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Page 11 of 12 Staff Recommendation: For the purpose of initiating project review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), staff recommends proceeding with a project description reflecting the greatest density that the City may be willing to accept on the site. 3. Does City Council support the applicant’s proposed proportion (approximately 15%) of age-restricted units in the preferred plan? Staff Recommendation: Staff has no specific recommendation on this item. 4. Does the City Council support the Preferred Plan’s affordable housing approach? a) Clustering of the affordable multifamily apartments in one area of the site (versus more dispersed, for-sale deed restricted units)? Staff recommendation: Staff has no specific recommendation on this item. While the IZO generally requires dispersal of inclusionary units, it does permit a tax-credit funded multi-family project to be clustered. If the units are not fully clustered, they will likely be provided as deed- restricted, 120% (or below) AMI for-sale units. b) Constructing all inclusionary units on site (versus providing a combination of inclusionary units (less than 15%) and affordable housing fees)? c) If a combination of on-site units and fees, what is the minimum number of units that should be provided on-site? Staff Recommendation: Staff notes that the IZO strongly supports provision of all inclusionary units on site; however, the City Council indicated majority support for potentially allowing for partial mitigation through payment of affordable housing fees. The City Council is requested to affirm this direction, and provide guidance on the minimum number of units that should still be constructed on-site. 5. Does the City Council support allowing the age-restricted subarea of the project to be gated/controlled access? Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends disallowing the senior portion of the project to be gated, consistent with the General Plan’s policy to discourage gated communities. 6. Does the Council have any other feedback on the applicant’s preferred project? Staff Recommendation: Staff recommends City Council provide any additional comments or feedback on the preferred project. EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY Annexing and developing the East Lakes project is supportive of the City's sustainability goals. Compared to projects being developed in the unincorporated county, development within Pleasanton would allow the project to connect to existing utilities, better mitigate their service impacts, and allow for key public services to be provided in closer proximity to the projects' residents. Annexing the property would permit the City to apply standards for green building and inclusionary housing to better achieve equity and sustainability goals. Page 334 of 348