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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2003- 008 (1428) A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN RECITALS 1. Section 65300, et seq. of the State Planning and Zoning Law (Division 1 of Title 7 of the California Government Code) require every city to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city which bears a reasonable relationship to the planning and development of the city. 2. Section 65580 (c) of the State of California Government Code requires Housing Elements as a mandatory element of the General Plan and that Housing Elements are required to be updated every five years. 3. The City Council approved a comprehensive update of the City's General Plan in May 2002, which update included all required elements of the General Plan except for the Housing Element 4. In connection with the aforementioned 2002 General Plan update, the City prepared and the City Council certified an environmental impact report prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. 5. The City Council created a 20-member Housing Element Advisory Committee which was intended to include broad representation from the San Leandro community and various housing-related organizations and agencies. The Committee met frequently and meetings were regularly posted to the public. Staff conducted a Community workshop in August 2002. 6. Staff prepared a draft Housing Element which focuses on housing needs from December 31, 2001 through June 30, 2006 in accordance with the Housing Element planning period for San Francisco Bay Area jurisdictions established by law, and has now proposed a final draft of the Housing Element for adoption, and it is attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated by this reference. 7. In connection with preparing the proposed Housing Element, the Department of Community Development of the City of San Leandro has prepared and circulated for public review an Initial Study which demonstrates that the proposed Housing Element would have no significant or potentially significant environmental impacts, and a draft Negative Declaration (incorporated herein by reference) was prepared and circulated for public review. 8. The Planning Commission held a work session to discuss the proposed Housing Element on July 11, 2002, and thereafter held duly noticed public hearing on December 12, 2002, and January 9, 2003, to receive comments on the proposed Housing Element and the draft Negative Declaration.