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Draft Housing Element December 14, 2022 20 of 21 Alternatives The City Council may ultimately elect to include any of the sites on the potential rezoning list including those which staff has currently excluded (Areas 11, 12, 20, 4, 15, 24, and 26). The Council may also remove any of the sites that staff is currently suggesting remain in the Draft Housing Element. When removing sites, however, the RHNA must still be met across all income categories. Thus, if sites are removed, other sites must be added in that cover the unit count removed , and caution must be taken to avoid, in particular, creating a shortfall of very-low and low-income capacity. If the Council was interested removing additional sites without replacing with other sites identified to be removed already, for Area 23 (Sunol), the original set of parcels identified for this site can be added back into consideration. The assumed capacity would increase to 718 units and the max capacity would increase to 956 units. This option would increase the units on this site and allow the Council to remove other sites. However, it is more likely that this site will be acceptable to HCD if the two parcels without owner interest are not included as part of it. In addition, the Council may increase the low end of density ranges for other sites which would increase site capacities. If the minimum densities are increased, additional sites could be removed.2 PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENTS Notice of this item was published in The Valley Times and an email notification was sent to all interested parties who have signed up on the Housing Element website: pleasantonhousingelement.com. Additionally, courtesy notices were mailed to rezone property owners. Staff has received one public comments at time of agenda report publication, Exhibit G. Staff has also attached, public comments received since the last City Council meeting on July 19, 2023. CONCLUSION Staff recommends the Planning Commission: • Review and provide feedback on the 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Draft Housing Element Update modifications; and • Review and provide feedback on the proposed rezone site list for inclusion in the Housing Element. NEXT STEPS Beyond this current round of review and comment, several critical steps remain in the Housing Element process, summarized below: • Revised Draft Housing Element and Sites (December 2022): In addition to this meeting, the Housing Commission (December 12) provided feedback on the 2 Since the Environmental Impact Report analyzed density at the maximum end of the range, the City could raise minimum densities and remain within the amount of development analyzed in the EIR.