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City of Pleasanton 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations 58 FirstCarbon Solutions Https://adecinnovations.sharepoint.com/sites/PublicationsSite/Shared Documents/Publications/Client (PN-JN)/2148/21480022/FOF/21480022 Pleasanton Housing Element FOF.docx of the potential sites for rezoning to accommodate housing development. Therefore, development of housing facilitated by the Housing Element Update would not displace substantial numbers of existing people or housing and would instead build housing on infill sites with access to existing infrastructure and public services (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.12-18). Potential Effect Cumulative Impact: Cumulative impacts related to population and housing would be less than significant (Draft Program EIR, Page 3.12-18–21). Findings: Less than significant impact. Facts in Support of Findings: The geographic scope of the cumulative impact analysis for population and housing is the Tri-Valley Planning Area, which includes the City of Pleasanton as well as the surrounding cities of Dublin, Livermore, and San Ramon and the Town of Danville. Each city and county must update its general plan housing element on a regular basis pursuant to the requirements of Government Code Section 65580, et seq. The housing element must incorporate policies and identify potential sites that would accommodate a city’s share of the regional housing need. There is existing residential zoned capacity and approved but not yet constructed projects within the City of Pleasanton that could result in additional housing within the city. Based on residential units/capacity for the existing sites zoned for residential uses, projected ADUs (8-year projection, based on the last 5 years of average annual production), and pipeline projects (projects entitled but not yet built), the number of units that could be built within Pleasanton would be 2,486 units. Assuming factors of 2.99, 2.48, and 2.2 persons per household for low-, medium-, and high- density housing types, respectively, this existing zoned and pipeline capacity could result in an additional population of 5,963. Housing element updates for each of the jurisdictions would allow for population growth but, for the reasons listed below, it would not be unplanned. Pleasanton is part of Superdistrict 15, East Alameda County, which includes Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore and the eastern portion of unincorporated Alameda County. This Superdistrict is projected to grow by 60,000 households for a total of 132,000 households by 2050 (interim year forecasts are not provided). The increase of 21,606 units in each jurisdiction’s RHNA would be well within the forecast total. Because each city’s housing element would accommodate the required housing and associated population growth as required by the RHNA (which is consistent with and planned for in Plan Bay Area 2050), the respective housing element updates for the jurisdictions described above would also be consistent with Plan Bay Area 2050. The general plans and other planning documents prepared by the City of Pleasanton as well as the surrounding cities of Dublin, Livermore, and San Ramon and the Town of Danville would be required to develop land use plans that comply with State law and that would accommodate the existing and forecasted population, similar to the long-range planning guidance included as part of the Housing Element Update. Consistent with State law, these planning documents would be required to provide adequate housing to accommodate forecasted numbers of people within the jurisdiction, and displaced development, if any, would be replaced primarily within the jurisdiction. Further, new