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2023/2024 Planning Commission – Upcoming Work Items Planning Commission 2 of 4 Project Description Status/Estimated Timeframe for Planning Commission Review Citywide Strategic Plan The Strategic Plan is a new City initiative that will transition from the previous two-year work plan approach to a five-year strategic planning process that will identify longer-term goals, priorities, and action plans and match priorities with available resources. The strategic plan will create a vision for the city’s future and guide the development and implementation of projects and programs that reflect the community's values, needs, and priorities. Work on the Strategic Plan began earlier this year, and has to date included a community survey, focus groups, and public outreach events to solicit input on the Plan. The Draft Strategic Plan will be brought forward to each of the City’s Commissions and Committees for input in this summer, with Council consideration of the Plan scheduled for late summer 2023. June/July 2023 Housing Element Implementation The adopted Housing Element includes numerous implementation programs and actions. Several of these will be initiated in 2023, including the following items expected to involve Planning Commission input and direction: • Rezoning of Housing Element Sites in conformance with the Housing Element Summer 2023 • Adopt miscellaneous “clean-up” amendments to the Pleasanton Municipal Code in conformance with State law, including those related to the City’s “reasonable accommodation” ordinance, modifications to explicitly allow Single Room Occupancy (SRO) units in specified zones; modify provisions with respect to residential care facilities in residential zones; allowing transitional and supportive housing in residential zones; allowing low-barrier navigation centers by right in mixed- use and multifamily zones; amending parking requirements for emergency shelters; and revising the definition of “family.” Fall/Winter 2023 • Amend Chapter 17.38 - Density Bonus to align with more recently adopted State Housing Density Bonus Law Winter 2023/Spring 2024 Objective Design Standards – Integration with Hacienda PUD The Hacienda PUD has design guidelines, most recently updated in 2019, that regulate residential and commercial development within the business park. The recently adopted city-wide Objective Design Standards for Housing Sites apply to several sites within Hacienda, and so it is necessary to update the Hacienda PUD and Design Guidelines to ensure there is no conflict or ambiguity between standards contained in the two documents. Winter 2023/2024 Stoneridge Mall Master Plan Following adoption of the Stoneridge Mall Framework in January 2023, the City is expecting the various owners of property at the Mall to pursue the development and refinement of a more detailed development plan and related regulatory guidance, likely in the form of a Master Plan that will be subject to City review and approval, including CEQA review. Work is expected to begin later in 2023, with the precise scope and schedule for when items may be brought before the Commission still to be determined. Estimated start: Fall 2023, timing to Planning Commission to be determined Safety Element Update Recent State law has mandated that a local jurisdiction’s General Plan Safety Element be updated to address certain components and topics in conjunction with adoption of its Housing Element. The City is also participating in the Tri-Valley Hazard Mitigation Plan (TVHMP). Update of both the Housing Element and hazard plan prompts updates to the Safety Element. Staff intends to bring forward these amendments for review and adoption in 2023. Fall/Winter 2023