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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC RES 3839RESOLUTION NO. 3839 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 02-001, REVISING THE ADOPTED TUSTIN HOUSING ELEMENT. The Planning Commission does hereby resolve as follows: I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows: Ao That California Government Code Section 65588 requires each City review as frequently as appropriate and revise its Housing Element as appropriate. B. That the City prepared a Housing Element Update pursuant to Government Code Section 65588 and incorporated comments received on the draft from the State Department of Housing and Community Development ("HCD"). C. That the City utilized the most recent available data in completing the Housing Element Update and that the City has worked diligently with HCD to produce an effective Housing Element. D. That in anticipating completion of the Housing Element Update, the City progressed as follows: August 5, 1999 Sent Request for Proposals (RFP) to fifteen (15) consulting firms to prepare an update for the City of Tustin. October 4, 1999 The City Council authorized the Planning Center to prepare the City's Housing Element Update. Between October 1999 and September 2000 SCAG completed Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) process and assigned RHNA numbers to cities within its jurisdiction. SCAG adopted Final RHNA on November 2, 2000. September 29, 2000 The City completed its first draft Housing Element Update for the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) review. November 16, 2000 HCD provided a comment letter and requested revisions be made to the Housing Element Update. Resolution No. 3839 Page 2 Eo F, January through December 2001 The City worked with the Planning Center to address HCD comments and corrections. The Planning Center experienced staff changes which delayed the completion of the Draft Housing Element. City staff took over the project and completed the revised Housing Element in-house. January 3,2002 The City sent the revised Housing Element incorporating HCD's requested revisions to HCD. January 14, 2002 The Planning Commission conducted a workshop to familiarize the public with the purpose and intent of the Housing Element Update. January 28,2002 The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the Housing Element Update and the environmental document and recommended that the City Council certify the environmental document and adopt the Housing Element Update as proposed. February 4,2002 The City Council adopted the environmental documents and the Housing Element Update. February 11,2002 The City sent HCD a copy of the adopted Housing Element. March 7, 2002 HCD provided the City with review comments and corrections. Between March 7, 2002 and June 2002 The City worked diligently with HCD through informal phone conversations and submissions via fax to address HCD comments and corrections. June 14, 2002 The City sent the revised Housing Element for HCD review. July 3,2002 HCD approved the revised draft Housing Element pending Council adoption of the amended Housing Element. That a public workshop was held on January 14, 2002, to familiarize the general public with the purpose and intent of the Housing Element Update. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on January 28, 2002, by the Planning Commission to consider and provide further opportunity for the general public to comment on the proposed Housing Element Update. Resolution No. 3839 Page 3 O. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on February 4, 2002, by the City Council to consider and provide further opportunity for the general public to comment on the proposed Housing Element Update. Ho That the City Council considered environmental documentation and adopted the Housing Element Update on February 4, 2002. That HCD reviewed the adopted Housing Element Update and recommended revisions; the City prepared revisions, and the revisions were approved by HCD. Jo That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on july 22, 2002, by the Planning Commission to consider and provide further opportunity for the general public to comment on the proposed revisions to the Housing Element Update. K, That pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15152, the City of Tustin has completed environmental review and determined that all effects associated with the revisions to the Housing Element 'Update were adequately evaluated in the Program EIS/EIR for MCAS Tustin as determined by the City Council on February 4, 2002, that no new effects would occur, that no substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects would occur, that no new mitigation measures would be required, that no applicable mitigation measures previously not found to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and that there are no new mitigation measures or alternatives applicable to the project that would substantially reduce effects of the project that have not been considered and adopted. The revision to the Update makes clarifying and technical changes that do not affect the prior environmental determination. II. The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve an amendment to the General Plan Amendment 02-001, revising the Tustin Housing Element Update as identified in "Exhibit A" attached hereto. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission of the City of Tustin, at a regular meeting on the 22nd day of July, 2002. DOUGLASS S. DAVERT ~ Chairperson E-LIZABETH A.' B[NSACK Planning Commission Secretary Resolution No. 3839 Page 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, ELIZABETH A. BINSACK, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning Commission Secretary of the City of Tustin, California; that Resolution No. 3839 was duly pas.sed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Planning Commission, held on the 22® day of July, 2002. ELIZABETH A. BINSACK Planning Commission Secretary