Reso 2022-213 Housing Element Supplement EIR

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WHEREAS, the City determined that a supplemental EIR to the General Plan EIR would be prepared, and distributed a Notice of Preparation (NOP) for a 30-day agency and public review period starting on January 14, 2022. The City held a Scoping Meeting on January 19, 2022; and WHEREAS, based on the Project description and responses to the NOP, the City prepared a draft Supplemental EIR to the General Plan EIR dated September 2022 (the "Draft SEIR") which reflected the independent judgment of the City as to the potential environmental effects of the Project; and WHEREAS, the Draft SEIR is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference. The City circulated the Draft SEIR for a 45-day day public review period, from September 16, 2022 to October 31, 2022. The Draft EIR was distributed to local, regional, and State agencies. The public was advised of its availability in accordance with applicable law. The Draft SEIR was available for review on the City's website and at City Hall; and WHEREAS, the City received three comment letters from State, regional, and local agencies during the public review period. In accordance with CEQA, the City prepared written responses to all the comments received during the public review period, both oral and written; and WHEREAS, the City prepared a Final SEIR dated November 2022, attached as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference. The Final SEIR included an annotated copy of each comment letter identifying specific comments, responses to each specific comment, and clarifications and minor corrections to information presented in the Draft SEIR. The responses to comments provide the City's good faith, reasoned analysis of the environmental issues raised by the comments; and WHEREAS, the City also prepared an errata clarifying the scope of the Project studied by the SEIR. The revised project description illustrates that there are no significant changes to the degree of environmental impact already presented in the Draft SEIR; and WHEREAS, information was generated in the course of preparing written responses for the Final SEIR. The City carefully reviewed both the comments and the written responses to assess whether they constituted significant new information that would require recirculation of the Draft DEIR under the standards in CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5. After its review, the City determined that the Final SEIR, including the comments, clarifications and minor corrections to the Draft SEIR, do not constitute significant new information requiring recirculation of the Draft SEIR; and WHEREAS, a staff report, dated November 17, 2022 and incorporated herein by reference, described and analyzed the Project and the related Draft and Final SEIRs for the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the staff report, and the Draft and Final SEIRs at a noticed public hearing on November 17, 2022 at which time all interested parties had the opportunity to be heard; and RESOLUTION NO. 2022-213 3