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6 <br /> <br />not serve uses that are more unique in a particular location , (e.g. a large parking lot serving a <br />small coffeeshop within downtown), uses that reflect low utilization (e.g. a furniture store that <br />has seen 10.3% decrease in sales between 2017 and 2022 and where available parking is far <br />in excess of customer demand, based on field observation), and office buildings where <br />vacancy rates in Pleasanton have increased from 12.1% in 2020 to 14.4% in 2022, and for the <br />Tri-Valley CBRE reports an office vacancy rate of 19.5% in the fourth quarter of 2022. Or, <br />where the opportunity exists, for a use to remain on a site even if infill development were to <br />occur around it based on the configuration of the parcel. Evidence that the City would seek to <br />facilitate redevelopment of such sites (e.g. as proposed in Program 1.6 to conduct outreach <br />with owners, develop incentives, provide flexible parking standards and allow for adaptive re- <br />use). <br /> <br />Sites Proposed for Re-Zoning Suitable for Lower-Income Housing: Non-Vacant Sites that do <br />not currently allow residential uses and for wh ich re-zoning would be required. Nine of the 19 <br />sites identified by the City for rezoning are considered suitable to accommodate lower-income <br />housing, and for which existing uses are likely to be discontinued within the planning period. <br />Evidence of such, for sites suitable for lower-income housing, is as follows, in addition to the <br />facts stated in Housing Element Appendix B: <br /> <br />• Area 2 - Stoneridge Shopping Center: The Stoneridge Shopping Center Framework and <br />6th Cycle Housing Element identify a total of 18 acres, comprising six, 3-acre housing <br />sites, one on each of the six legal parcels that constitute Stoneridge Mall. <br />Notwithstanding, based on Cal. Government Code Section 6558523(c)(2)(b),3 that each <br />3-acre housing sites would be less than 10 acres in size, evidence of affirmative interest <br />in numerous communications with the City, in redeveloping portions of the Shopping <br />Center with new mixed-use and residential uses by each of the four current property <br />owners, including a near term commitment to advance the necessary master planning <br />for the shopping center and enter into negotiation among owners to update and amend <br />existing Reciprocal Easement Agreements (REA) to accommodate new residential <br /> <br />3 Government Code 65583.2(c)(2)(B) defines a “site” as “that portion of a parcel or parcels designated to accommodate <br />lower income housing needs pursuant to this subdivision”.