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6th Cycle Program 4.5: The City will take action to ensure <br />adequate water supply to serve the needs of existing and <br />future residents resulting from the additional housing capacity <br />described in this Housing Element. As stated in Appendix C <br />(Housing Constraints), this will include completion of a <br />comprehensive study (underway) including analysis of near- <br />term replacement of water supply impacted by PFAS <br />contamination of City wells, and longer-term supply <br />enhancements to accommodate future growth, including the <br />following potential strategies. The suite of strategies under <br />consideration may include: 1. Proceeding with the well <br />rehabilitation project as previously scoped or with a modified <br />scope. <br />2. Constructing new City wells outside the PFAS plume. <br />3. Zone 7 pumping City’s groundwater allotment on its behalf <br />using newly installed infrastructure. <br />4. Constructing a regional PFAS treatment facility located at <br />City’s Operations Service Center that can treat both City and <br />Zone 7 groundwater. <br />5. Purchasing 100 percent of water from Zone 7 at the <br />wholesale water rate. <br />Based on the results of the Study, the City will develop a suite <br />of projects from the list above to ensure adequate supply, or <br />other strategies if determined to adequately address the <br />deficiency in a more effective and/or cost-effective way. <br />Beyond addressing the local groundwater supply constraint, <br />the City will support Zone 7 in its regional efforts to ensure <br />long range water supply is available to support new housing <br />growth in Pleasanton and other communities served by the <br />agency, as documented in the current (2020) and next (2025) <br />Urban Water Management Plan. <br />Ensure adequate water supply to serve the <br />needs of existing and future residents <br />resulting from the additional housing <br />capacity described in this Housing <br />Element. <br />Complete study of local <br />groundwater supply <br />alternatives: October 2023. <br />Implementation of selected <br />project alternative: <br />December 2025. Complete <br />update to Urban Water <br />Management Plan: <br />December 2025 <br />City continues to purchase all water from Zone 7 which is FPAS safe water due to <br />their highly effective treatment system. City and Zone 7 have partnered on a Regional <br />Groundwater Well Project in the Bernal groundwater sub-basin. Three test well are to <br />be drilled, then water quality and yield analyzed, all as part of a Phase 1 feasibility <br />study currently scheduled for completion in October 2025. One of the three wells has <br />been drilled, and the contractor has moved to the second site. <br />6th Cycle Program 4.6: The City allows for parking reductions <br />in certain circumstances, and state law establishes no <br />minimum parking requirement or highly reduced parking rates <br />for qualifying projects (e.g., state density bonus law, SB 35, <br />AB 2097, etc.). To further reduce the impacts of parking <br />requirements on the production of housing, the City will <br />assess and update multi-family parking standards citywide to <br />establish lower rates for studios and one-bedroom units and <br />reduce the covered parking requirement (i.e., not require <br />covered parking for studio and one-bedroom units). <br />Reduce the impacts of parking <br />requirements on the production of housing.By June 2024 <br />The City is undertaking the analysis with the a consulting firm providing technical <br />assistance, with the goal of adopting modified standards as necessary by summer <br />2025.