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Page 1 of 4 Item #5 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT February 18, 2025 Community Development TITLE: ADOPT A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE VINEYARD AVENUE CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN TO TO ALIGN WITH HOUSING ELEMENT PERMITTED USES FOR THE PROPERTY (APN 946-4619-1), AND MAKE OTHER CONFORMING CHANGES [P24-0747] SUMMARY In December 2023, the City Council adopted the 6th Cycle Housing Element, which included the designation of a number of sites for residential development. One such site is the approximately 10-acre site owned by the Pleasanton Unified School District, located at 0 Vineyard Avenue, within the Vineyard Avenue Corridor Specific Plan area (VACSP). State law requires the City’s various land use regulatory documents to be consistent with one another, and as such, the Housing Element includes Program 1.1 to amend the VACSP for consistency with the Housing Element. The City has initiated an application to amend the VACSP to align with Housing Element permitted uses for the property and other conforming changes. The Planning Commission recommended the City Council approve the amendments at its January 22, 2025 meeting. RECOMMENDATION 1. Find the proposed amendments to the VACSP are within the scope of the 2023-2031 (6th Cycle) Housing Element Update Program Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2022040091) which was certified by the City Council on January 26, 2023, by Resolution No. 23-1357 and that no further environmental review is required; 2. Find the proposed amendments the VACSP consistent with the goals and policies of the General Plan; 3. Adopt a Resolution approving the amendments to the VACSP to align with Housing Element permitted uses for the subject property and other conforming changes. BACKGROUND The VACSP was adopted by the City Council on June 1, 1999, to serve as the primary land use and infrastructure regulatory guide for development of the 384-acre VACSP. The VACSP establishes the basic land use pattern, development and design standards, circulation network, infrastructure system, environmental measures, financing, and implementation requirements for future development. The VACSP land use concept features a mix of single- family homes, vineyards, open space, community park, elementary school, "wine country" related commercial uses, and possible limited aggregate mining activities. The VACSP was intended to facilitate the transition of land uses between the urbanized edge of Pleasanton to the west and the Ruby Hill development to the east. The proposed amendments relate to a 10.64-acre parcel located on the south side of Vineyard Avenue, between Thiessen Street and Manoir Lane (denoted with a star in Figure 1). Since the adoption of the VACSP, based on changing needs and priorities, PUSD has determined the location is no longer needed or Page 33 of 749