City of Redondo Beach
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL
ON TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2022 AT 6:00 P.M. TO CONSIDER
A REVISED 6TH CYCLE 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT
This serves as Notice by the City of Redondo Beach for a public hearing to consider the adoption of a revised 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Housing Element, incorporating and addressing additional comments from the State’s Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) and the citing of the previously adopted Initial Study Negative Declaration prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), CEQA Guidelines, and local implementation procedures.
Name of Project: City of Redondo Beach’s 2021-2029 Housing Element (Revised)
Project Location: The 2021-2029 Housing Element addresses the entire City of Redondo Beach, in Los Angeles County
Lead Agency: City of Redondo Beach, 415 Diamond Street, Redondo Beach, California 90277
Project Description: The 2021-2029 Housing Element, inclusive of and incorporating/addressing comments from the State’s Housing and Community Development Department (HCD), provides a framework for meeting the housing needs of existing and future resident popula- tions within the City based on the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 2,490 units within the City limits. While the RHNA allocation is 2,490 units, when accounting for a credit of 451 units and 240 antic- ipated ADUs, the total need with a 10% buffer for affordable housing is 1,944 units. The 2021-2029 Housing Element identifies strategies and programs to conserve and improve existing affordable housing; provide adequate housing sites; assist in the development of affordable housing; remove governmental and other constraints to housing development; and promote equal housing opportunities in a strategic manner. The 2021-2029 Housing Element proposes additional residential densities within mixed-use designations, residential recycling, residential overlays in commercial and industrial zones, and residential development on religious properties through coordination with nonprofit organizations.
Since this is a policy document, the land use designations and zoning amendments associated with the 2021-2029 Housing Element are not under consideration at this time and the amendments will be processed as part of the City’s ongoing and separate update to the Land Use Element of the General Plan (PLANRedondo). (The 2021-2029 Housing Element stipulates that the City must complete the land use and zoning amendments by November 2023 as part of PLANRedondo.) In addition, due to the nature of the project being a policy document with no physical development at this time, effects relative to hazardous waste sites listed under Government Code Section 65952.5 would not occur.
The City proposes to cite the Negative Declaration for the above-cited project adopted on October 5, 2021.
Document Availability: The Initial Study, adopted Negative Declaration, and the previously adopted 6th Cycle 2021-2020 Housing Element (February 8, 2022) and supporting materials are available for public review at the following locations during normal business hours for each:
• City of Redondo Beach, Community Development Department, 415 Diamond St., Door 2, Redondo Beach, CA 90277; • City of Redondo Beach, City Clerk Office, 415 Diamond St., Door 1, Redondo Beach, CA 90277; • Redondo Beach Main Library, 303 N. Pacific Coast Hwy., Redondo Beach, CA 90277; • Redondo Beach North Branch Library, 2000 Artesia Blvd., Redondo Beach, CA 90278; and • City of Redondo Beach website at www.redondo.org/ HousingElement
Questions and additional comments may be submitted to
[email protected]
PUBLIC HEARING: The public hearing on this matter will take place before the City Council on Tuesday, July 5th, 2022 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Redondo Beach City Council Chamber, 415 Diamond Street, Redondo Beach, California, or for public participation by Virtual Meeting. The meeting will also be lives- treamed on the City’s website at www.redondo.org/RBTV, YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofRedondoBeachIT, and broadcast live through Spectrum Channel 8 and Frontier Communications Channel 41.
Members of the public may participate during the meeting as outlined below.
PUBLIC COMMENT AND PARTICIPATION: There will be three options for public testimony during the meeting:
1. In person oral testimony can be provided by attending the meet- ing in the City of Redondo Beach City Council Chamber at the address noted above. 2. Interested persons may submit a written eComment through the City’s agenda webpage at https://redondo.legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. Specific instructions for eComment will be provided on the agenda cover page when it is released at least 72 hours prior to the meeting. eComments may be read out loud by City staff during the public hearing and are limited to 3 minutes in length (up to 2200 characters). Only one eComment per person. 3. Oral public testimony can be provided live by joining the virtual Zoom meeting by computer or phone-in. Registration is required.
The registration link will be provided on the agenda coversheet when it is released at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.
A person may either comment live or submit an eComment, but cannot do both.
For those that cannot participate during the public hearing, written com- ments for the City Council on this matter may be submitted by email to [email protected]. Written comments will be accepted up to 3:00 p.m. the day of the public hearing, July 5th, 2022, to allow time for distribution to the City Council as a Blue Folder item.
CITY OF REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA Eleanor Manzano City Clerk of the City of Redondo Beach Easy Reader Inc/Redondo Beach News/June 23, 2022/RD22-043