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FAELA Meghan Campbell (r, BRAUNLMARTELLir November 30, 2022 Page 8 The site is not vacant, and should not be considered"likely"to have its existing use discontinue during the next eight years. Despite the addition of multi-family housing as a permitted use to the commercial zoning of the site during the last housing element,there has been no attempt to develop housing on the site during the last eight years. Meanwhile,the current owners show every intention of continuing to operate Rose Pavilion as a commercial center. Publicly available information shows long term leases were signed with several tenants of the center 2018, extending to 2028 and 2029. HAC Appendix Tab 11. The martial arts studio recently expanded; during 2022 it performed $80,000 worth of tenant improvements, including demolishing an existing bathroom to enlarge it for ADA compliance, enlarging a second bathroom, demolishing interior partitions to combine three existing spaces into one, and opening a wall between the unit and the adjacent space. Pleasanton Building Department Permit Number B22-1774(June 27, 2022). In 2019-2021, a number of tenant improvements were made for several businesses, including remodeling of the spa and new signage for several tenants. Building Permits B21-1577, B 19-2941, B 19-2063, B 19-0708, B 19-0069, B 18-3406. The exterior façade was also remodeled in 2017, and solar panels were installed on the roof, showing that the earlier rezoning for residential did not result in plans to redevelop. B 17- 1379, B17-1241. The solar installation, on the roofs of most of the buildings on the site, including the grocery store, had an estimated cost of$573,000. B17-1241. Solar installations save money on utility costs but can take seven years or more for them to recoup the cost of installation. They are an unambiguous sign that the existing uses plan to remain. No one reasonably expects that within the next eight years all of these businesses are likely to relocate and the buildings torn down so that affordable housing can be built in their place. Under Government Code section 65583.2(g)(2), this site may not be counted as meeting the need for housing affordable to those with very low or low incomes. B. Conclusion: Pleasanton Needs To Rezone Additional Sites To Comply With Its Obligation To Provide For Its Share Of The Need For Affordable Housing. To recap, based on the sites analyzed in this letter: Very low/low Draft- Site Inventory 1,090 Draft- Rezone Sites 3,023 II