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��;r•�` ST E E LWAV E • March 2019: The City Council voted 4-1 to prioritize reinitiation of the EPSP process. • March 2020: The City Council approved the EPSP process. Later in the same month, the City shifted its priorities to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic and again suspended the EPSP process. • Mav 2021: The City received a RHNA allocation of 5,965 units. • November 2021: City staff did not include Steelwave in its Housing Element Update outreach process, forcing Steelwave to submit its statement of interest on short notice and after the City's submission deadline. As this timeline shows, the City has started-- and subsequently stopped -- the EPSP process four times in the last 25 years. If planning for the Steelwave Site is deferred again, we are concerned that the City's "on again/off again" approach to East Pleasanton planning work will strand a valuable asset that could otherwise play a pivotal role in the City's efforts to meet its Regional Housing Need Allocation ("RHNA"). To avoid such an outcome, we ask the Commission to include the Steelwave Site in the Inventory it recommends to the City Council. Planning for the remainder of the EPSP (including other Steelwave-owned property) can and should proceed independently from planning for EPSP sites included in the Inventory. Similarity to Other Sites Recommended for the Inventory In the December 15, 2021 staff report, City planning staff based its recommendation to exclude the Steelwave Site from the Inventory on the Site's size and location outside City limits, its location adjacent to the site for a proposed Amazon distribution facility, and the need to determine appropriate land uses for the Site and plan for infrastructure and circulation requirements. We briefly address each of these below: • Site Size and Location: The portion of the Steelwave Site under consideration is approximately 123 acres and is similar in size to other sites recommended for inclusion in the Inventory, a number of which range from dozens of acres to over 100 acres in size. As with the Steelwave Site, other sites recommended for inclusion would also require annexation into the City. Adiacencv to Industrial Develooment: The Steelwave Site is located adjacent to the site for a proposed Amazon distribution facility. Other sites recommended for inclusion in the Inventory are similarly located adjacent to industrial uses, thereby demonstrating compatibility between such uses and residential development