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REF240009 - MONTEREY COUNTY GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION AND HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
a. Receive the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the Monterey County General Plan(s);
b. Receive the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the 2015-2023 Housing Element; and
c. Consider and provide input 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 Planning Commission:
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. Receive the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the Monterey County General Plan(s) pursuant to Government Code Section 65400 (Exhibit A);
c. Receive the 2023 Annual Progress Report for the 2015-2023 Housing Element to comply with State Department of Housing and Community Development requirements (Exhibit A); and
d. Consider and provide input to staff on the Five-Year 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] 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 legislative body, the Office of Planning and Research, and the Department of Housing and Community Development that includes [Summarized]:...
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