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RESOLUTION NO.20-1195 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, AUTHORIZING A REDUCTION IN THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FEE FOR AN APPROVED SELF-STORAGE FACILITY ADDITION AT 3716 STANLEY BOULEVARD(P19-01281P19-0129) WHEREAS,the City of Pleasanton adopted its first Affordable Housing Fee in the late 1970s and it was most recently amended in 2018;and WHEREAS, the purpose of the Fee is to assist the City in meeting the affordable and moderate-income housing goals as established in the General Plan;and WHEREAS, the basis for the current fee was determined by the Nonresidential Development Housing Linkage Fee Nexus Study prepared by Economic& Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS) which assumes new office/light industrial/R&D buildings (such as self-storage facilities)will generate one employee per 400-square;and WHEREAS, the current Affordable Housing Fee is $13.02 per square-foot for new industrial square-footage and is adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index.The fee is due at time of building permit issuance and is not locked in at time of Planning entitlements; and WHEREAS,on October 28, 2020 the Planning Commission approved an addition to an existing self-storage facility at 3716 Stanley Blvd. which resulted in an increase of 165,756 square-feet (900 square-feet office and 164,856 storage) for application P19-0128 and P19- 0129;and WHEREAS,the approval of the project was reviewed by the City Council on December 1,2020;and WHEREAS, based on the Nexus Study, the storage facility would generate 414 employees but the Public Storage project will only generate 5 employees (1.2-percent of that assumed by the Nexus Study);and WHEREAS, On November 11, 2020 the City received a request from the applicant for P19-0128 and P19-0129 to reduce the Affordable Housing Fee by 98.8-percent;and WHEREAS, the Pleasanton Municipal Code Section 17.40.050 states that the City Council may reduce the required Affordable Housing Fee if it can be determined that the use will generate fewer workers than the uses which have established the fee and that the building design is unable to house another use without substantial renovation;and WHEREAS,the approved self-storage facility meets the criteria stated in PMC Section 17.040,050;and WHEREAS,at its meeting of December 15,2020,the City Council reviewed the request for a reduction of the Affordable Housing Fee for the self-storage facility project(P19-0128/P19- 0129), including the applicant's request and alternative options developed by staff to reduce the amount of the fee.