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RESOLUTION NO. 2000-084
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPROVING A REVISED HOUSING
ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares as follows:
The California Government Code requires every city to adopt a General
Plan. The Plan consists of several elements, one of which must be a
Housing Element.
The Housing Element, in general, must be revised every five (5) years to
incorporate programs, polices and objectives designed to allow the City to
meet its fair share of the regional anticipated growth in housing demand.
This requirement was suspended several times during the 1990's by the
California Legislature due to the general recession in the State.
Government Code section 65588, as amended, requires the City to adopt a
revised Housing Element by December 31,2000.
Pursuant to state law, the Housing Element must include the following
provisions:
A review of previous element's goals, policies, programs and
objectives to ascertain their overall effectiveness;
An assessment of Housing Needs, as set forth by the Southern
California Association of Governments (SCAG) via its RHNA
process, and inventory of resources and constraints;
An analysis and program to preserve assisted housing
developments;
A statement of community goals, qualified objectives, and policies
relative to the maintenance, preservation, improvement and
development of housing; and
· A program which sets forth a schedule of actions that the city will
undertake to implement the plan's goals and policies
Both the Redevelopment and Housing Commission, and Planning
Commission have considered the proposed Housing Element at a regularly
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scheduled meeting, and recommended that the City Council adopt the
Housing Element.
The proposed Housing Element has also been reviewed twice by the
California Housing and Community Development Agency (HCD). The
Housing Element was revised after the first comment letter, and resubmitted
to HCD. HCD, in its most recent comment letter, signed by Ms. Cathy E.
Creswell, Acting Deputy Director, Department of Housing and Community
Development and dated November 22, 2000 (Letter "H"), states that the
City's Housing Element meets all requirements of state law if revised in four
areas. Staff has revised the proposed Housing Element to take into account
these four items. The City Council incorporates by this reference the
responses to Mr. Creswelrs letter in the revised Housing Element as though
fully set forth.
A copy of the binder containing information about vacant and underutilized
parcels in the City, referenced at page C-6 of the Housing Element, shall be
maintained by the Clerk of the Council, and is incorporated into this
Resolution as though fully set forth.
All statements and findings contained in the Housing Element are
incorporated herein by this reference as though fully set forth.
SECTION 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information
contained in the initial study and the negative declaration for ER No. 00-19 prepared with
respect to this Housing Element. The City Council has, as a result of its consideration,
and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that, as required
pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA
Guidelines, a Negative Declaration adequately addresses the expected environmental
impacts of the Housing Element. On the basis of this review, the City Council finds that
there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the project will have a
significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council hereby certifies and
approves the negative declaration and directs that the Notice of Determination be
prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the County of Orange in the manner required
by law.
Pursuant to Title XIV, California Code of Regulations ("CCR") § 735.5(c)(1), the City
Council has further determined that, after considering the record as a whole, there is no
evidence that the proposed project will have the potential for any adverse effect on wildlife
resources or the habitat upon which the wildlife depends. Therefore, pursuant to Fish and
Game Code § 711.2 and T*~le XlV, CCR § 735.5(a)(3), the payment of Fish and Game
Department filing fees is not required in conjunction with this project.
SECTION 3. The Housing Element is hereby approved and adopted, and shall be
made regularly available by the City's Planning and Building Agency.
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ADOPTED this 18th day of December, 2000.
A'I-rEST:
Patricia E. Healy
Clerk of the Council
MaYor
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pulido Aye
McGuigan Aye
Alvarez Aye
Bist Aye
Christy Aye
Franklin Aye
Solorio Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
I~enj~rnin Kale;man
~3hiefAssistarlt City Attorney
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution
No. 2000-084 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana on December 18, 2000.
Clerk of the Council ~ 1
City of Santa Ana
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