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Housing Commission is no longer necessary.' Currently, the Housing Commission reviews and recommends Affordable Housing Agreements (AHA) with residential developers proposing housing projects and how they can meet the City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZO). While the Housing Commission's review has been helpful, it is usually the case that the affordable housing component is linked to other dimensions of the project, such as project design, other proposed community benefits, or increasingly, application of density bonus requests, which are outside the purview of the Housing Commission. Since the Planning Commission is typically involved in the more comprehensive review of development projects, a clear nexus could be made to incorporate recommendations connected to approval of a related AHA as part of the Planning Commission's overall action. Library/Human Services Commission • Combine Library Commission and Human Services Commission • Start with 9 members and transition to 7 members through attrition, including 2 youth • Meet monthly • Eliminate alternate and add 1 additional youth member Both the Library Commission and Human Services Commission have capacity in their workload. The two areas of service share core values such as serving people of all ages, socioeconomic classes, backgrounds, religions, and genders in a way that celebrates diversity and strives toward equity. While the Library Commission focuses on meeting the wide variety of informational needs in the community, the Human Services Commission focuses on identifying and prioritizing the human service needs of the community. Emphasis is given to the human service needs of the socially and economically disadvantaged, the elderly and the youth of the community. The Tri-Valley Human Services Needs Assessment and continued City grant process would benefit from the added library perspective. Libraries in general, and specifically the Pleasanton Public Library, serve as one of the few free and open spaces welcoming all community members. Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission • Combine Parks and Recreation Commission with Civic Arts Commission • Start with 9 members and transition to 7 members through attrition, including 2 youth • Meet monthly • Eliminate alternate and add one additional youth member Having a Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission would provide a streamlined process for public art as many items currently go to both the Civic Arts and Parks and ' The Housing Commission has continued to conduct a review of the Ridgeview Commons annual operating budget, which is required to be submitted to the California Housing Finance Agency,one of the original lenders that financed construction of the project. However,Commission-level review of the budget is not mandatory,and could instead be performed by staff. Page 6 of 12