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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2015-006 RESOLUTION ADOPTING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE 2015-2023 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE OF THE SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT(CEQA) WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro has completed a draft update of its General Plan Housing Element, dated December 2014, available for review at the Community Development Department in City Hall and Main Library during normal business hours, and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the Housing Element update is defined as a"project"under the California Environmental Quality Act and is thus subject to environmental review; and WHEREAS, the updated Housing Element proposes no significant changes to the City's General Plan land use or transportation maps because the updated Housing Element demonstrates that the City can accommodate its Regional Housing Needs Allocation(RHNA) without rezoning properties or increasing currently allowable densities; and WHEREAS, the City completed an Initial Study and determined that the proposed Housing Element update has no potential for significant environmental impacts. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15074(e),the Initial Study considered whether the Housing Element update would result in a safety hazard or noise problem and determined that it would not; and WHEREAS, CEQA does not require a detailed evaluation of all projects that could conceivably be developed consistent with Housing Element policies. The updated Housing Element proposes no changes to General Plan land use designations or densities, as analyzed in the 2002 General Plan and related EIR. If and when specific housing developments are proposed, CEQA requires the City to conduct project- and site-specific environmental review for subsequent projects; and WHEREAS, based on the Initial Study,the City prepared a draft Negative Declaration dated November 17, 2014 (Exhibit A, incorporated herein by reference) and circulated the Initial Study-Negative Declaration(IS-ND) for the required 30 days, from November 18 to December 17, 2014; and WHEREAS, the City provided public notice of the availability of the IS-ND for public review and posted copies of the document on its website for 30 days; and WHEREAS, the City received one comment on the draft IS-ND, dated December 10, 2014 from East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)noting that future developers should coordinate with the District to determine water service requirements. The comment letter is attached as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference, and raised no substantive issues regarding the adequacy of the draft IS-ND; and