TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Planning Manager
SUBJECT:Title
(Continued Item) Public Hearing to Consider the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (HEU) and Associated Initial Study/Negative Declaration (Community Development Director Tai).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NOS. 22-0014 AND 22-0015
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff and the Planning Commission recommend that, after receiving public input, the City Council adopt attached Resolution No. 22-0014 adopting the Negative Declaration for the 6th Cycle Housing Element; and adopt attached Resolution No. 22-0015 adopting the 6th Cycle Housing Element.
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BACKGROUND:
After a number of City Council meetings and public hearings, the City Council continued its consideration of the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update in order to: (1) provide additional opportunities for public comment, and (2) study the Sites Analysis and Inventory more closely. In addition to the City's standard public notices pursuant to State and local regulations, staff has provided additional notice far beyond required public noticing requirements to publicize this meeting, including but not limited to notifying the Manhattan Village Senior Villas affordable housing development and posting the notice at the Joslyn Community Center. At the City Council's request, this report provides supplemental analysis regarding the Sites Analysis and Inventory. Attachment 1 includes links to the reports from the prior meetings.
DISCUSSION:
The most challenging task in the preparation of the 6th Cycle Housing Element concerned Appendix E, the Sites Analysis and Inventory, which describes the methodology by which the City can accommodate its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) targets and provides an inventory of the sites identified to meet the housing need. T...
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