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L it is on track. He inquired why the MOU does not explicitly state that the responsibility of the SRO is to keep students, teachers, and administrators safe. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS 15. Continued to November 16, 2021 — Provide Policy Direction to Implement an Alternative Mental Health Response Pilot Program 16. Continued to November 16, 2021 — Approve Memorandum of Understanding for School Resource Officers between Pleasanton Unified School District and the City of Pleasanton 17. Receive an overview of the 2021 State Legislative Session and key housing related bills signed into law Assistant to the City Manager Becky Hopkins provided a brief overview of the City's adopted advocacy process. She advised the City Council adopts a legislative framework every year and noted the City participates with the Tri-Valley Cities Coalition and adopts their legislative framework as part of the City's framework. She reported the City Council Legislative Subcommittee assists in reviewing legislation, reviewing the framework annually, and as needed, makes recommendations to the City Council in regard to emerging legislation and policy issues. Assistant to the City Manager Hopkins reported over 40 advocacy letters from the City and 24 letters were sent from the Tri-Valley Cities Coalition (TVCC) with participation from Mayor Brown. She advised Mayor Brown attended meetings with representatives such as Assembly Member Rebecca Bauer- Kahan, Senator Steve Glazer and attended meetings with the Chair of the Assembly of Local Government Committee, Assembly Member Cecilia Aguiar-Curry. She advised the City's key advocacy focus this year for this legislative session was again around housing. The City's strategic approach to advocacy has been to lead change and proactively influence legislative outcomes. She reported Mayor Brown along with her TVC counterparts were actively engaged in the strategic approach throughout the year by engaging in thoughtful dialogue and providing suggested amendments to a variety of housing bills. Although many of the bills the City and TVC opposed were signed into law, many suggested amendments were accepted which helped mitigate the impacts of the bills for the City and was done in partnership with the coalition and the City's advocacy firm. Community Development Director Ellen Clark reported Assembly Bill (AB) 215 by Assembly Member David Chiu adds a new step in the Housing Element process that requires a 30-day public posting and 10-day response period for the Draft Housing Element before it is submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for initial review. The City will need to review and adjust the project schedule for the Housing Element to accommodate the additional public noticing period. Director Clark reported AB 602 by Assembly Member Timothy Grayson provides some more detailed requirements for development impact fees nexus studies and advised the bill would require additional justification and analysis for proposed fees to support new community facilities to meet certain levels of service standards. She explained it encourages cities to examine fees that are based on square footage-based calculations that have the potential to be scaled a little bit more closely to the size of units and impact on resources. She advised some additional findings would be needed when the City moves forward to adopt its next nexus fee study over the next few years. Director Clark reported AB 787 by Assembly Member Jesse Gabriel allows the City to count units resulting from the conversion of existing market-rate units to deed-restricted moderate-income housing units to be counted against the City's Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) in 2022. She noted the transfer of units from above-market rate to moderate would shift units between affordability categories in RHNA. She advised this may help the City address its moderate-income RHNA allocation City Council Minutes Page 6 of 19 November 2,2021