RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PACIFICA APPROVING THE CITY’S 2021 HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2015-2023 HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE 2021
GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN; AND DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO TRANSMIT THE REPORTS TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (HCD) AND THE GOVERNOR’S
OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH (OPR)
WHEREAS, California Government Code section 65400(a)(1) requires that after the legislative body has adopted all or part of a General Plan, an annual report on the status of the General Plan progress and its implementation be prepared to ensure that the General Plan will serve as an effective guide for orderly growth and development, preservation and conservation of open-space land and natural resources, and the efficient expenditure of public funds relating to the subjects addressed in the general plan; and WHEREAS, California Government Code section 65400(a)(2) also provides that the annual report must also provide the progress in meeting the City’s share of regional housing needs and local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Government Code section 65583; and
WHEREAS, the housing element portion of the annual report must be prepared through the use of standards, forms, and definitions adopted by the Department of Housing and Community Development and must be filed with the Office of Planning and Research (OPR), and the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) annually by April 1st of each year; and
WHEREAS, the City Council considered the annual reports required by Government Code sections 65400(a)(1) and 65400(a)(2) at a public meeting before the where members of the public were allowed to provide oral testimony and written comments; and
WHEREAS, the City has made significant progress in implementing the policies contained in the City’s General Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Pacifica as follows:
A. The above recitals are true and correct and material to this Resolution.
B. The City Council, acting as the planning agency and legislative body in accordance with Government Code sections 65100 and 65400, hereby approves the City’s 2021 Housing Element Annual Progress Report regarding progress of implementation of the 2015-2023 Housing Element, attached hereto and hereinafter incorporated as Exhibit A and the 2021 General Plan Annual Progress Report regarding progress of implementation of the other Elements of the General Plan, attached hereto and hereinafter incorporated as Exhibit B.
2 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager is hereby directed to transmit the Reports to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) in the form attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, with minor non-substantive revisions that may be approved by the City Attorney.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Pacifica, California, held on the 14th day of March 2022.
AYES, Councilmembers:
NOES, Councilmembers:
ABSENT, Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN, Councilmembers:
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Mary Bier, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Sarah Coffey, City Clerk Michelle Kenyon, City Attorney
EXHIBIT A
2021 Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR)
EXHIBIT B
2021 GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT (APR)