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• Additional programs or strategic efforts to address homelessness in the community; • Review of the Lower Income Housing Fee and other City fees to ensure development addresses the demands it may create for affordable housing; • Policies or programs to address "affordability by design" and particularly to encourage more production of smaller, more affordable market rate units for the workforce and others; • Consideration of innovative, smaller-scale "missing middle" housing types that can integrate and provide housing opportunities in scale and character with Pleasanton's existing residential areas; • ADU streamlining, including pre-approved ADU Designs; • New funding sources towards low income housing programs; • Additional incentives or programs to encourage 100% affordable projects; • Evaluation of unique financing programs, such as Workforce Housing Program, run by the California Statewide Communities Development Authority (CSCDA), which supports local jurisdiction's acquisition and deed restriction of market-rate apartment projects; and • Review/update of the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZO) to ensure it appropriately delivers affordable housing in conjunction with new market-rate residential development. Staff expects that more in-depth policy discussions and decisions, leading to draft goals, policies, and programs will be presented back to the Housing Commission, Planning Commission and City Council in Spring 2022. Following this meeting, staff will provide the Planning Commission's recommendation to the City Council for its consideration in October. OTHER NEXT STEPS On September 21, staff will also be presenting the City Council with a final recommendation of the draft sites selection criteria which the Planning Commission reviewed on August 25 (verbal update to follow). Once the City Council makes a final recommendation on the sites selection criteria, staff and the consultant team will finalize the analysis of existing sites and solidify the estimated "gap" to be addressed with zoning of new sites. The Planning Commission will be presented with a draft of Appendix B - Sites Inventory and Methodology with a list of prospective sites to which the scoring criteria will be applied. Staff expects to return in October to present the results of that initial evaluation and list of prospective sites and then in November/December with a list of sites to be considered to be carried forward into the required California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis for the project. CONCLUSION Staff is recommending that the Commission review and provide a recommendation on the select sections of the draft Preliminary Report for the 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Housing Element Update as presented in Exhibit A, including any refinements or clarifications. In addition, staff is seeking the Planning Commission's input regarding other refinements or additions to the Housing Elements Goals, Policies and Programs list to be brought back at a later date for Housing Element Update Planning Commission 10 of 11 ics that it may wish to suggest should be studied or further evaluated as part of the Housing Element Update. These are areas or topics that have risen in interest or concern since the last Housing Element Update, or that have been mentioned in prior discussions with City Commissions and/or the City Council, for which consideration could be given in future policy discussions for new/modified goals, policies, or programs: Housing Element Update Planning Commission 9 of 11