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Item 6d Staff Report PLANNING COMMISSION January 13, 1982 SUBJECT: GP-81-10 APPLICANT: City of Pleasanton PURPOSE: Application of the City the various elements of appropriate and necessa fications to the growth the City (formerly RAP, Program). of Pleasanton to amend the General Plan, where ry, to allow for modi- management system of Residential Allocation ATTACHMENT: Growth Management Element Negative Declaration In order for the City to modify its growth management procedures to allow for the greatest flexibility possible, the staff has reviewed the goals, policy statements and implementation programs contained in the various General Plan Elements relating to the control of growth. Except for a number of such goals, policies and programs contained in the draft Housing Element (approved by the Planning Commission February 17, 1981, and thereafter continued pending revision by the City Council) and in the Growth Management Element (attached) no general plan statements need be altered to accommodate the replacement of the Residential Allocation Program (RAP). The numerous growth related statements of the draft Housing Element are being changed to delete reference to RAP. In addition, certain other changes to the draft Housing Element are now being written to reflect new data regarding regional housing need. These changes will be presented by the staff early this year. The existing Housing Element of the City, adopted in February, 1976, does not have to be amended at this time because of its general nature. The Growth Management Element, however, does require some relatively minor changes to accommodate a new method of controlling growth. The staff, proposes an addendum to the Growth Management Element to reflect the changes in City policy relating to residential development. The Growth Management Element reflects nine policies that are essentially culled from t plan elements. These statements sum up the growth. The Element concludes by proposing actions as the basis for growth management. below: goals and thirty-six ze remaining general City's position on three implementation These are listed 1. Adoption of a "Residential Allocation Program" which will limit yearly residential growth, direct new growth in an efficient and logical manner, and allocate new growth to - those developments best fulfilling the policies governing new residential development;