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THE CITY OF 7 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT PLEASANTON. February 3, 2015 Assistant City Manager Community Development TITLE: INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 17.36 OF THE PLEASANTON MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM SUMMARY In 2010, the City Council appointed then councilmembers McGovern and Thorne to act as a Growth Management Subcommittee (Subcommittee) for the purpose of recommending amendments to the City's Growth Management Ordinance (GMO) to address conditions resulting from the 2009 Urban Habitat Settlement Agreement concerning the City's housing cap and the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) numbers generated as part of the state's Housing Element process. As an outcome of this review, in November 2012 the City Council adopted an amended GMO that addressed the most critical RHNA and settlement requirements. However, the Subcommittee also indicated that it anticipated the Council would consider additional amendments to assure the GMO continues to meet City needs and state requirements. As anticipated, as part of recently approved Housing Element, the City committed, through Program 30.2, to review the GMO as it relates to accommodating affordable housing units. To that end, staff has recently reviewed the GMO and is recommending amendments to improve its administration and to address Program 30.2 of Housing Element. In general, the amendments address four GMO features; 1) changing the method of tracking housing unit allocations from the issuance of building permits to the PUD approval of new units, 2) addressing the tracking of housing units approved by the City's Zoning Administrator as part of a design review process, 3) establishing a process assuring that City Council approved affordable housing units will be awarded growth management unit allocations, and 4) cleaning up terminology to make it consistent throughout the ordinance. The amendments do not change provissions related to calculating the number of annual housing units, exemptions or other matters minimizing the GMO's position as part of the City's development review process. RECOMMENDATION Introduce the attached Ordinance (Attachment A) amending Chapter 17.36 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code concerning the Growth Management Program FINANCIAL STATEMENT There is no financial impact as a result of this action.