RESOLUTION NO. ___ -22
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANT HILL,
ACCEPTING THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND GENERAL PLAN
WHEREAS, Section 65400 of the California Government Code requires that each legislative body report annually on the progress of the implementation of the Housing Element and General Plan to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, and the State Department of Housing and Community Development; and
WHEREAS, an annual report has been prepared and submitted for City Council review summarizing the progress that has been made in implementing the General Plan and Housing Element (the 2021 Annual Report); and
WHEREAS, the 2021 Annual Report includes: (1) the status of the General Plan and progress in its implementation; (2) the City’s progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs and local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the maintenance, improvement, and development of housing; (3) with regard to the Housing Element, a section that describes the actions taken by the City towards completion of the programs and status of the City’s compliance with the deadlines in the Housing Element, as well as a description of how any units that have been substantially rehabilitated, converted from non-affordable to affordable by acquisition, and preserved meet the standards of Government Code Section 65583.1; and (4) a statement of the degree to which the General Plan complies with the guidelines developed and adopted pursuant to Section 65040.2 and the date of the last revision to the General Plan; and WHEREAS, on February 8, 2022, the Planning Commission, as the City planning agency, recommended the City Council accept the annual report of the current status of the implementation of the Housing Element and General Plan; and WHEREAS, on March 7, 2022, the City Council considered the report at a public meeting where members of the public were allowed to provide oral testimony and written comments; and
WHEREAS, this annual report is statutorily exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15262 (“Feasibility and Planning Studies”) of the Guidelines for the Implementation of CEQA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill hereby accepts the attached annual report and directs staff to transmit the report to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the State Department of Housing and Community Development.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Pleasant Hill, at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 7
th day of March, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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MICHAEL G. HARRIS O.D., Mayor
ATTEST:
DANIELLE K. HABR, City Clerk