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Since the last extension to the DA was approved in 2018, the effects of COVID-19 have affected the overall retail and commercial development market. The applicant has indicated they need additional time to evaluate these changes in the retail climate, and how to best proceed with expansion of the shopping center to remain competitive and meet current market demands/trends that have evolved over the past several years and have most likely shifted again due to the pandemic. In the interim, the City has also embarked upon the Housing Element update process, with Stoneridge Shopping Center one of the potential sites under consideration for future re -zoning to allow additional housing. For these reasons, staff supports the requested DA extension. Staff believes the additional year allowed for by the extension would allow for planning efforts to progress and facilitate the applicant's participation in the process in order to secure the orderly development of the shopping center expansion, with greater opportunities to secure effective traffic management, cohesive and attractive site design, public and private improvements, and related economic benefits to the city. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION The Planning Commission held a public hearing on November 10, 2021, to review and provide a recommendation to the Council on the proposed extension of the DA (see Attachment 3). No public comment was received. The proposal was placed on the consent calendar and the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval to the City Council without any discussion. PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of this meeting was sent to property owners and tenants/occupants within 1,000 -feet of the site as shown in Attachment 4. At the time of report publication, staff has not received any public comments. Public comments received after publication of this report will be forwarded to the City Council. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT On January 4, 2012, the City Council certified a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) and adopted the CEQA Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Housing Element and Climate Action Plan General Plan Amendment and Rezonings Supplemental EIR. This SEIR was a supplement to the EIR prepared for the Pleasanton 2005-2025 General Plan which was certified in July 2009. The development contemplated in the DA is consistent with the development density that was evaluated and mitigated as part of these certified CEQA documents. In addition, the City adopted an Addendum dated April 19, 2019, in connection with the Stoneridge Mall Commercial Replacement and Expansion Project, File P18-0340, which concluded the project would not cause any unstudied impacts or impacts peculiar to the parcel. The proposed Fourth Amendment does not result in any effects on the environment that are peculiar to the property or project that were not addressed in these prior CEQA documents, or which substantial new information shows will be more significant than described in these prior CEQA documents. Therefore, no additional �1