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RESOLUTION NO. PC-2023-17 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF: (1) A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT TO CREATE A HOUSING OPPORTUNITY ZONE (HOZ) DISTRICT; (2) REZONING TWENTY-ONE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY SITES IDENTIFIED IN THE 6TH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT (2023-2031 HOUSING ELEMENT) TO THIS HOZ DISTRICT; AND (3) A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT CODIFYING THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS (ODS) HOUSING SITE COMPLIANCE REVIEW PROCESS, FOR THE APPLICATIONS OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AS FILED UNDER CASE NOS. P23-0607 AND P23-0608 WHEREAS, subsequent to certification of the Housing Element by the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on August 25, 2023, and readoption of the Housing Element by City Council on September 19, 2023, the City of Pleasanton (“City”) initiated: (1) a Municipal Code Amendment to create a Housing Opportunity Zone (HOZ) District; (2) rezoning of twenty-one housing opportunity sites identified in the 6th Cycle Housing Element (2023 Housing Element) to this District; and (3) a Municipal Code Amendment codifying the Objective Design Standards (ODS) Housing Site Compliance Review process (collectively the “Project”); and WHEREAS, on January 26, 2023, with adoption of Resolution No. 23-1359, the twenty- one housing opportunity sites described in Exhibit A are were designated Mixed Use and Mixed Use Business Park/Housing Element Sites Overlay (HESO), Public Health and Safety/HESO, Public Health and Safety and Low Density/HESO; Public Health and Safety and Low Density and Agriculture and Grazing/HESO, Commercial/HESO, Commercial and Mixed Use/HESO, Business Park/HESO, Medium Density/HESO, Public and Institutional/HESO, General and Limited Industrial/HESO, Low Density/HESO, and Schools/HESO in the General Plan; and WHEREAS, the twenty-one housing opportunity sites are variously designated PUD-MU (Planned Unit Development - Mixed Use), Prezoned-A (Prezoned Agriculture), Unincorporated, C-R(m) (Regional Commercial-main), C-R(m) and PUD-MU (Regional Commercial-main and Planned Unit Development-Mixed Use), PUD-I/C-O (Planned Unit Development- Industrial/Commercial-Office), C-F (Freeway Commercial, PUD-C (Planned Unit Development- Commercial), A (Agriculture), P (Public), I-G-40 (General Industrial-40,000 sq. ft. minimum lot size), S (Study), I-P (Industrial Park), and PUD-Elementary School (Planned Unit Development- Elementary School) Districts on the City’s zoning map; and WHEREAS, the City prepared a Program Environmental Impact Report (Program EIR) for the 6th Cycle Housing Element (SCH 2022040091), which was certified by the City Council on January 26, 2023, by Resolution No. 23-1357. The Program EIR fully analyzed the impacts of the Housing Element, including development of housing on each of the housing opportunity sites subject to the proposed rezonings, and identifies various mitigation measures to address those impacts. The Program EIR also contemplates the re-zoning actions called for by Programs 1.1 and 1.4. Therefore, the proposed implementation of Housing Element Programs 1.1 and 1.4 are within the scope of the project analyzed in the Program EIR, and no further CEQA review is necessary; and EXHIBIT A