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6th Cycle Program 1.5: 6. Facilitate funding of site acquisition and project
<br />construction for appropriate sites through strategies such as issuance of
<br />tax-exempt bonds, and other financing mechanisms, to finance the
<br />construction of housing units affordable to extremely low-, very low- and
<br />low-income households, to purchase land for such a use, and to reduce
<br />mortgage rates.
<br />Assist in the development of 100 below
<br />market rate units over the planning period
<br />Initial lower-income sites
<br />outreach (September 2023);
<br />subsequent lowerincome
<br />sites outreach (September
<br />2025 and September 2029)
<br />o Religious institution
<br />outreach (June 2023);
<br />ongoing (within six months of
<br />any changes to regulations
<br />that facilitate housing on
<br />such sites) (also see
<br />Program 7.6)
<br />o PUSD engagement (June
<br />2025)
<br />o Begin planning of at least
<br />one housing site (January
<br />2026) (see Program 1.7 for
<br />earlier planning efforts on
<br />sites that accommodate low-
<br />income RHNA capacity)
<br />o Other program aspects on
<br />an ongoing basis
<br />6th Cycle
<br />Not Yet Started The City postponed its original plan to release an
<br />Request for Proposal in calendar year 2025 to focus on
<br />other City Counil priorities.
<br />Units Contact Steve Hernandez, Housing
<br />Manager
<br />shernandez@cityofpleasantonca.gov
<br />6th Cycle Program 1.6: For those properties designated for high-density
<br />residential development with existing commercial uses, conduct
<br />outreach with property owners and businesses to identify specific
<br />incentives for business relocation and to encourage property owners to
<br />develop their properties with housing. Develop appropriate incentives
<br />that would facilitate relocating existing commercial/office/industrial uses
<br />in order to enable development with residential uses. The City will
<br />facilitate the conversion of commercial, office, industrial buildings and
<br />parking structures for housing and mixed-use developments with use of
<br />incentives, which may include:
<br />1. Transfer of development rights;
<br />2. A review of traffic requirements and evaluation measures to facilitate
<br />mixed use
<br />development;
<br />3. Development of transit alternatives;
<br />4. Use of development agreements;
<br />5. Flexibility of parking standards;
<br />6. Flexibility of development standards for converting existing buildings
<br />or space to
<br />residential (i.e., adaptive re-use) to ensure minimum and maximum
<br />densities can be
<br />achieved; and
<br />7. Expedited processing of development applications
<br />Facilitating the conversion of commercial,
<br />office, industrial buildings and parking
<br />structures for housing and mixed-use
<br />developments.
<br />Initial outreach (January
<br />2025); subsequent outreach
<br />(January 2027 and January
<br />2029)
<br />6th Cycle
<br />Continuous Staff continues to be in discussion with owners of
<br />several of the high-density housing sites, including the
<br />Metro580 property, Signature Center Property,
<br />Laborers Council property, and Stoneridge Shopping
<br />Center, as they continue to explore housing
<br />opportunities and development partnerships.
<br />Other For more information contact Ellen Clark,
<br />Community & Economic Development
<br />Director: eclark@cityofpleasantonca.gov
<br />6th Cycle Program 1.7: Facilitate the development of the large Kiewit and
<br />Stoneridge Mall properties and other High Density sites larger than 10
<br />acres with housing by undertaking the following programs:
<br />1. Stoneridge Mall: Prepare and adopt a Specific Plan, Master Plan, PUD
<br />plan, or similar planning framework for development of the Stoneridge
<br />Mall property (Area 2), in cooperation with the various property owners,
<br />that incorporates housing at the amount and densities specified in the
<br />housing sites inventory, including lower-income housing, as well as
<br />complementary commercial uses. The goal of the planning effort is to
<br />create a vibrant mixed use and transit-oriented development that
<br />provides significant housing opportunities, including affordable housing,
<br />in proximity to employment, shopping and services, that is well
<br />connected to and incorporates multimodal transportation facilities. As a
<br />first step in this process, develop initial policy guidance for the mall
<br />through a “Framework” that will be the basis for future planning and a
<br />forum to develop consensus around a vision for the mall for the affected
<br />property owners and the community.
<br />200 lower-income units approved or
<br />constructed on large sites by January 2031
<br />Complete concept-level
<br />planning (Framework) for the
<br />Stoneridge Mall (March
<br />2023). Complete and
<br />adopt/approve detailed
<br />Master Plans for Stoneridge
<br />Mall site (July 2025) and
<br />Kiewit property (July 2024).
<br />Outreach to property owners
<br />for other large sites: June
<br />2023, and coordination to
<br />offer technical support by
<br />October 2024. If the City’s
<br />efforts are not resulting in
<br />progress toward housing
<br />entitlement/development on
<br />large sites by October 2026,
<br />the City will review and revise
<br />support efforts by May 2027.
<br />The City’s action shall be
<br />commensurate with the level
<br />of progress toward housing
<br />entitlement/development on
<br />large sites (e.g., if no
<br />progress has been made, a
<br />rezoning action of additional
<br />sites may be required).
<br />6th Cycle
<br />In Progress In December 2023, the City Council approved the
<br />Stoneridge Mall Framework Components, which
<br />outlined how housing allowed under the 6th Cycle
<br />Housing Element was to be allocated among the four
<br />property mall owners and six parcels at Stoneridge. It
<br />also defined a Vision Statement, Guiding Principles,
<br />and a series of Design and Placemaking Elements to
<br />be reflected in a future Framework Plan. The intent of
<br />the document is to provide guidance for any
<br />subsequent efforts related to the comprehensive, long-
<br />range planning of the mall. Since approval of the
<br />framework, the City has met the Stoneridge Mall
<br />property owners to discuss existing conditions and
<br />constraints at Stoneridge, understand each owners’
<br />development interests and priorities, assess key issues
<br />to be identified as part of a master planning effort, and
<br />to discuss elements of the next steps. The City has
<br />contracted with Architects Orange (AO), a firm that has
<br />worked separately with all of the Stoneridge Mall
<br />Property owners on mixed-use and/or mall projects in
<br />the past. The costs of the AO contract ($40,000) will be
<br />funded by the $150,000 provided by SPG, as per the
<br />DA. AO has been tasked to develop a land use matrix
<br />for each mall property inclusive of development
<br />regulations/allowances for each site (e.g., residential
<br />units, uses, site open space percentages, parking,
<br />etc.) and potentially high level site diagrams, suggest
<br />modifications to the City’s Objective Design Standards
<br />aligning with City and property owner objectives at for
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