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REF250006 - MONTEREY COUNTY GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
a. Consider the 2024 Annual Progress Report for the Monterey County General Plan(s);
b. Consider the 2024 Annual Progress Report for the 2024-2031 Housing Element;
c. Receive a verbal update on the pipeline of new housing development in unincorporated Monterey County; and
d. Consider and provide direction regarding priorities for the 2025-2026 Long-Range Planning Work Program.
Proposed CEQA Action: Not a project per Sections 15060(c)(1) and 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Find that submitting these annual reports is not a project subject to CEQA per Section 15060(c)(1) and 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines;
b. Consider the 2024 Annual Progress Report for the Monterey County General Plan(s) (Exhibit A);
c. Consider the 2024 Annual Progress Report for the 2024-2031 Housing Element (Exhibit A);
d. Receive a verbal update on the pipeline of new housing development in unincorporated Monterey County; and
e. Consider and provide direction regarding priorities for the 2025-2026 Long-Range Planning Work Program (Exhibit C).
SUMMARY:
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65400, after the Board of Supervisors has adopted all or part of a general plan, the planning agency (in this case the County of Monterey Housing & Community Development Department or “HCD”) shall do both of the following:
1) Investigate and make recommendations to the legislative body regarding reasonable and practical means for implementing the general plan or element of the general plan, so that it will serve as an effective guide for orderly growth and development, preservation and conservation of open-space land and natural resources, and the efficient expenditure of public funds relating to the subjects addressed in the general plan; and
2) Provide by April 1 of each year an annual report to the l...
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