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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031(6th Cycle)Housing Element Update City of Pleasanton Notice of Preparation Please send written comments to the City of Pleasanton at the address shown below.Email is the preferred method of communication. If you wish to be placed on the notification list for this project, or if you have any questions or need additional information, please contact the project manager for this effort, Megan Campbell, with contact information below. Public agencies providing comments are requested to include a contact person for their respective agency. Megan Campbell,Associate Planner City of Pleasanton Community Development Department Post Office Box 520 Pleasanton, CA 94566 Phone: (925)931-5610 Email: mcampbell@cityofpleasantonca.gov CITY OF PLEASANTON 2023-2031 (6TH CYCLE) HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE PROGRAM EIR Project Location and Setting Pleasanton is in Alameda County, California, one of the nine Bay Area counties bordering the San Francisco Bay(Exhibit 1) and is generally bound to the west by Pleasanton Ridgelands;to the north by Interstate 580 (I-580)and the City of Dublin; to the east by unincorporated land, including existing and former quarry lands, and by the City of Livermore;and to the south by the San Francisco Water Department lands and other ridgelands. I-680 runs north to south and bisects the western portion of the city. The Pleasanton Sphere of Influence (SOI), which signifies the probable ultimate physical boundary and service area, includes 42.2 square miles (27,200 acres). The SOI has been adopted by the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo).The SOI includes lands incorporated within the City of Pleasanton's city limit lines and unincorporated land, over which Alameda County has zoning and land use authority. City staff has identified a total of 25 sites for potential rezoning, listed in Table 1'and in Exhibit 2.All these sites, aside from Sites 1 and 22, are located within the incorporated area. Site 22 is located just outside of City of Pleasanton's limit line, but within the SOI and Urban Growth Boundary(UGB). Site 1 is also located just outside of city limits, however the western half of Site 1 is located just outside the UGB (Exhibit 3).The Program EIR focuses on the sites identified in the Housing Element Update that could potentially be zoned for residential use (referred to herein as the"potential sites for rezoning"or"rezoning sites"). FirstCarbon Solutions 2 ission web page to confirm the meeting,time, date, and instructions on joining the meeting: http://www.cityofpleasantonca.gov/gov/depts/cd/planning/commission/default.asp nning Commission for review and recommendation to the City Council. The City Council will determine whether to certify the FEIR as complete acco ding to CEQA requirements. The environmental review process and proposed tentative sche4ule is as follows: 2 While the "no project" alternative is required by CEQA, adoption of the Housing Element is also required by law. Housing Element Update, P21-0751 Planning Commission 4 of e City, for which detailed analysis is recommended to be included in the DEIR. Additional detail on the scope of topics proposed to be addressed under each of these categories is provided in the Notice of Preparation, Exhibit A. As a result of comments received during the scoping period, including at this scoping session, additional issues may be identified that may be added to this list: Housing Element Update, P21-0751 Planning Commission 3 of 5 is approach is being taken by some cities in light of the more stringent"no net loss" provisions of state law. However, this decision would rest with the City Council, among its considerations when adopting the Housing Eleme it. Housing Element Update, P21-0751 Planning Commission 2 of 5