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ORDINANCE NO. 2276 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON MODIFYING THE DUTIES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY AMENDING MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.30.020 AND DISBANDING THE HOUSING COMMISSION BY DELETING CHAPTER 2.38 WHEREAS, the City values members of the community volunteering their time to provide recommendations to the City Council, and desires to use volunteer time efficiently; and WHEREAS, on October 17, 2023, February 20, 2024, and March 5, 2024, at duly noticed public meetings, the City Council considered commission and committee reorganization, and determined that the Planning Commission should be modified to incorporate most of the duties of the Housing Commission as those commissions have fit and similarity in areas of focus, and that the City can disband the Housing Commission as development patterns for large scale housing development involving the City has changed. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Finds that the proposed amendments to the Pleasanton Municipal Code have no possibility to have a significant effect on the environment per Title 14 California Code of Regulations (CEQA Guidelines) § 15061(b)(3). SECTION 2. Amends the Pleasanton Municipal Code Section 2.30.020 as shown in Exhibit A, attached, and incorporated by this reference, to modify the duties of the Planning Commission. SECTION 3. Amends the Pleasanton Municipal Code to delete Chapter 2.39 Housing Commission in its entirety. Most of the duties which were assigned to the Housing Commission in the Pleasanton Municipal Code are generally assumed by the Planning Commission, such as the review of affordable housing agreements per Section 17.44.090, and those duties which have more recently not been carried out by the Housing Commission are not assigned to the Planning Commission. SECTION 4. A summary of this ordinance shall be published once within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in "The Valley Times," a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Pleasanton, and the complete ordinance shall be posted for fifteen (15) days in the City Clerk's office within fifteen (15) days after its adoption. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after its passage and adoption. {Vote and signatures to follow on next page)