R-012-14 Approving a General Plan amendment for the 2013-2021 Housing Element Update

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0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 City Council Resolution No. R-12-14 DAP -001-128: 2013-2021 Housing Element Amendment February 4, 2014 — Page 2 of 3 1. The Housing Element Update is integrated and compatible with all other Elements of the General Plan, including the Land Use, Mobility, Noise, Open Space & Conservation, Safety, Air Quality, and Cultural Resources Preservation Elements in that it will not conflict with, nor affect the implementation of, existing policies and programs therein. 2. The Housing Element Update is reasonably related to the public health, safety and welfare because it guides and accommodates land uses and housing in accordance with regional and local population growth projections and the housing needs of all economic segments of the community. SECTION 2. The City Council, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), finds that the Housing Element Update is within the scope of the project analyzed in the Program Environmental Impact Report (EIR) prepared for the Colton General Plan Update (State Clearinghouse #2012031037) which was certified by the City Council on August 20, 2013. The City Council's determination is based on the provisions of Public Resources Code Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, which state that when an EIR has been certified or a negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in light of the whole record, one or more of the following: (1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or Negative Declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or (3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or the Negative Declaration was adopted, shows any of the following: (A) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration; (B) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR; (C) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible, and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or (D) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. Based on all of the information in the record, including the City Council staff report, staff comments and public testimony during the public hearing, the City Council, in its independent judgment, finds that there is no substantial evidence that any of the conditions requiring a subsequent EIR would result from adoption of the Housing Element Update.