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retail, office, entertainment, and civic uses with safe pedestrian and bicycle connections to public transit, services and employers; and WHEREAS, the proposed changes to the Zoning Code and Zoning Map are necessary to implement the 2023-2031 Housing Element; and WHEREAS, the City desires to make certain amendments to the City’s Zoning Code to ensure consistency with the General Plan; and WHEREAS, on June 16, 2016, the City Council adopted a resolution certifying an environmental impact report for the 2035 General Plan Update (SCH # 2001092001) (the “General Plan EIR”); and WHEREAS, the General Plan EIR identified potentially significant environmental impacts and related mitigation measures, which the City adopted together with mitigation findings and a Mitigation Monitoring Program, which mitigation measures and monitoring program continue to apply to development in the City; and WHEREAS, the proposed adoption of the 2023-2031 Housing Element, the Environmental Justice Element, amendments to the Land Use Element, and the amendments to the Zoning Code and Zoning Map are collectively referred to as the “Project”; and WHEREAS, the City prepared a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (“SEIR”) to identify the potential environmental impacts of the adoption of the 2023-2031 Housing Element, the amendments to the 2035 General Plan and the other components of the Project; and WHEREAS, the SEIR is supplemental to the General Plan EIR in accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15163; and WHEREAS, the City’s General Plan, Zoning Code, and Municipal Code, are incorporated herein by reference, and are available for review at City Hall during normal business hours; and WHEREAS, on November 17, 2022 the Planning Commission held a public hearing and adopted Resolution 2022-009 recommending that the City Council certify the SEIR and adopt a related Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and whereas WHEREAS, on November 17, 2022 the Planning Commission adopted Resolution 2022- 010 recommending that the City Council adopt the Project authorize the City Manager to make iterative changes to the 2023-2031 Housing Element in response to comments from HCD to support state certification of the 2023-31 Housing Element; and whereas WHEREAS, on December 5, 2022 the City Council adopted Resolution 2022-213 certifying the SEIR and a related Mitigation Monitoring and Report Program; and WHEREAS, a staff report, dated December 5, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference, described and analyzed the Project for the City Council; and