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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: January 20, 2015 <br />A1� Resolution - Council <br />File Number: 15-002 Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />Agenda Number: <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: Not Applicable <br />TITLE: RESOLUTION Adopting a Negative Declaration for the 2015-2023 Housing <br />Element Update of the San Leandro General Plan in Compliance with the <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro has completed a draft update of its General Plan <br />Housing Element, dated December 2014, available for review at the Community Development <br />Department in City Hall and Main Library during normal business hours, and incorporated <br />herein by reference; and <br />WHEREAS, the Housing Element update is defined as a "project" under the California <br />Environmental Quality Act and is thus subject to environmental review; and <br />WHEREAS, the updated Housing Element proposes no significant changes to the <br />City's General Plan land use or transportation maps because the updated Housing Element <br />demonstrates that the City can accommodate its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) <br />without rezoning properties or increasing currently allowable densities; and <br />WHEREAS, the City completed an Initial Study and determined that the proposed <br />Housing Element update has no potential for significant environmental impacts. Consistent <br />with CEQA Guidelines section 15074(e), the Initial Study considered whether the Housing <br />Element update would result in a safety hazard or noise problem and determined that it would <br />not; and <br />WHEREAS, CEQA does not require a detailed evaluation of all projects that could <br />conceivably be developed consistent with Housing Element policies. The updated Housing <br />Element proposes no changes to General Plan land use designations or densities, as <br />analyzed in the 2002 General Plan and related EIR. If and when specific housing <br />developments are proposed, CEQA requires the City to conduct project- and site-specific <br />environmental review for subsequent projects; and <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 1113/2015 <br />