Planning Commission Meeting Agenda Packet 04222026

P18-0078, P18-0080, P18-0081, PUD-130 and Tract 8569 (Hidden Canyon) Planning Commission 7of 28 Canyon Road. This approach is consistent with the General Plan Land Use Element, which encourages the annexation of remaining contiguous unincorporated parcels. Since the submittal of the formal applications in 2018 through the certified 6 th Cycle Housing Element update, the applicant worked with City staff, adjacent property owners, residents, and EBRPD staff on plan refinements to provide a project design that minimized grading, avoided development on slopes of 25 percent or greater, and modified the new staging area to enhance public access to the Pleasanton Ridge. These refinements resulted in a reduction of units from 33 to 30 by eliminating two residential lots on the Ponderosa-owned parcel and redesignating a proposed residential lot to a stormwater basin for the new subdivision. The staging area modifications included relocating the staging area from the southern portion of the project site to the northeast, closer to Dublin Canyon Road, and reducing the size of the staging area from 36 vehicle parking stalls with four pull-through trailer parking spaces, to 18 vehicle parking stalls. The change was made in response to site constraints associated with the relocated staging area near Dublin Canyon Road, where a reduced development footprint to prevent further grading in areas with slopes of 25 percent or greater, necessitated a decrease in parking capacity and elimination of pull-through trailer spaces; these modifications were reviewed and approved by EBRPD staff and are reflected in the current project plans. ANNEXATION AND THE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION (LAFCO) Should the City Council certify the FEIR and approve the proposed project entitlements, the final determination on the applicant’s ability to annex into the City and construct the project would be made by the Alameda County LAFCo. Annexation proceedings would be initiated upon approval of the various applications before the City of Pleasanton, in the form of submittal of an application for annexation to LAFCo. Furthermore, as part of the annexation process, the City would need to negotiate an agreement with Alameda County about how future property tax revenues would be shared between the County and City. Furthermore, following annexation, and pursuant to State law, the City and County will be required to negotiate and (ideally) reach agreement on how any portion of the County’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) units would be re- allocated to Pleasanton, along with any corresponding credit for construction of units on the site. GENERAL PLAN, HOUSING ELEMENT, AND ZONING Applicable General Plan, Housing Element, and Zoning regulations are summarized below. Compliance with focused regulations and policies are analyzed further in the Analysis section of this report. General Plan Designation Although the properties are unincorporated, they are located within the City’s Sphere of Influence and General Plan Planning Area Boundaries. As discussed below, the portion of the property proposed for development with new single-family homes is located within the City’s Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). Most of the development would be in the Low Density Residential (LDR)-designated portion of the project site, which allows development of up to two dwelling units per acre. Approximately 45 acres of the project site are designated LDR. Considering the development as a whole, the