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2 <br /> <br />Exhibit A3 <br /> <br />Pursuant to Cal. Government Code section 65583.2(g)(1) and (2)1, based on substantial <br />evidence set forth in Section 3. Housing Resources and Appendix B : Sites Inventory and <br />Methodology of the 2023-2031 Housing Element, after examining factors such as density and <br />capacity, near-term development potential based on vacancies and age of existing <br />improvements on nonvacant sites, income levels which can be accommodated based on <br />density, statements of interest from property owners to rezone sites for housing, degree of <br />underutilization for nonvacant sites, consideration of market conditions and recent <br />development trends, location in relation to transit, and environmental and infrastructure <br />constraints and opportunities, the City finds and determines that the existing uses on <br />nonvacant sites identified in the Sites Inventory to accommodate very-low, low, moderate and <br />above-moderate income housing, and particularly to accommodate very-low and low-income <br />housing are likely to be discontinued during the planning period, and therefore do not <br />constitute an impediment to additional residential development during the period covered by <br />the Housing Element. <br /> <br />Appendix B: Sites Inventory & Methodology describes a six-phase process applied to <br />identify sites suitable to accommodate the City’s share of the RHNA at all income levels, <br />including non-vacant sites suitable to accommodate lower-income housing. The process <br />considered multiple categories of sites, including vacant and non-vacant sites that allow <br />residential development, inclusive of parcels re-zoned as part of the 4th and 5th Housing <br />Element cycles, all with development potential; and sites to be re-zoned to allow for residential <br />development. With respect to the latter, a preliminary list of 29 sites was developed which has <br />been distilled to 19 sites, of which nine were suitable to accommodate lower-income housing. <br /> <br />1 While the statute provides that there should be “an analysis of any existing leases or other contracts that would <br />perpetuate the existing use or prevent redevelopment of the site for additional residential development”, leases <br />and contracts related to privately-owned properties are not public records. The City may not require property <br />owners or tenants to provide lease information (which may be proprietary or critical to negotiations with other <br />tenants). During the Housing Element Update, City staff spoke with property owners throughout Pleasanton to <br />obtain information on factors that would prevent the redevelopment of sites , as well as gather interest in <br />residential development. Through this process, several property owners indicated their interest in developing their <br />vacant properties zoned as commercial with residential uses, and redeveloping existing nonvacant commercial / <br />retail / warehouse buildings with residential uses.