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Farella Pleasanton City Council Braun+Martel June 1, 2023 Page 4 Inklings to move in. Potential for redevelopment is not enough. The City Council lacks any evidence that these downtown commercial spaces are likely to stop being used for their existing uses during this housing cycle. They should not be counted as meeting the need for 20 lower income units. 5. The Downtown True Value Hardware parking lot on Main Street is similar. The City Council has no evidence that people will stop parking in the parking lot next to the downtown hardware store during the next eight years, or that the City Council wants a four-story apartment building at this location. There is no reference to owner interest in building housing here, even though the commercial zoning district might in theory permit residential uses. Absent substantial evidence that the existing use is likely to discontinue, the site is not appropriately listed as accommodating 18 units of lower income housing. 6. For the Pimlico Drive parcels(Hertz, Avis, and a car wash),claimed as meeting the need for 92 units of lower income RHNA credit,the City's Housing Element claims "Moreover, property owners have indicated written or verbal affirmative interest in developing high density housing at these sites." We made a Public Records Act request for the proof, and the actual correspondence shows no"substantial evidence"that the existing uses are likely to discontinue during the planning period. Examination of the actual written communications shows only that the owners expressed support for either the Housing Element generally, or perhaps for the possibility of increased flexibility from rezoning: • "I am expressing my support for the possible updates to the Housing Element of the General Plan. I believe that expanding the range to permit residential development zones alongside non-residential uses will significantly benefit the community and The City of Pleasanton for generations to come." (Attached: "2023.01.10_Yazdani_Behrooz Area 12_Pimlico.pdf'). • "I do have interest in the housing element on our property at 4011 Pimlico Dr. Please keep me informed." (Attached: "2023.01.13_Penrod_Brian Area 12 Pimlico Redacted.pdf"). • And, an email sent by city staff to a[redacted] email address on February 3, 2023 (after City Council had already adopted the Housing Element claiming that the owner had expressed interest)reads: "Thanks for the call today. As we talked about,please let me know if you are interested in having your property at 4003 Pimlico be included in the City's 6th Cycle Housing Element." (Attached: "Pimlico_Redacted.pdf'). This doesn't confirm the owner's interest in rezoning, much less provide evidence of intention to build housing. These responses do not indicate that existing leases (Hertz, Avis, a car wash)will expire soon enough for housing to be built in the next eight years, so that housing affordable to those with lower incomes will be accommodated. They do not indicate that the owners