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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14-008 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 14 -08 rA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA ADOPTING THE 2014 -2021 GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE (LONG RANGE PLANNING PROJECT NO. LR12 -0012) AND APPROVAL OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION UNDER CEQA FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Procedural Findings. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby find, determine and declare that: A. State Housing Law requires that local jurisdictions periodically update their Housing Element pursuant to the update cycle of its Council of Governments. B. The City of Temecula adopted its first Housing Element on November 9, 1993. C. The City of Temecula first amended its Housing Element on October 8, 2002. ' D. The City of Temecula adopted a Comprehensive Update of its General Plan on April 12, 2005. E. The Southern California Association of Governments completed the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for this Housing Element cycle on July 12, 2007. F. The City of Temecula adopted the 2008 -2014 Housing Element Update for the fourth cycle Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) on July 27, 2010. G. The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) completed the fifth cycle RHNA on October 4, 2012. H. This Housing Element Update was processed including, but not limited to a public notice, in the time and manner prescribed by State and local law. I. At the conclusion of the Planning Commission hearing and after due consideration of the testimony, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update, General Plan Amendment, Long Range Planning Project No. LR12 -0012, on January 15, 2014. ' J. The City Council, at a regular meeting, considered the 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update and environmental review on January 28, 2014, at a duly noticed public Resos 14 -08 hearing as prescribed by law, at which time the City staff and interested persons had an ' opportunity to and did testify either in support or in opposition to this matter. K. At the conclusion of the City Council hearing and after due consideration of the testimony, the City Council adopted the 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update, General Plan Amendment, Long Range Planning Project No. LR12 -0012 subject to and based upon the findings set forth hereunder. L. All legal preconditions to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. Section 2. Further Findings. The City Council, in approving the Application hereby finds, determines and declares that: General Plan Amendment A. The proposed 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update is in conformance with the General Plan for Temecula and with all applicable requirements of State law and other Ordinances of the City; The proposed 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update has been designed to be consistent with State Housing Law, the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for local agencies under jurisdiction of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), and to be internally consistent with the other elements of the Temecula General Plan with implementation of the identified programs. B. The proposed 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update will not have a significant impact on the character of the built environment; The proposed 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update is compatible with the nature, condition and development of existing uses, buildings and structures and will not adversely affect the existing or planned uses, buildings, or structures. The Housing Element Update contains the goals, policies, and programs that will help guide the production of future housing within the City, in concert with other elements of the General Plan. The Housing Element Update will provide flexibility and opportunity in the development of residential uses to meet the needs of all economic segments of the community within the City. The specific programs of the Housing Element Update will provide opportunity for affordable housing through the identification of appropriate sites and density, provisions for density bonus law, provisions for transitional, supportive, and employee housing, as well as establishment of development standards for emergency shelters. In addition, the City circulated a Notice of Proposed Negative Declaration indicating that impacts related to the built environment will be less than significant as result of this project. ' C. The nature of the proposed 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update is not detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare of the community; Resos 14 -08 2 The proposed 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update will promote the health, ' safety, comfort and general welfare of the City and its residents through the goals, policies, and implementation programs geared towards ensuring adequate housing for all income levels in the community. The proposed Housing Element Update complies with all statutory requirements and is internally consistent with the other elements of the General Plan with implementation of the identified programs. The proposed Housing Element will not expose people to an increased risk of negative health or public safety impacts and potential impacts related to the health, safety and general welfare of the community were analyzed in the environmental review and determined to be less than significant as a result of this project. Section 3. Environmental Findings. The City Council hereby makes the following environmental findings and determinations in connection with approval of the 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update, General Plan Amendment, Long Range Planning Project No. LR12 -0012: A. Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), City staff prepared an Initial Study of the potential environmental effects of the approval of the 2014 -2021 Housing Element Update, General Plan Amendment, as described in the Initial Study ( "the Project'). Based upon the findings contained in that study, City staff determined that there was no substantial evidence that the Project could have a significant effect on the environment and a Negative Declaration was prepared. B. Thereafter, City staff provided public notice of the public comment period and of the intent to adopt the Negative Declaration as required by law. The public comment period commenced on December 16, 2013, and expired on January 14, 2014. Copies of the documents have been available for public review and inspection at the offices of the Department of Planning, located at City Hall, 41000 Main Street, Temecula, California 92590. C. Two written comment letters were received prior to the public hearing, submitted to the City Council and incorporated into the administrative record of the proceedings. D. The City Council has reviewed the Negative Declaration and all comments received regarding the Negative Declaration prior to and at the January 28, 2014, public hearing, and based on the whole record before it finds that: (1) the Negative Declaration was prepared in compliance with CEQA; (2) there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment; and (3) Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City Council. E. Based on the findings set forth in the Resolution, the City Council hereby adopts the Negative Declaration prepared for this project. Resos 14 -08 3 ' PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula this 28th day of January, 2014. 1 ATTEST: Gwyn R. Flo CMS' Acting City Clerk [SEAL] Resos 14 -08 Maryann Edwards, Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ' COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Gwen R. Flores, CMC, Acting City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 14 -08 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 28th day of January, 2014, by the following vote: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Roberts, Washington, Edwards NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ' Gwyn R. Flores, CMC Acting City Clerk Resos 14 -08 5