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Affordable Housing The City's Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance (IZO) requires new single-family residential projects of fifteen units or more to provide at least twenty percent (20%) of the dwelling units as affordable units to very low, low, and/or moderate income households. For multi-family projects of fifteen units or more, the IZO requires at least fifteen percent (15%) affordable units. The Affordable Housing Agreement for the Ironwood development (please see Exhibit G in the Planning Commission Staff Report) established a 24% affordable unit requirement for the entire 363-unit project. The applicant built 138 affordable units in its 172-unit senior apartment project in the Ironwood development. Because this exceeded the 87 affordable units that were required by 51 units, the City granted the applicant (as allowed by the IZO) 51 Inclusionary Unit Credits that could be used to satisfy the requirements of the IZO on the school option/MDR senior housing site. The 51 Inclusionary Unit Credits will more than meet the affordable housing requirements for this project. Therefore, none of the units in the project need to be affordable and none are proposed. Trail Connections As part of its Ironwood development, Ponderosa Homes installed the Iron Horse Trail between Mohr Avenue and Boulder Street, installed a trail connection between Madsen Court and the Iron Horse Trail, and installed an eight-foot wide paved trail/sidewalk through the development which links Busch Road to the existing trail along the east side of Martin Avenue. An eight-foot wide paved trail/sidewalk was also provided to link the in-tract Busch Road-Martin Avenue trail to the future public school or senior housing development on the 23-acre site. Attachment #9 shows the City approved Ironwood PUD site plan with the in-tract trail highlighted and Attachment #10 shows the existing in-tract trail on an aerial photograph. The City's Community Trails Master Plan shows a future Class C trail adjacent to the northern boundary of the subject site (Attachment #11). This future trail would start near the Mohr Avenue/Irongate Court intersection and head east within the City owned old Mohr Avenue right of way to provide access to the future uses in the East Pleasanton Specific Plan, including the recreation uses that will be established around the old quarry pits. The trail is currently not listed in the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and it is unknown when the trail would be installed, although this trail and other future trails located in East Pleasanton will be further addressed as part of the East Pleasanton Specific Plan. Prior to the Planning Commission hearing, staff had discussions with the applicant about providing a direct trail connection from the proposed development to the future trail (e.g., create a narrow, approximately 12-foot wide homeowner's association-owned parcel with trail between Lots 36 and 37). Ponderosa Homes indicated that it did not wish to provide a second trail connection because they felt the existing in-tract trail from Reimers Drive to Mohr Avenue would provide adequate access to the future trail from this development. The applicant also cited security concerns about providing the direct trail connection. Page 8 of 13