACKGROUND East Pleasanton Planning Area East Pleasanton is an approximately 1,100-acre area located generally east of Valley Avenue and Busch Road and north of Stanley Boulevard. Most of the plan area is owned by Zone 7 Water Agency (Lake I and Cope Lake, 589 acres). Other large portions of the plan area are owned by Pleasanton Gravel Company (Lake H, 108 acres), USL (approximately 330 acres), and Kiewit Infrastructure Company (approximately 50 acres). The large lakes within the plan area were created by former quarry operations. Mining on the land immediately adjacent to the City limits has ceased and remediation of several properties has been completed or is close to completion; mining on more easterly properties near the City of Livermore is ongoing. Existing land uses within the plan area include the Pleasanton Garbage Service (PGS) Transfer Station and Recycling Center, the City's Operations Service Center (OSC), some short-term materials and equipment storage on the Kiewit site, three former quarry lakes, and vacant land. A map of the planning area is included as Attachment 1. Prior Planning Efforts The East Pleasanton area has been the subject of planning consideration for many years. During the 1996 General Plan update the area was evaluated by the City, but since much of the land was actively being actively quarried and/or reclaimed, the City chose to defer land use planning to a later date when these operations would be completed and the area more suitable for development and conservation planning. Upon conclusion of the quarry operations in 1998, and with the need for comprehensive planning in the eastern portion of Pleasanton generated by the Ironwood residential development and Staples Ranch, the City scheduled a planning process for the East Pleasanton specific plan area. However, it was ultimately deferred to 2012, due to the desire to focus on more pressing planning matters, such as completion of the Bernal Specific Plan and a General Plan and Housing Element Update. In 2012, the City Council approved an overall project work plan and schedule and appointed a task force to guide and oversee the preparation of the EPSP. Over the course of the next two years, the Task Force worked with staff and a team of consultants to review technical analysis and formulate project alternatives. An underlying assumption of the planning process through 2013 and part of 2014 was that the City would need to re-zone sites to accommodate its Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA), including sites for high-density housing in East Pleasanton. However, by early 2014 it was determined that enough sites were already zoned to accommodate the City's RHNA obligation. In August 2014, the City Council directed staff and the Task Force to explore EPSP land use alternatives that did not include zoning for high-density housing. Following this direction, the Task Force voted to change the "Base Plan" evaluated in the draft specific plan to include 1,300 residential units (with no high-density housing), 1 .63 million square feet of non-residential development, 759 acres of open space, and an elementary school site. City Council confirmed the Base Plan in December 2014 Page 2 of 8