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Figure 2: EPS Study Table of Assumed Density Table 10 Household Geawradon Rates by Employment Category Pleasanton Housing impact Fee,EP8 8181111 %of Wearies Sq,Ft.per Total WaANes Forming Total Households Households by Income Leval 141 Employment Worker(11 per 100k Sq.Ft. Households(2] per 100k Sq.Ft.(3,4( VII U-60 U-80 Median Moderate Above Mod HoteteJMptel 2.000 50 96 8% 29 0 18 6 2 t t Retail 440 227 899% 122 44 1 67 a 0 6 481aMght lydustriabR&0 400 250 96 8% 145 1 1 8 65 9 63 (1)See Appendix Table A-1 for sources on employment densities m Menne land uses 1218L data indicates that 3 2%ol workers are ago 16.19 at the U S.however.the average a higher in the real and resWmarts Industry EPS assumes that 101% of workers are age 16-19 based on Ore National Retail Federation dale This age group is assumed to not term deer own households due to a young age (3(Aastauss 1 67 employees per household based on the Census data for Pleasanton (4)Figures are rounded to nearest whole member Sources 81$.National Retail Federation US Census end EPS In turn, these employee rates are used to develop estimates of how many households, and by extension, housing units, would be needed to house these new workers; and translated into a total cost to produce needed affordable housing units. PMC Affordable Housing Fee Reduction Section 17.40.050 of the PMC states that: "The City Council may reduce the Affordable housing fee if the project developer can demonstrate 1) That the proposed use will generate substantially fewer workers than the uses which have established the fee; and 2) That the building design is unable to house another use without substantial renovation. Examples of such uses are public utility facilities, exclusive storage buildings, etc." The purpose of these provisions is to recognize that some projects may generate lower- than-typical numbers of employees than those assumed in the calculation of fee rates. And, in the event a fee reduction is approved, that there is a minimal risk the facility can be converted into a different, more intensive use. Previous Fee Reduction Approvals The City has approved reductions of the Affordable Housing Fee for past storage projects. Staff identified two past examples (in 1997 and 2002) of Affordable Housing Fee reduction requests that were reviewed and approved by the City Council, as described below in Table 1. Page 11 of18