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The Pleasanton Planning Commission will be voting Wednesday on adopting several resolutions that would move the city one step closer to annexing a large plot of land in East Pleasanton where a developer plans to build nearly 200 single-family homes.
If the commission approves the set of resolutions during its June 24 meeting, the documents will then go before the City Council for final approval.
“Based on the project, staff finds that the listed criteria are met,” Pleasanton associate planner Jenny Soo wrote in her staff report for Wednesday’s meeting. “As discussed above, the City Council discussed the merits of annexation at study sessions in August 2024 and February 2025, and concurred with the analysis provided by staff that annexation would result in improved planning, fiscal, and environmental outcomes compared to the project developing in Alameda County, and supporting the submittal of an annexation application.”
It’s been almost two years since the City Council first gave staff the green light to assess the pros and cons of annexing two parcels of land located in East Pleasanton, which developers had been eyeing for new housing projects. Both sites are currently unincorporated land overseen by Alameda County.
One project, dubbed the East Lakes sites, aims to develop hundreds of new homes — some early plans suggested there could be up to 600 units.
The other project, which the commission will be discussing Wednesday, is called the Arroyo Lago site. This project aims to build 189 detached single-family homes and nearly 48 deed-restricted junior accessory dwelling units across approximately 30 acres.
The two developments would be located in the East Pleasanton planning area, which is a 1,100 acres area located east of Valley Avenue and Busch Road, north of Stanley Boulevard and south of Arroyo Mocho.
Now, after dozens of meetings and discussions with the developer — 330 Land Company — and various changes to the originally proposed development plans, the city is ready to bring forth a list of documents that would bring the Arroyo Lago project closer to breaking ground.
“The city has worked closely with the applicant on the proposed Project, from revising the proposal in response to staff’s comments to collaborating on the formation of a Community Facility District to fund facility maintenance,” Soo wrote in Wednesday’s staff report. “The project is designed to be compatible with the surrounding residential communities, including the recently approved but yet-to-be-constructed Villages at the Quarry residential development that is located across Busch Road.”
In addition to reviewing and voting to approve the General Plan amendments, rezoning, Planned Unit Development plan and vesting tentative subdivision map, the Planning Commission will also vote on a resolution recommending that the City Council initiate the proceedings for annexation of the land into the city. This includes approving a pre-annexation and development agreement, which will also be presented to the commission for approval.
The City Council voiced its initial support for the pre-annexation and development agreement last October.
“Annexation of the project site would represent a logical extension of the city’s boundaries and ensure that development occurs in a comprehensive manner consistent with the city’s General Plan and the (Pleasanton Municipal Code),” Soo wrote. “Annexation would allow the city to apply its development standards, infrastructure requirements, and environmental review processes to the project.”
The Planning Commission meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday (June 24). The full agenda can be accessed here.
In other business:
City staff will be asking the commission to consider recommending two rezoning proposals to the City Council.
If approved at a later date by the council, the two resolutions would allow the Trinity Lutheran Church, located at 1225 Hopyard Road, and the Rock Bible Church, located at 4100 First St., to build up to 10 residential units at each site.
This discussion, which is part of the city’s Housing Element implementation, was previously continued during the May 13 commission meeting.
“Staff has identified five properties (with a recommendation for two) that could potentially be rezoned for the Planning Commission’s consideration and recommendation to City Council,” Wednesday’s commission meeting report states.
“The selected properties would be rezoned to Planned Unit Development (PUD) to establish capacity for up to 10 units each,” according to the staff report. “A development project would be subject to separate review in the future should an owner propose a project on the rezoned properties.”
