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THE CITY OF <br />pLEASANTONV <br />CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT <br />July 19, 2016 <br />Community Development <br />Planning Division <br />TITLE: CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS TO: (1) APPROVE 13 <br />GROWTH MANAGEMENT UNIT ALLOCATIONS AT 4171 AND 4189 <br />STANLEY BOULEVARD (P16- 0945); AND (2) INCREASE THE <br />NUMBER OF DISCRETIONARY GROWTH MANAGEMENT UNIT <br />ALLOCATIONS BY 15 UNITS FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2016 <br />SUMMARY <br />The City's Growth Management Program (GMP) (Attachment 3) requires the applicants <br />of all new residential projects to obtain a Growth Management Unit Allocation (GMUA) <br />for each residential unit. The GMP allows GMUAs to be approved by City Council, and <br />the Zoning Administrator may administratively approve up to 10 GMUAs per year. <br />Based on the anticipated remaining GMUA demand for the remainder of 2016, as <br />documented in this report, staff requests that the City Council authorize the Zoning <br />Administrator to grant an up to an additional 15 GMUAs, increasing the discretionary <br />capacity from 10 GMUAs to 25 GMUAs for 2016. Staff estimates that these additional <br />GMUAs will be sufficient to encompass projects with anticipated 2016 GMUA requests. <br />These additional discretionary GMUAs would typically be granted to smaller - scale, <br />lower- density projects with reduced neighborhood and community impacts. In addition, <br />staff requests that Council approve GMUAs for an already- approved project (a 13 -unit <br />residential project at 4171 and 4189 Old Stanley Boulevard) that did not obtain GMUAs <br />during the approval process. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that City Council: <br />1. Adopt a resolution to approve a total of 13 GMUAs for Case No. P16 -0945; and <br />2. Adopt a resolution to approve an increase of the discretionary GMUAs from 10 units <br />to 25 units for the remainder of 2016. <br />FINANCIAL STATEMENT <br />No fiscal impact to the City or public services is anticipated. <br />BACKGROUND <br />As amended in February 2015, the City's GMP requires the applicants of all new <br />residential projects to obtain a GMUA for each new residential unit that would be <br />constructed. Currently, common practice is that City Council reviews the requested unit <br />allocations when taking action on a Planned Unit Development (PUD) project involving <br />residential development. However, in some instances, residential projects were <br />approved under the prior GMP, which included a "first come, first served" category that <br />7 <br />