For City Council Meeting [May 26, 2020]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Rod Foster, City Manager
FROM: Matt Schneider, Community Development Director
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Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for June 9, 2020, to Consider and Approve General Plan Amendment 2020-0002 for the 2014-2021 Four Year (Mid-Cycle) Housing Element Update and Zoning Code Amendment 2020-0003 for amendments to various provisions of the Rialto Municipal Code (Title 18 - Zoning Code) related to manufactured housing, accessory dwelling units, reasonable accommodations, and emergency shelters, transitional and supportive housing, and density bonuses for affordable housing projects.
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BACKGROUND
All California cities are required to adopt and periodically update their Housing Elements as part of their General Plans and submit draft and adopted elements to the California State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review and determination of compliance with State law. Government Code Section 65588 and SB 375 established an eight-year update cycle, or four-year cycle for Housing Elements that are submitted late.
On December 12, 2017, the City Council adopted the 2014-2021 (5th Cycle) Housing Element Update. Because it was submitted to HCD past the statutory deadline of October 15, 2013, the City is on a four-year update cycle and is required to submit a "mid-cycle update" to HCD.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
In 2019, the City initiated work on the 2014-2021 Four Year (Mid-Cycle) Housing Element Update with the assistance of Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. In December 2019, the City Council endorsed the submittal of the draft document to HCD for review. City staff received comments from HCD and Inland Counties Legal Services, Inc. and has made necessary changes to the draft document to ensure compliance with State law.
HCD has worked closely with the City to ensure that the City's Senate Bill (SB) 2 grant application for $310,000 will be forwar...
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