Res 24-010RESOLUTION NO. 24-010
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
POWAY, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT (GPA) 24-0001 (AMENDMENT TO GPA 21-001
AND GPA 21-002) FOR THE ADOPTION OF CITY OF POWAY
2020-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT
WHEREAS, State Law requires that cities periodically update the Housing Element of the
General Plan;
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65350, et. seq., describes the
procedures for amending the General Plan;
WHEREAS, the City of Poway 2020-2029 Housing Element has been prepared pursuant
to Article 10.6, Sections 65580-65589.11 of the California Government Code;
WHEREAS, the City has held community workshops on the Housing Element Update on
November 19, 2020 and April 29, 2021, a City Council Workshop on May 4, 2021, a public housing
and public safety element survey, a 20-day Housing Element review, a 30-day State
Clearinghouse Negative Declaration environment review, and numerous informal reviews and a
60-day formal review with the California Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) to solicit public comment and has also notified community and special interest groups
serving affordable housing and special needs populations about the public outreach opportunities
that have been conducted throughout the process as further described in Chapter 1 of the Housing
Element;
WHEREAS, on May 4, 2021, the City Council held a duly advertised public meeting and
authorized submittal of the Draft 2020-2029 Housing Element to HCD for 60-day review and
comment;
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2021, the City received a letter from HCD, which included written
findings stating that the Draft 2020-20209 Housing Element does not address all statutory
requirements with corrections provided to address all statutory requirements;
WHEREAS, an Environmental Initial Study (EIS) and Negative Declaration (ND) for the
2020-2029 Housing Element was circulated for a required 30-day public review and comment
period beginning on June 24, 2021 and ending on July 24, 2021, in accordance with California
Environment Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15105. The EIS and draft ND were sent to
the State Clearinghouse for distribution and review by relevant state agencies (State
Clearinghouse #2021060520) for required 30-day public review and comment period. City Council
has considered the EIS and ND, and public comments received on the EIS and ND;
WHEREAS, the 2020-2029 Housing Element requires that the City also amend the City's
General Plan. Text amendments to the Community Development (Land Use) Element of the
General Plan have been prepared that are necessary for consistency with the City of Poway 2020-
2029 Housing Element;
WHEREAS, on August 3, 2021, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing and
approved Draft 2020-2029 Housing Element (GPA 21-001 and GPA 21-002) and adopted the ND
for the project;
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WHEREAS, the Draft 2020-2029 Housing Element was submitted to HCD for review on
October 30, 2022;
WHEREAS, City staff worked with HCD to address their issues and made revisions to the
2020-2029 Housing Element;
WHEREAS, on January 22, 2024, the revised 2020-2029 Housing Element was submitted
to HCD for a formal 60-day review;
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2024, the City received a letter from HCD stating that the
revised 2020-2029 Housing Element meets the statutory requirements of State Housing Element
Law;
WHEREAS, on April 2, 2024, the City Council held a duly advertised public hearing to
receive testimony from the public both for and against, relative to this matter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has read and considered the agenda report for the proposed
project, including the attachments, and has considered all other evidence presented at the public
hearing.
follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Poway as
SECTION 1: The above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2: The City Council considered the ND (EA 21-001) adopted on August 3,
2021, for the Draft 2020-2029 Housing Element. The ND is adequate to address the revisions
made to the 2020-2029 Housing Element. In accordance with Section 15162 of the CEQA
guidelines, no further environmental review is required.
SECTION 3: The City Council hereby approves GPA 24-0001 for adoption of the 2020-
20259 Housing Element incorporated herein by reference and amending the Community
Development (Land Use) Element of the General Plan as specified below. Removals are indicated
with strikethro gh-s and additions are indicated with underline.
SECTION 4: Page five, "Land Use Plan" section, paragraph four, of the Community
Development (Land Use) Element of the General Plan (GPA 21-002) shall be amended as
follows:
For the 2013 2020-2029 planning period for the Housing Element, the City was assigned
a future housing need goal of 4-,253 1,319 housing units (see Table 4-1 of the Housing Element).
The City is not required to build these units, but must show it has sites with adequate zoning and
development standards that could accommodate the housing units during the planning period.
Table 4-4 4=5 in Chapter 4 of the Housing Element contains a site inventory for Very Low, Low
and Moderate Income households demonstrating that there are adequate sites to meet the
regional housing goal with the plaGen;eRt 9 +ho Affordable Housing Overlay Zone (AHOZ) on the
sites as discussed in Chapter 4 of the Housing Element
SECTION 5: The City Council hereby authorizes the 2020-2029 Housing Element
incorporated herein by reference to be submitted to HCD for final certification.
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SECTION 6: Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph,
sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution or its application to any person or circumstance, is
for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining sections,
subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this ordinance, or its
application to any other person or circumstance. The City Council declares that it would have
adopted each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof,
irrespective of the fact of any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses or phrases hereof be declared invalid or unenforceable.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the
City of Poway, California on the 2nd day of April, 2024 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: DE HOFF, EDMONDSON, PEPIN, FRANK, VAUS
NOES: NONE
ABSTAINED: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
DISQUALIFIED: NONE
Steve Vaus, Mayor
ATTEST:
Carrie Gallagher, CMC, C y Clerk