02 ATTACHMENT 1 - Laserfiche WebLink

City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 52 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx under AB 2923. Several of the sites are within PUD district, and as part of the Housing Element Update, the potential sites for rezoning would be rezoned to allow for residential development under a PUD district and reviewed in accordance with Objective Design Standards currently under development by the City. The Housing Element Update includes policies and programs that are meant to ensure logical and orderly development and require discretionary review consistent with the Pleasanton Zoning Ordinance. For instance, Policy 4.1 of the Housing Element Update would result in the development of guidelines and standards for residential and mixed-use development that would incorporate Objective Design Standards whenever possible which would ensure one set of Objective Design Standards used to evaluate all projects (Program 4.2). With respect to the sites zoned for densities above 30 du/acre, which includes the Dublin-Pleasanton BART station property, Policy 6.1 requires those properties to be dispersed throughout the community. High-density sites are dispersed throughout the city, consistent with Policy 6.1. Program 6.1 requires the City to adopt Objective Design Standards that would ensure that properties are developed at appropriate height limits, with compatible FARs, setbacks, massing, open space and parking requirements, and also includes approval criteria to ensure that projects can achieve their assigned densities while mitigating potential incompatibilities between those higher density projects and adjacent uses by implementing standards such as height limits, FAR, setbacks, massing, and open space. This would ensure that high-density projects are compatible with existing development. Moreover, as the City receives development applications for subsequent development consistent with the Housing Element Update, those applications would be reviewed by the City for compliance with the goals, policies, and programs of the Municipal Code. The proposed rezonings would serve as a self- mitigating aspect of the project that would serve to correct conflicts that would otherwise exist. Annexation: All the potential sites for housing are located within the incorporated area, except for Sites 1 (Lester) and 22 (Merritt). Site 22 (Merritt) is just outside of the city limits, but within Pleasanton’s Sphere of Influence (SOI) and Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Site 1 (Lester) is also located just outside of the city limits, and the western half of Site 1 (Lester) is located just outside the UGB (Exhibit 2-2 in Chapter 2, Project Description). Prior to development on those sites, they would need to be annexed into the City of Pleasanton consistent with City and Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) policies as well as Program 1.10 of the Housing Element. Site 1 (Lester) is currently designated as Residential-Low Density (LDR), Agriculture and Grazing (A), Public Health and Safety (PHS), while Site 22 (Merritt) is currently designated LDR, reflecting the residential development vision for these two properties. Annexation of these two properties would represent a logical and orderly extension of urban growth and the City’s boundaries which would ensure the two properties would be developed in a comprehensive and thoughtful manner consistent with other nearby lands. Moreover, as the City receives development applications consistent with the Housing Element Update for Sites 1 (Lester) and 22 (Merritt), those applications would be reviewed by the City for compliance with the goals, policies, and programs of the General Plan and Municipal Code. Furthermore, LAFCo would review the development applications for Sites 1 (Lester) and 22 (Merritt) to ensure consistency with LAFCo policies. Urban Growth Boundary (Measure FF): All the potential sites for housing are within the UGB apart from Site 1 (Lester). The eastern half of Site 1 (Lester) is within the UGB while the western half lies just outside the UGB. Pursuant to Policy 22 of Chapter 2, Land Use Element, of the General Plan, no