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Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Approve Zoning Map and General Plan Land Use Diagram Amendments for Seven Sites listed in the Draft General Plan Housing Element Site Inventory to Accommodate the City's Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the Period 2023-2031, Affirmatively Further Fair Housing, and Maintain Consistency between State Law, the General Plan Housing Element, the General Plan Land Use Element, and the Alameda Municipal Code Zoning Map CEQA: Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163, none of the circumstances necessitating further CEQA review or preparation of a new EIR are present with respect to the proposed changes to the General Plan Land Use Diagram and Zoning Map
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City of Alameda (City) has completed a draft update to the Housing Element of the General Plan and a comprehensive set of zoning amendments to affirmatively further fair housing and accommodate the 5,353 unit Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) for the 2023-2031 Housing Element cycle. Both documents are available for public review at www.alameda2040.org and www.alamedaca.gov.
On August 25, 2022, the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) found that the draft Housing Element is in substantial compliance with State Housing Law. HCD also referenced the proposed zoning amendments, and emphasized that they are critical to compliance.
On September 26, 2022, the Planning Board conducted a public hearing and adopted a resolution recommending that the City Council approve the General Plan Housing Element and associated zoning text amendments.
In additional to the citywide text amendments, the Housing Element site inventory relies on seven sites that require zoning map and/or General Plan Land Use Diagram amendments. ...
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