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Page 1 of 5 Item #6 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT July 15, 2025 Community and Economic Development TITLE: RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON THE DUBLIN/PLEASANTON BART STATION CONCEPT PLAN PROJECT AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AND THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT DISTRICT TO COOPERATIVELY PLAN FOR AND CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT AT AND AROUND THE BART STATION IN PLEASANTON SUMMARY The 6th Cycle Housing Element, adopted by the City Council and certified by the State, identifies the east Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station as a future location for high-density housing, and includes a program to prepare a concept plan for the station, intended to further redevelopment of the site while addressing parking for new uses and existing commuters. The City has been awarded grant funding for the project, in part to support a robust consultant team to assist with the effort. This report updates the City Council on this project and requests approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and BART, documenting the two agencies’ intent to cooperatively plan for development at and around the Pleasanton side of the station. RECOMMENDATION Receive an update on the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station Concept Plan project and adopt a resolution approving a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Pleasanton and the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to cooperatively plan for and consider development at and around the BART Station in Pleasanton. BACKGROUND BART Concept Plan The City Council re-adopted the Housing Element at its September 19, 2023, meeting, following the California Department of Housing and Community Development’s (HCD) certification in August 2023. Program 1.3 of the Housing Element identifies the preparation of a Concept Plan for the BART site to plan for housing per the densities assigned in the Housing Element and in accordance with State law, but to also plan for potential complementary non- residential uses and to evaluate vehicular parking demand of the on-site uses in addition to BART commuter parking. The program calls for this work to be started in 2024 and completed by December 2026, to facilitate redevelopment and housing on the site within the timeframe of the 2023-31 (6th Cycle) Housing Element. Staff has initiated the Concept Plan with a professional services team, with the contract administered and funded through a grant awarded as part of Association of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission - Bay Area Governments' (MTC-ABAG’s) Priority Sites Program (the Priority Sites Planning Grant). The project is in its initial stages; this report provides an update and a request for City Council action on a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Page 92 of 694