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REF240009 - MONTEREY COUNTY GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
a. Consider and accept the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the Monterey County General Plan(s);
b. Consider and accept the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the 2015-2023 Housing Element;
c. Consider authorizing the Housing and Community Development Department Director to submit the final progress reports to the State Office of Planning and Research and State Department of Housing and Community Development; and
d. Consider and provide direction regarding the Five-Year Long-Range Planning Work Program.
Proposed CEQA Action: Not a project per Sections 15060(c)(1) and 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.
Report
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. Accept the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the Monterey County General Plan(s) pursuant to Government Code Section 65400 (Attachment A);
c. Accept the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the 2015-2023 Housing Element to comply with State Department of Housing and Community Development requirements (Attachment A); and
d. Authorize the Housing and Community Development Department Director to submit the final progress reports to the State Office of Planning and Research and State Department of Housing and Community Development; and
e. Provide direction to staff on the Five-Year Long-Range Planning Work Program. (Attachment 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) 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 g...
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