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ANNUAL ELEMENT PROGRESS REPORT
<br />Housing Element Implementation
<br />Jurisdiction Pleasanton
<br />Reporting Year 2023 (Jan. 1 - Dec. 31)
<br />D_1_Name D_2_Objective D_3_Time D_4_Status
<br />Table D
<br />Program Implementation Status pursuant to GC Section 65583
<br />Housing Programs Progress Report
<br />Describe progress of all programs including local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing as identified in the housing element.
<br />1 2 3 4
<br />Name of Program Objective Timeframe in H.E Status of Program Implementation
<br />6th Cycle Program 1.1: Maintain zoning/rezone appropriate sites to accommodate Pleasanton’s share of the regional housing need for all income levels. Parcels to be rezoned
<br />are identified in Appendix B, Table B13. As reflected in Appendix B, each potential rezoned lower-income site will be zoned for a minimum of at least 30 units per acre, have
<br />the capacity to accommodate at least 16 units, and be available for development in the planning period where water, sewer, and dry utilities can be
<br />provided. Sites rezoned for lower-income unit capacity will permit owner-occupied and rental multi-family uses by right pursuant to Government Code §65583.2(h) and (i) for
<br />developments in
<br />which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households. On rezoned lower-income sites, the City will allow 100 percent residential use and shall
<br />require residential use
<br />to occupy at least 50 percent of the floor area in a mixed-use project. Any necessary specific plan amendments (e.g., Vineyard Avenue Specific Plan) will be adopted
<br />concurrently with the rezoning adoption.
<br />Provide capacity to accommodate RHNA shortfall (capacity for at least
<br />1,814 lower-income units, 301 moderate-income units, and 1,149 above
<br />moderateincome units)
<br />Complete rezoning by January 31,
<br />2024
<br />Rezoning completed December 2023.
<br />6th Cycle Program 1.2: Consistent with SB 166 (No Net Loss), the City will monitor housing sites to ensure adequate sites to accommodate the remaining unmet RHNA by
<br />each income category are maintained at all times. Reporting is anticipated to coincide with preparation of the Annual Progress Reports (Program 4.1). The City will track each
<br />site in its inventory and report annually to the City Council on the adequacy of available sites compared to the progress made towards meeting the RHNA.
<br />Ongoing monitoring of housing sites to ensure adeqaute sites to
<br />accommodate the remaining unmet RHNA by each income level.
<br />Annually track status of identified
<br />sites and report to City Council (by
<br />April 1 of each year)
<br />The City continues to submit the APR to HCD and OPR by April 1 of each year and report
<br />to City Council.
<br />6th Cycle Program 1.3: Adopt zoning standards consistent with the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Place Type: Neighborhood/Town
<br />Center for AB 2923-eligible parcels within a half-mile of the West Dublin/Pleasanton and Dublin/Pleasanton BART stations. This includes requiring a minimum of 75 dwelling
<br />units per acre and five stories. To encourage the development of housing at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART parking lot parcels, the City will take the following steps: 1. Develop
<br />and adopt Objective Design Standards for the Dublin/Pleasanton BART parking lot parcels that reflect the allowable minimum development standards set forth in AB 2923. 2.
<br />Undertake preparation of a concept plan for the Dublin/Pleasanton BART parking lot parcels, with input from BART and the community, that addresses the range of allowable
<br />land uses, including housing at the assigned density. The City will lead the planning effort and seek grant and other funding to support this effort. 3. Ensure that the plan
<br />adequately addresses parking for new uses and existing commuter parking needs, with the goal to provide an appropriate amount of replacement parking and implement
<br />strategies to reduce and manage overall parking demand. Funding for replacement parking, including potential non-BART sources of funding, will be addressed in coordination
<br />with the City and BART. 4. During and upon adoption of the plan, the City will work with BART to actively pursue development interest in the parcels, including soliciting
<br />developer input on the plan during plan preparation, and issuance of Request(s) for Proposals to pursue development of the site during the 6th Cycle Housing Element planning
<br />period.
<br />Encourage the development of housing at the Dublin/Pleasanton BART
<br />parking lot parcels
<br />AB 2923 standards effective July 1,
<br />2022. Adopt zoning and Objective
<br />Design Standards (March 2023).
<br />Complete concept plan and work with
<br />BART to pursue developer interest
<br />(begin in 2024, complete in
<br />December 2026, and ongoing).
<br />In 2023, the City adopted Objective Design Standards consistent with the provisions of
<br />AB2923. The City also has submitted for and received nomination for MTC/ABAG’s Priority
<br />Sites Program, rezoned the site to be consistent with the 6th Cycle Housing Element, and
<br />will commence concept planning for the site with BART in 2024.
<br />6th Cycle Program 1.4: Pursuant to AB 1397, certain rezoning requirements apply if a lower-income housing site identifiedin Appendix B was identified as a housing site (for
<br />any income level) in a previous Housing Element’s site inventory. The following vacant and nonvacant lower-income sites are subject to this rezoning requirement:
<br />1. Vacant lower-income sites that have been included in at least two consecutive Housing Element sites inventories.
<br />2. Nonvacant lower-income sites that have been included in a prior Housing Element sites inventory.
<br />The City will allow development by right pursuant to Government Code §65583.2(i), and subject to conformance with applicable objective design and development standards,
<br />when 20 percent or
<br />more of the units are affordable to lower-income households on sites identified in Table 4-1 to accommodate lower-income RHNA that were previously identified in past
<br />Housing Element(s).
<br />Comply with AB 1397 Fourth quarter 2023 Completed December 2023.
<br />6th Cycle Program 1.5: Acquire and/or assist in the development of one or more sites for housing affordable to lowerincome households, including a focus on extremely low-
<br />income households. Specific actions the City will undertake to pursue this effort include: 1. Conduct outreach to and coordinate with non-profit housing developers and owners
<br />of identified sites to accommodate housing affordable to lower-income households for the purpose of facilitating discussion regarding potential opportunities, programs,
<br />financial support, etc.
<br />2. Actively assist owners of property zoned or designated for high-density residential development (allow at least 30 dwelling units per acre) in soliciting non
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<br />profit housing
<br />organizations for proposals to develop housing affordable to extremely low-, very low-, and low-income households on available sites using Lower
<br />‑
<br />Income Housing Fees. The
<br />objective is to assure that owners of these properties are informed of City affordable housing programs and resources to support development of affordable housing.
<br />3. Direct outreach to religious institution site owners or operators to inform them about AB 1851 and any other regulations that encourage housing development on these sites.
<br />The City will reach out to each religious institution site owners or operators within one year following Housing Element adoption; and then provide mailed notifications to the
<br />owners within six months of the adoption of any new State legislation that reduces barriers to development of religious institution sites.
<br />4. In conjunction with any potential re-zoning of properties owned by the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) for housing, engage with PUSD to encourage some or all of
<br />these sites to include a proportion of units that are affordable to the local workforce.
<br />5. When land becomes available to the City, reserve suitable sites for non-profit organizations to build below-market rate housing that includes a mix of unit sizes, including a
<br />proportion of three-bedroom units for large households (if the project is not age-restricted), in addition to smaller units for smaller households. To encourage a high proportion
<br />of affordable units on such sites, the City may issue a Request for Proposals in conjunction with non-profit or for-profit housing developers for development providing at least
<br />20 percent of the units to very low-income households and 20 percent of the units to low-income households.
<br />6. Facilitate funding of site acquisition and project construction for appropriate sites through strategies such as issuance of tax-exempt bonds, and other financing mechanisms,
<br />to finance the construction of housing units affordable to extremely low-, very low- and low-income households, to purchase land for such a use, and to reduce mortgage rates.
<br />Assist in the development of 100 below market rate units over the
<br />planning period
<br />Initial lower-income sites outreach
<br />(September 2023); subsequent
<br />lowerincome sites outreach
<br />(September 2025 and September
<br />2029)
<br />o Religious institution outreach (June
<br />2023); ongoing (within six months of
<br />any changes to regulations that
<br />facilitate housing on such sites) (also
<br />see Program 7.6)
<br />o PUSD engagement (June 2025)
<br />o Begin planning of at least one
<br />housing site (January 2026) (see
<br />Program 1.7 for earlier planning
<br />efforts on sites that accommodate low-
<br />income RHNA capacity)
<br />o Other program aspects on an
<br />ongoing basis
<br />1. & 2. City communicated with non-profit housing developers with respect to the Kiewit site
<br />and with owners of other sites with active or expected applications in 2023 with respect to
<br />proposed lower-income housing. Additional outreach to other lower-income housing sites
<br />owners will be conducted in Spring 2024.
<br />3. Outreach to religious site owners delayed due to competing priorities in 2023, but will be
<br />conducted in the first half of 2024.
<br />4. The City has been in communication with PUSD with respect to development of the
<br />Downtown site in 2023, but no proposal has been brought forward as of December 2023.
<br />5. & 6. Not yet started.
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