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RESOLUTION NO. 23771
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN 2025 TO REPLACE
THE HOUSING ELEMENT, HOUSING ELEMENT TECHNICAL REPORT,
AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, TO ADOPT
THE 6TH CYCLE 2021- 2029 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE OF THE CITY
OF RIVERSIDE TO ADD A SEPARATE STAND ALONE DOCUMENT TO
THE GENERAL PLAN 2025 ENTITLED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
POLICIES, AND TO MAKE OTHER MINOR TEXT AMENDMENTS
THROUGHOUT THE GENERAL PLAN 2025 FOR CONSISTENCY
PURPOSES
WHEREAS, the California Legislature has determined that the availability of housing is a matter of statewide importance and the cooperation between government and the private sector is critical to attainmentof the State's housing goals; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65588(b) requires the City of Riverside City") to periodically prepare an update to the Housing Element of its General Plan; and WHEREAS, the General Plan Housing Element servesas a policy and action guide to address the comprehensive housing needs of the City of Riverside; and WHEREAS, theCityofRiversidepreparedthe6'hCycle2021-2029HousingElementUpdate in accordancewith California Housing ElementLaw (GovernmentCodesection65580 et. seq.); and WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65583 requires that the Housing Element Update contain: ( i) an assessmentof the City' s housing needsand an analysis of the resourcesand constraints, both governmental and non- governmental, relevant to the meeting of these needs; (ii) an inventory of land suitable and available for residential development and an analysis of the development potential of such sites; ( iii) a statement of the community' s goals, quantified objectives, andpolicies relative to the maintenance, preservation, improvement, anddevelopment of housing; and iv) programs that set forth a schedule of actions the local government is undertaking or intends to undertake to implement the policies and achieve the goals and objectives of the Housing Element Update, and
WHEREAS, Housing Element Law requires the Housing Element to identify adequatesitesto accommodate the City' s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (" RHNA") and the City has identified 1 2
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Section 3: The 6thCycle 2021-2029 Housing Element attachedhereto as Exhibit " A" and incorporatedherein by reference, is hereby adopted.
Section 4: The Public Safety Element of the General Plan 2025 is hereby amended and replacedin its entirety with Exhibit `B" attachedhereto and incorporated herein by reference, which includes the following entitled documents: Public Safety Element and Public Safety Element Technical Background Report.
Section 5: The General Plan 2025 is hereby amendedto add a separatestand alone document entitled Environmental Justice Policies, which covers existing Elements within the General Plan and is attachedhereto asExhibit " C" andincorporated herein by reference.
Section 6: The General Plan 2025 is hereby amended to make minor text amendments throughoutfor consistencypurposesrelatedto the Housing ElementandPublic SafetyElement, all as shown in Exhibit " D" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 7: That an Environmental Impact Report was prepared in connection with this action andhasbeen certified concurrently herewith.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 5th day of October, 2021.
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PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
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I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly andregularly adoptedat a meeting of the City Council of said City at its meetingheldon the 5th day of October, 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Edwards, Cervantes, Fierro, and Hemenway and Councilwoman Plascencia
Noes: Councilmember Conder and Councilmember Perry
Absent: None
Disqualified: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this 8th day of October, 2021.
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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