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ORDINANCE NO. <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br />MODIFYING THE DUTIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY AMENDING <br />MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.30.020 AND DISBANDING THE HOUSING <br />COMMISSION BY DELETING CHAPTER 2.38 <br />WHEREAS, the City values members of the community volunteering their time to provide <br />recommendations to the City Council, and desires to use volunteer time efficiently; and <br />WHEREAS, on October 17, 2023, and February 20, 2024, at duly noticed public meetings, <br />the City Council considered commission and committee reorganization, and determined that the <br />Planning Commission should be modified to incorporate most of the duties of the Housing <br />Commission as those commissions have fit and similarity in areas of focus, and that the City can <br />disband the Housing Commission as development patterns for large scale housing development <br />involving the City has changed. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES <br />HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />SECTION 1. Finds that the proposed amendments to the Pleasanton Municipal Code <br />have no possibility to have a significant effect on the environment per Title 14 California Code of <br />Regulations (CEQA Guidelines) § 15061(b)(3). <br />SECTION 2. Amends the Pleasanton Municipal Code Section 2.30.020 as shown in <br />Exhibit A, attached, and incorporated by this reference, to modify the duties of the Planning <br />Commission. <br />SECTION 3.Amends the Pleasanton Municipal Code to delete Chapter 2.39 Housing <br />Commission in its entirety. Most of the duties which were assigned to the Housing Commission <br />in the Pleasanton Municipal Code are generally assumed by the Planning Commission, such as <br />the review of affordable housing agreements per Section 17.44.090, and those duties which have <br />more recently not been carried out by the Housing Commission are not assigned to the Planning <br />Commission. <br />SECTION 4. A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) <br />days after its adoption in “The Valley Times,” a newspaper of general circulation published in the <br />City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City <br />Clerk’s office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. <br />SECTION 5.This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its passage and <br />adoption. <br />The foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the <br />City of Pleasanton on February 20, 2024, by the following vote. <br />Ayes: <br />Noes: <br />Absent: <br />ATTACHMENT 5 <br />Page 33 of 228