Reso 2022-214 Housing Element and Related Amendments

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WHEREAS, the City desires to amend the General Plan to adopt the Environmental Justice Element to address the needs of disadvantaged communities within the City of San Leandro;and WHEREAS, the City finds that the draft Environmental Justice Element complies with California Government Code Section 65302 (h); 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, in September 2021 the City commenced an extensive community outreach process and solicited public input on the 2023-31 Draft Housing Element, and the proposed changes to the General Plan, as well as proposed changes to the zoning map and text amendments, and all pertinent maps, documents and exhibits, including the preliminary comments and questions provided by HCD; and WHEREAS, the City's multi-lingual outreach efforts included a housing needs and priority survey, a community workshop series, stakeholder listening sessions, use of an online Sites Inventory tool called Balancing Act, email newsletter updates, engagement with local organizations, newspaper advertising, flyer distribution at BART stations and the Davis Street Food Pantry, Planning Commission and City Council work sessions, as well as a dedicated webpage at slhousingelement.com; and WHEREAS, Public input influenced the development of the housing opportunity sites, housing plan, and the policies and programs of the Housing Element; 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, and amendments to the Land Use Element 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 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-214 4