SUPPLEMENTAL SPECIAL MEETING (5:00 PM)

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Responses to City Council Agenda Items — April 8, 2025 Special Meeting 1. Professional & Service Contracts (Pg 8): a. #1 (Pg 10/40) — Neighborhood Noticing consistent with State Laws — does this mean instead of the 1,000 feet noticing, we'd be dropping down to the 500 feet? What about signage at the site? Answer: State law -required public noticing for land use applications involving public hearings and affecting "permitted uses or intensity of uses," generally includes mailed notice of a public hearing provided to property owners within 300 feet of the subject property, as well as newspaper publication or physical posting, including at the subject property. The City's public notice requirements are contained in different documents, including in various places in the Pleasanton Municipal Code, and in a 1991 City Council policy (Resolution 91-132). While requirements vary based on application type, in general they are much more expansive than State law, including a) required noticing for many types of administrative actions or decisions, not required by State law; and b) where noticing is required by State law, prescribing more expansive mailed noticing. For example, notice to properties within 1,000 feet is required for Conditional Use Permits, Housing Sites Compliance Review, General Plan Amendment, Rezoning, Variances and Tentative Subdivision Maps — this notice includes property owners and occupants. Currently, the cost of printing and mailing notices is borne directly by the City with some offset, but not full cost recovery, from application fees. In addition, while not codified or subject to an adopted policy, the City routinely elects to provide mailed courtesy notices for project workshops, study sessions, or similar public meetings that may not involve a formal land use action or decision. For example, for the recent City Council preliminary study sessions regarding East Pleasanton projects, mailed postcard notices were sent to property owners and occupants within 1,000 feet, for each of the three meetings. On-site public noticing, beyond that required by State law, is included in a 2022 Community Development Department administrative policy and is required for many projects involving new construction or change in use. These posting