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6th Cycle Program 4.2: Develop objective design standards for multi-family and mixed-use development to eliminate subjectivity, consistent with state law including SB 35 and
<br />SB 330. This effort will evaluate and address subjective standards and findings required for approval in the Zoning Ordinance and the City’s Design Guidelines, including in
<br />multi-family and mixed-use districts both within and outside the Downtown. The Housing Site Development Standards and Design Guidelines will also be reviewed, revised,
<br />and integrated such that they reflect objective design standards. The purpose of these standards is to expedite the approval process for such projects and support the City in
<br />meeting its housing goals, while ensuring projects are attractive, well-designed, and provide adequate amenities and livability for residents. As part of this process, engage with
<br />experts in the field, and with property owners and developers to ensure that standards will result in financially and physically feasible projects that can achieve the densities
<br />assigned to various properties.
<br />Consistency with state law, including SB35 and SB330 By February 2023 Objective Design Standards adopted January 2023
<br />6th Cycle Program 4.3: Suspend enforcement of the Growth Management Program and Ordinance (Pleasanton Municipal Code 17.36) as necessary to comply with state law,
<br />specifically the Housing Crisis Act (SB 330).
<br />Support the development and rehabilitation of housing affordable to
<br />extremely low-, low- and very low-income households and review
<br />infrastructure needs.
<br />Ongoing The City has suspended enforcement of the Growth Management Program and Ordinance,
<br />in accordance with Government Code Section 66300, the Housing Crisis Act.
<br />6th Cycle Program 4.4: Develop and update plans and programs to identify and address infrastructure deficiencies, including funding mechanisms for infrastructure
<br />improvements necessary to accommodate the planned and projected growth identified in the General Plan and to accommodate the 6th Cycle RHNA. These efforts will include
<br />the following:
<br />1. Conduct a sewer/wastewater capacity analysis to ensure future sewer infrastructure needs, including sewer infrastructure upgrades and facilities to accommodate the 6th
<br />Cycle RHNA, and on the basis of that study, identify and prioritize capital improvement projects and funding needs.
<br />2. Adopt written policies and procedures that grant priority for sewer hookups for residential development that helps meet Pleasanton’s share of the regional need for lower-
<br />income housing, consistent with Government Code §65589.7. 3. Conduct a water distribution system capacity analysis to ensure future distribution
<br />system needs, including any necessary upgrades and new facilities to accommodate
<br />the 6th Cycle RHNA, and on the basis of that study, identify and prioritize capital
<br />improvement projects and funding needs.
<br />4. Continue to assess and plan for adequate water supply, including completion of
<br />groundwater treatment improvements to address known contaminants in Cityoperated wells; completion of water supply and operational plan updates, undertaking
<br />required updates to the City’s Urban Water Management Plan; working with water
<br />suppliers including Zone 7 to ensure adequate supplies; and implementation of the
<br />City’s recycled water and water conservation programs (see Program 4.5, below).
<br />5. Identify funding mechanisms for infrastructure improvements contained in the General Plan to accommodate projected housing growth. The City will continue to make
<br />infrastructure improvements on an as-needed basis, and based on the priorities established in the above-referenced water and sewer capacity and needs assessments, to
<br />accommodate existing and planned growth, typically funded through the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), in turn funded by the General Fund and developer impact fees
<br />and connection fees.
<br />Implement seven projects, with projects and priority to be established in
<br />the facilities planning process, during the Housing Element planning
<br />period
<br />Complete a sewer/wastewater and
<br />water system capacity analysis and
<br />adopt written policies and procedures
<br />that grant sewer and water hookups
<br />priority (September 2023); review
<br />Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
<br />and make affirmative changes by
<br />next CIP adoption (August 2023)
<br />A study for sewer infrastructure is currently underway; other action items such as written
<br />policies and procedures for prioritizing hookups for units that meet the City RHNA will
<br />follow. There will be the 2025 UWMP, the Water System Management Plan in 2024, Sewer
<br />System Management Plan in 2025, Zone 7 will do a regional demand study in 2024/2025
<br />6th Cycle Program 4.5: The City will take action to ensure adequate water supply to serve the needs of existing and future residents resulting from the additional housing
<br />capacity described in this Housing Element. As stated in Appendix C (Housing Constraints), this will include completion of a comprehensive study (underway) including analysis
<br />of near-term replacement of water supply impacted by PFAS contamination of City wells, and longer-term supply enhancements to accommodate future growth, including the
<br />following potential strategies. The suite of strategies under consideration may include: 1. Proceeding with the well rehabilitation project as previously scoped or with a modified
<br />scope.
<br />2. Constructing new City wells outside the PFAS plume.
<br />3. Zone 7 pumping City’s groundwater allotment on its behalf using newly installed infrastructure.
<br />4. Constructing a regional PFAS treatment facility located at City’s Operations Service Center that can treat both City and Zone 7 groundwater.
<br />5. Purchasing 100 percent of water from Zone 7 at the wholesale water rate.
<br />Based on the results of the Study, the City will develop a suite of projects from the list above to ensure adequate supply, or other strategies if determined to adequately address
<br />the deficiency in a more effective and/or cost-effective way. Beyond addressing the local groundwater supply constraint, the City will support Zone 7 in its regional efforts to
<br />ensure long range water supply is available to support new housing growth in Pleasanton and other communities served by the agency, as documented in the current (2020)
<br />and next (2025) Urban Water Management Plan.
<br />Ensure adequate water supply to serve the needs of existing and future
<br />residents resulting from the additional housing capacity described in this
<br />Housing Element.
<br />Complete study of local groundwater
<br />supply alternatives: October 2023.
<br />Implementation of selected project
<br />alternative: December 2025.
<br />Complete update to Urban Water
<br />Management Plan: December 2025
<br />The City completed a Water Supply Alternatives Study in 2023. The recommended project
<br />is to drill/install 2 new wells, in partnership with Zone 7, outside of the PFAS flume to serve
<br />current and future demands. Up until when this project is completed, the City will continue
<br />to receive make-up supply from Zone 7. The City continues to improve it’s ability to take
<br />water (contract and make-up) through the existing Zone 7 turnouts, via infrastructure
<br />improvements.
<br />The City is taking active measures to ensure water supply for existing and new residents
<br />and that it is free from PFAS contamination.
<br />6th Cycle Program 4.6: The City allows for parking reductions in certain circumstances, and state law establishes no minimum parking requirement or highly reduced parking
<br />rates for qualifying projects (e.g., state density bonus law, SB 35, AB 2097, etc.). To further reduce the impacts of parking requirements on the production of housing, the City
<br />will assess and update multi-family parking standards citywide to establish lower rates for studios and one-bedroom units and reduce the covered parking requirement (i.e., not
<br />require covered parking for studio and one-bedroom units).
<br />Reduce the impacts of parking requirements on the production of
<br />housing.
<br />By June 2024 Municipal Code updates anticipated to be completed by the summer, 2024
<br />6th Cycle Program 4.7: The City will analyze and test standards in the RM, MU-T, and C-C zones to determine standards (e.g., setbacks, parking, on-site open space
<br />requirements, etc.) that constrain developments and limit the ability to achieve maximum allowed density. Based on the analysis, the City will modify RM, MU-T, and C-C
<br />zones standards in the Zoning Ordinance to ensure maximum density can be achieved without exception (e.g., planned unit development, etc.).
<br />Ensure maximum density can be achieved in these zones without
<br />exception (e.g., planned unit development, etc.).
<br />Complete analysis (June 2024);
<br />amend Zoning Ordinance (December
<br />2024)
<br />Analysis and Zoning Ordinance on track to be completed by December 2024.
<br />6th Cycle Program 4.8: The City will establish a streamlined review process for development of housing sites. This review will serve strictly as a conformance analysis to
<br />evaluate projects proposed on housing sites against objective standards. This review will not require City Council approval, but Planning Commission approval may be required
<br />for larger projects (e.g., more than 50 units). For residential development proposals on properties where the General Plan Land Use Designation allows for such uses,
<br />residential density shall be permitted: (a) for mixed use, low and medium-density within the allowable density range set forth in Table 2-3 of the Land Use Element; (b) for 5th
<br />cycle Housing Element residential sites the maximum densities set forth in Appendix B Housing Sites Inventory 2015-2023 Housing Element adopted by Resolution No. 15-
<br />727; (c) for 6th cycle Housing Element residential sites the maximum densities as set forth in the Sites Inventory and Methodology Table B-13 (Rezone Sites – Minimum and
<br />Maximum Densities); with Land Use Element Policy 11’s requirement for public amenity when exceeding average density suspended; and maximum density allowed as
<br />necessary to comply with applicable State law.
<br />Streamline development review for properties where residential
<br />development is allowed and for the 5th and 6th Cycle Housing element
<br />sites.
<br />Develop and implement streamlined
<br />process (March 2023); suspension of
<br />Land Use Element Policy 11 for
<br />allowed residential development
<br />proposals effective upon Housing
<br />Element adoption
<br />The Housing Site Compliance Review process was implemented May 2023
<br />6th Cycle Program 5.1: Support implementation of applicable recommendations of the 2021 Alameda County “Home Together 2026 Implementation Plan” and pursue
<br />development and adoption of a local or subregional (Tri-Valley) homeless strategic framework to complement the Countywide effort, that would incorporate strategies and
<br />programs tailored towards the specific needs of Pleasanton’s unhoused residents. To initiate this effort, convene one or more stakeholder meetings to evaluate trends, needs,
<br />resources and strategies that could be included in a future framework document.
<br />Reduce unhoused persons as counted in the bi-annual Point-inTime (PIT)
<br />count for the 2026 and subsequent PIT counts during the planning period
<br />(2028 and 2030)
<br />Convene stakeholder meeting by
<br />September 2024; adopt local or Tri-
<br />Valley Framework or equivalent
<br />strategic plan by December 2025
<br />Stakeholder meeting to be convened in 2024. Framework/strategic plan work to follow.
<br />6th Cycle Program 5.2: Continue to dedicate funding and staff resources to support regional and subregional efforts to address homelessness. Ongoing and future programs
<br />may include:
<br />1. Providing annual funding through the Housing and Human Services Grant Program to non-profit agencies that provide shelter, resources and supportive services to the
<br />homeless.
<br />2. Allocating funding as available, and as opportunities arise, to support innovative programs to provide shelter to homeless individuals, such as the Goodness Village tiny
<br />homes project in Livermore.
<br />3. Convening regular meetings of the City’s interdepartmental Homeless Outreach Team that directly interfaces with homeless service providers and homeless individuals and
<br />provides coordinated assistance and support to address homeless issues.
<br />4. Actively participate in the periodic Point-in-Time (PIT) Count efforts to document the incidence and nature of homelessness in Pleasanton and offer services accordingly.
<br />Support regional and subregional efforts to address homelessness. Provide funding (annually); convene
<br />regular meetings of the Homeless
<br />Outreach Team (annually);
<br />participate in PIT Count efforts
<br />(biannually, in 2023, 2025, 2027, and
<br />2029)
<br />In 2023, the City maintained active support, including financial assistance through the City's
<br />Housing and Human Services Grant (HHSG) program, to CityServe of the Tri-Valley to
<br />provide homeless intervention and crisis stabilization services to Pleasanton homeless
<br />residents. The City also provided HHSG program funds to Goodness Village, a tiny home
<br />community in Livermore that provide housing to formerly 26 homeless Tri-Valley residents,
<br />including 7 Pleasanton homeless individuals. The Pleasanton Homeless Outreach Team
<br />(PHOT), comprised of city staff, the Alternative Response Unit from the Pleasanton Police
<br />Department, and non-profit partners including CityServe, continues to provided coordinated
<br />assistance and resources to support Pleasanton homeless residents. The PHOT team
<br />members also participated in the January 25, 2024 HUD Homeless Point-In-Time (PIT)
<br />Count to document the homelessness landscape in the City.
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