HomeMy WebLinkAbout08 - Overriding ALUC's Determination of Inconsistency and Adopting the 2021-2029 Housing Element Update - Amended PagesFebruary 8, 2022
Item No. 8
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE
6T" CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT FOR THE 2021-2029
PERIOD AS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO.
GP2021-006 (PA2017-141)
WHEREAS, State Housing Element Law, Section 65580 et seq. of the California
Government Code, requires each city and county adopt a housing element that identifies
and analyzes existing and projected housing needs within their jurisdiction and prepare
goals, policies, and programs, and quantified objectives to further the development,
improvement, and preservation of housing; A
WHEREAS, the Housing Element is one of the mandatoents of the General
Plan that must be periodically updated in accordance with StaLfff
WHEREAS, the 6th Cycle Housing Element coveri g the 2021-2029 period
("Housing Element") presents a framework for meeiing thg using needs of existing and
future resident populations within the City of NLKwporTBeach ("City") based on the
Regional Housing Needs Assessment ("RHNA") allocation of 4,845 new housing units;
WHEREAS, the City conducted extensive public outreach activities starting in
2019 with the Newport Together, a Ioten & Learn process, to guide and inform a future
General Plan Update in order toar from a broad spectrum of community members on
community values, assess" e current General Plan Vision, and provide
recommendations for a future General Plan Update;
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WHEREAS, Newport Together was guided by the General Plan Update Steering
Committee, a body appointed by the City Council to oversee seven Listen & Learn
community meetings, which provided information for the Housing Element update
process;
WHEREAS, the City Council created a citizens advisory committee called the
Housing Element Update Advisory Committee ("HEUAC") to assist in the preparation of
an updated Housing Element in order to: (1) ensure sufficient public outreach and
stakeholder input, (2) provide guidance to City staff, and consultants, on goals and
policies, and (3) make recommendations to the City Council regarding the Housing
Element update;
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Section 4: The City Council finds that pursuant to Government Code Section
65583.2(g)(2), based on substantial evidence set forth in Section 4 (Housing Plan) and
Appendix B (Sites Suitability Analysis) of the Housing Element, the existing uses identified
to accommodate affordable housing are likely to be discontinued during the planning
period, and therefore do not constitute an impediment to additional residential
development during the period covered by the Housing Element. This finding is based, in
part, upon the following, which sets forth the comprehensive review of all possible
opportunities for additional residential development that can accommodate affordable
housing during the planning period considered by the City including, but not limited to,
work by the HEUAC, which was created by the City Council and was comprised of experts
in housing development including affordable housing, general real estate development,
construction, and law, and whose members credentials are set forth in Exhibit D. In
reviewing these possible residential opportunities, the HEUAC used a set of guiding
principles to determine if each of those areas and their individual traits support a likelihood
for redevelopment, as noted below.
A. Determination of Focus Areas: Based upon the parameters set forth in the
State Housing Element Law, the criteria developed during the Newport Together outreach
process, feedback from stakeholders, utilization of the SCAG's GIS -Based HELPR Tool
and further refinement by the HEUAC the following focus areas were
identified to accommodate the City's RHNA allocation:
• Airport Area;
• West Newport;
• Dover -Westcliff;
• Newport Center;
• Coyote Canyon'; and
• Banning Ranch.
B. HEUAC Methodology: Within each Focus Area, HEUAC subcommittees
assigned each parcel within the Focus Area a feasibility rating ("Infeasible", "Potentially
Feasible", or "Feasible") — analyzing the parcel's propensity for redevelopment during the
planning period as follows:
• "Feasible Sites" are those that appear that they could feasibly be
redeveloped for housing or have housing added to the Parcel while the current use
remains in whole or in part.