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Application of the City of Pleasanton to update the Housing Element of the General Plan as required by Section 65588(a) of the Government Code. The update consists of an examination of current housing needs, updated residential site inventory, and a housing program evaluation Consider Adoption of Negative Declaration Mr. Harris presented his report (SR 84:348) dated June 19, 1984, regarding this matter. Ma~7or Mercer declared the public hearing open on the application and the negative declaration. Ms. Ilene Weinreb, representing the Bay Area Council, presented a letter from the Bay Area Council dated June 22, 1984, expressing concern about the region's supply of housing to meet the needs of the growing number of Bay Area employees, particularly in the tri-valley area. The City's growth management policy is appropriately identi- fied in the element as a governmental constraint to housing production. However, the element does not identify any action towards removing this constraint that serves to keep housing production far below the level necessary to complement Pleasanton's em- ployment growth. The element should call for a reassessment of the conditions sur- rounding the growth issue. The projected increase in Pleasanton's employment base combined with the cap on residential growth will result in a significant mismatch between jobs and housing. This, in turn, will inflate housing prices and worsen traffic conditions and air quality. In light of these serious repercussions, the City should examine the validity of addressing the sewage capacity problem by means of the growth management program and direct its efforts towards identifying alterna- tive methods for dealing with this particular growth problem. She stated the City should also increase base densities on residential parcels to enhance the possibility of producing affordable homes and continue to make additional lands available for residential use. Ms. Weinreb urged Council to look at ways to match industrial growth with affordable residential growth. Councilmembers took exception to the remarks made by Ms. Weinreb, stating that the Growth Management Plan has proven effective in the City of Pleasanton. There being no further testimony, Mayor Mercer declared the public hearing closed on the application and the negative declaration. It was moved by Councilmember Butler, and seconded by Councilmember Brandes, that Resolution No. 84-322, determining on the basis of a review of initial environmental study done for this project, that no significant environmental impact would occur as outlined in the City-'s guidelines and that a negative declaration is appropriate in connection with the application of the City of Pleasanton to update the Housing Ele- ment of the General Plan as required by Section 65588(a) of the Government Code, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Brandes, Butler, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Mercer NOES: None ABSENT: None It was moved by Councilmember Butler, and seconded by Councilmember Mohr, that Resolution No. 84-323, approving the application of the City of Pleasanton to update the Housing Element of the General Plan as required by Section 65588(a) of the Government Code, be adopted. The roll call vote was as follows: AYES: Counci~nembers Brandes, Butler, Mohr, Wood, and Mayor Mercer NOES: None ABSEHT: None 7. 6/26/84