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RESOLUTION NO. RES-22-0027
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LONG BEACH AP PROVING THE 2021-2029
HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN;
AND CERTIFYING, AP PROVING, AND AD OPTING
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AD DENDUM
(EIRA-02-21); AND AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO SUBMIT THE HOUSING
ELEMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPART MENT OF
HOUSING AN D COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD) FOR
ITS CONSI DERATION AND CERTIFICATION
WHEREAS, in accordance with the State Housing Law, each jurisdiction must update and revise its Housing Element (one of eight required elements of the General Plan) periodically in accordance with a schedule set forth in the law with specific deadlines established by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD); and
WHEREAS, the Director of Development Services for the City of Long Beach, together with Planning Staff, initiated an amendment to the Housing Element of the City's General Plan (Cycle 6) in February 2020, for the 2021-2029 planning period (2021-2029 Housing Element), to supersede and replace the City's Housing Element (5th Cycle) that covered the period 2013 to 2021; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the 2021-2029 Housing Element qualifies as an amendment to the City's General Plan and also qualifies as a "Project" under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and
WHEREAS, the public review of the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element has been prepared by the City of Long Beach and presented to the Planning Commission for 1 DAM:MJM:kjm A21-04889 1/24/22 01352519.doc
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28 recom mendation, and to the City Council for approval; WHEREAS, the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element sets forth the housing policies of the City, facilitates the preservation and development of housing, including affordable housing, and establishes programs to accommodate the City's share of the regional housing need in Southern California in accordance with State law; and WHEREAS, the City of Long Beach has been assigned an allocation of 26,502 new housing units, of which nearly sixty (60) percent are required to be affordable, for the 6th Cycle as the City's share of the regional housing need assess ment (RHNA) in Southern California, which plans for and anticipates housing needs for the period between 2021 and 2029; and
WHEREAS, the City's RHNA allocation is within the 28,524 units contem plated in the City's Land Use Element (LUE) of its General Plan as adopted by the City Council on December 3, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element reflects more than 18 months of robust public process, outreach, and public engagement in order to inform the public regarding the City's housing plan, strategies and priorities. Such outreach included, but was not limited to, targeted multi-lingual mailers, opportunities to provide public feedback through citywide virtual workshops, forums and virtual community meeting s, telephone "town hall" meetings that were open to the public and available in a variety of languages; various focus groups, stakeholder interviews, community presentations and capacity building activities, as well as study sessions before the Planning Commission and City Council; as well as a call for residents to share their respective housing "stories" in English, Spanish, Khmer and Tagalog; and WHEREAS, on September 17, 2021, in accordance with Government Code Section 65585, the California Department of Housing and Community Development issued a letter to the City to report on its review of the City's Draft Housing Element, which review concluded that the City's draft Housing Element addressed many of the State statutory housing requirements; but that revisions would be necessary to 2 DAM:MJM:kjm A21-04889 1/24/22 01352519.doc
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21 substantially comply with the State's Housing Element Law (Article 10.6 of the California Government Code); and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of. Long Beach conducted a duly noticed public hearing on the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element, together with the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Addendum (EIRA-02-21) on October, 7, 2021, and considered evidence presented by the City's Development Services Departme nt and other interested parties and individuals. At the conclusion of said hearing, the Planning Commission recommended unanimously that the City Council approve and adopt the above referenced EIR Addendum, as well as the 2021-2029 Housing Element; and WHEREAS, it is the responsibility of the City Council to consider and weigh the merits of the proposed Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element update and receive public input in relation to the policies, standards and intent of the Long Beach General Plan and the Long Beach Municipal Code in making its decision on the legal sufficiency of the Draft Housing Element, as well as the legal sufficiency of Environmental Impact Report Addendum (EIRA-02021); and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered oral comments and written testimony concerning the Draft 2021-2029 Housing Element and the draft EIR Addendum at a duly noticed public hearing held on November 16, 2021; and follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Long Beach resolves as Section 1. The City Council hereby certifies, approves, and adopts 22 Environmental Impact Report Addendum (EIRA -02-21), finding that said Addendum was 23 prepared in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act 24 (CEQA) under Title 14, Sections 15162 and 15164 of the California Code of Regulations 25 and that said Addendum reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City 26 Council; that none of the conditions identified in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, calling 27 for the preparation of a supplemental or subsequent EIR exists; and further finds that 28 there is no substantial evidence to support a fair argument that the adoption of the 2021- 3 DAM:MJM:kjm A21-04889 1/24/22 01352519.doc
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28 2029 Housing Element will result in any significant environmental impacts that have not been previously studied; and that the EIR Addendum is appropriate for the proposed 2021-2029 Housing Element since the conditions set forth in Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines are not present.
Section 2. The City Council finds, based on the age, and in some cases, the declining or deteriorating conditions of primarily non-residential structures located on non-vacant sites, as well as the likelihood of commercial uses on non-vacant sites converting to mixed-use residential developments due to the continued decline of existing retail-only uses, as well as the currently documented high commercial use vacancy rates in the City as compared to the Southern California region; together with recent regional development trends (where conversion of non-residential uses on non-vacant sites to housing developments to accommodate a range of household types including lower income households has been prevalent), the documented interest from housing developers to construct housing projects in the City of Long Beach; the lack of developable vacant sites in the City; the prioritization of sites identified in the site inventory for future residential and mixed use development through the 2019 Land Use Element update; and the existing uses on the sites identified in the site inventory to accommodate the RHNA including the lower income RHNA are likely to be integrated with new residential uses, or discontinued during the planning period; and therefore are not considered significant impediments to additional residential development during the period covered by the City's 2021-2029 Housing Element.
Section 3. The City Council further finds that the 2021-2029 Housing Element, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as Exhibit "A", addresses all of the legal requirements as set forth in the California Government Code, and that the Housing Element is compatible with, consistent with, and integrated with all other Elements of the City's General Plan; and the City Council therefore adopts said 2021-2029 Housing Element to replace the 2013-2021 Housing Element of the General Plan in accordance with State and local law.
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1 Section 4. The documents and other materials constituting the record of 2 proceedings upon which the City Council's decision to certify and approve Environmental 3 Impact Report (EIR) Addendum (EIRA -02-21) and the 2021-2029 Housing Element are 4 located in the Department of Development Services and in the Offices of the Long Beach 5 City Clerk, 411 W. Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, California. 6 7
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Section 5. The Director of Development Services is hereby directed to transmit the final adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for its earliest action and certification as provided by law; and is further directed and authorized to make all non-substantive changes to the Housing Element as required to make it internally consistent, or to address any non-substantive changes or amendments suggested or requested by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). Should HCD require substantive changes to the Housing Element adopted herein, City staff shall bring such changes or amendments back to the City Council for its further review and adoption.
Section 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Long Beach at its meeting of __
F_e_b_ru_ a...::ry_ 8 __ , 20 22 by the
following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Zendejas, Allen, Price, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Uranga, Austin,
Richardson.
Noes: Councilmembers: None.
Absent: Council members: None.
Recusal(s): Councilmembers: None.
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