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P24-0720, 0 Vineyard Ave Planning Commission 3 of 7 BACKGROUND The Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan (VACSP) was adopted on June 1, 1999. The VACSP anticipated and designated this site as the location for a future Elementary School, and the subject site was subsequently dedicated to the Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) for this purpose. Since the adoption of the VACSP, based on changing needs and priorities, PUSD has determined the location is no longer needed or beneficial to retain as a future school site. The School District, therefore, proposed the site as a potential housing opportunity site during the City’s site selection process for the Housing Element Update; the City ultimately included the site in the 2023-2031 6th Cycle Housing Element for development of up to 28 housing units. When the elementary school was considered in the VACSP, it was envisioned that the development would include school buildings, as well as a sports/playfield open to the public on a portion of the site. As such, as part of the Housing Element adoption, Policy 11 was included in the General Plan Land Use Element which for Site 27 states: “this site shall include a neighborhood park or open space adjacent to Vineyard Avenue, of at least three acres.” This policy was intended to ensure that a portion of the site was reserved for open space or park uses, which could include recreation opportunities for residents of the Vineyard Avenue area, as well as allow for an open space buffer to maintain continuity of character with the adjacent properties along Vineyard Avenue. In May 2024, Trumark Homes submitted an SB330 Housing Site Compliance Review application. This application complies with the zoning and General Plan requirements and provides a single approximately 3-acre park/open space directly abutting Vineyard Avenue (see Figure 2). Staff is currently processing this zoning and General Plan-compliant project and, pursuant to the approval procedures for Housing Element sites, anticipates conducting a Zoning Administrator hearing in early February and bringing the Vesting Tentative Map to the Planning Commission in late February. Figure 2: Single Park Project