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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 replace 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 in 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 maximum 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. 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 COMMISSION REVIEW Both the Housing Commission and Planning Commission reviewed the suggested Draft Housing Element modifications and proposed rezone sites. The Housing Commission met on December 12, 2022, and the Planning Commission on December 14, 2022. At the time of this report's publication, these meetings had not yet occurred. A verbal report out of the meeting outcomes will be provided at the Council meeting on December 20, 2022. PUBLIC NOTICE 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: Aleasantonhousingelement.com. Additionally, courtesy notices were mailed to rezone property owners. Staff has received one public comment at time of agenda report publication, Attachment 7. Staff has also attached public comments received since the last City Council meeting on July 19, 2023. '- 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. Page 20 of 21