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BACKGROUND On December 17, 2021, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) published the Final Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) report, which confirmed Pleasanton's 6th Cycle RHNA at 5,965 units, including 2,758 Lower -Income, 894 Moderate Income, and 2,313 Above -Moderate Income units. This final RHNA remains unchanged from the draft RHNA provided to the City in May 2021. Based on an analysis of existing residential zoning capacity (including sites "carried over" from the current Housing Element and other properties with residential or mixed-use zoning), as well as pipeline projects (entitled but not yet built), there is a need to identify new sites sufficient to accommodate approximately 3,143 additional housing units within all of the affordability categories. A complete analysis of the existing residential zoning capacity can be found in the November 10 Planning Commission agenda report included in Attachment 1. New sites must be identified through a detailed, parcel -specific inventory that will be evaluated by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) during its required review of the City's Draft Housing Element. Although HCD will review the entire inventory, it pays particular attention to sites identified to accommodate the City's lower-income RHNA, based on criteria intended to show the various sites' realistic capacity to develop during the eight-year planning period of the Housing Element. It is important to note that the identifying sites to accommodate the RHNA is a planning exercise; it is not a mandate or quota for the City to construct housing units. While the City must report annually on production of housing relative to its RHNA numbers, there are no direct penalties for failing to meet the allocation; however, recent State law has implemented streamlining and reduced local discretion over approval of housing projects, some of which is specifically targeted at jurisdictions whose housing production has fallen short of the RHNA. In August and September 2021, staff began to compile a list of prospective sites from various sources, including developer- and property owner -nominated sites, sites that have known interest in housing development, and sites identified by staff that may have redevelopment capacity based on characteristics such as location, size, and existing utilization/underutilization, and other analysis. To date, these efforts have yielded a total of 29 properties (or multiple sites referred to as "areas" when consolidated) to be considered for rezoning to allow residential development. The preliminary list of sites, density assumptions, and evaluation of site capacity was presented to the Planning Commission on November 10, 2021 and the Housing Commission on November 16, 2021 for initial discussion and input. To solicit community feedback on the potential sites, staff held a Community Workshop on December 1, 2021. Comments from the Housing Commission and from the Community Meeting, along with a final list of sites, were presented to the Planning Commission on December 15 for its recommendation to City Council as to which sites should be carried forward for additional analysis, and which should be excluded from consideration at this time. A summary of the Housing Page 2 of 18