RESOLUTION NO. ___________ (N.C.S.)
A Resolution ACCEPTING the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report and authorizing its submittal to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s Office of LAND USE AND CLIMATE INNOVATION WHEREAS, the City of Salinas (City) adopted the Salinas General Plan in 2002; and WHEREAS, as of 2019, Section 65400 of the California Government Code requires the City to file an annual report addressing the status of the General Plan progress made toward implementing its goals and policies; and WHEREAS, a General Plan Annual Progress Report for 2025 (GP APR) was prepared and must be submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (formerly Planning and Research) by April 1, 2026; and WHEREAS, on March 17, 2026, the City Council held a public meeting to review the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report and confirm that the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report accurately reflects the City’s progress in implementing the goals and policies of the 2002 General Plan; and WHEREAS, the acceptance of the General Plan Annual Progress Report is not a project as defined by CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 and, therefore, no environmental assessment is required; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SALINAS CITY COUNCIL that the 2025 General Plan Annual Progress Report accurately reflects the City’s progress in implementing the 2002 Salinas General Plan; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council accepts the General Plan 2025 Annual Progress Report and directs staff to submit the subject document to the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development and the Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation as required by statute.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 17th day of March 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Soratos, City Clerk