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RESOLUTION NO. 2002 -15
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD,
APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT OF
THE ROSEMEAD GENERAL PLAN (GPA 00 -04).
WHEREAS, Section 65350 et seq. of the Government Code allows a City to amend all or
part of its General Plan, if it deems it to be in the public interest, and pursuant to this the City
Council must hold a public hearing on the proposed change; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Element update has been prepared in compliance with the
requirements of California State Law, and addresses all of the elements identified in Government
Code Section 65583; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code § 65585, the draft updated Housing Element was
submitted to the Department of Housing and Community Development and the updated Housing
Element has been modified to incorporate that Department's requested changes.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 15063 of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), an Initial Study was prepared which concluded there would be no potential for
a significant effect on the environment and a Negative Declaration was adopted by the City Council
on December 12, 2000; and
WHEREAS, on March 4, 2002, the Planning Commission held 'a public hearing and
recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution approving the proposed Housing Element
update revision; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Rosemead
as follows:
Section 1. The findings for the Negative Declaration, contained in the staff report dated
November 20, 2000, and incorporated herein by reference, are hereby adopted.
Section 2. The revisions attached hereto as "Exhibit A" and incorporated herein by this
reference, to the Housing Element Update, dated November 2000 /General Plan Amendment 00 -04
are hereby approved and the Planning Director is hereby directed to incorporate the revisions in the
final Housing Element.,
Section 3. The findings for approval of General Plan Amendment 00 -04; Revision which are
incorporated herein by reference, are hereby adopted.
Section 4. Staff is directed to submit the revised Housing Element to the California
Department of Housing and Community Development for certification.
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Resolution No. 2002-15
General Plan Amendment 00 -04
Section 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 26th day of March, 2002.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
j No. 2002 -15 was duly and regularly adopted by
the Rosemead City Council at a regular meeting
held on the 26th day of March 2002, by the
NANCY VALDERRAMA, City Clerk following vote:
Yes: Clark, Vasquez, Taylor, Bruesch
No: None, Absent: Imperial, Abstain: None
Cit�rk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
Resolution No. 2002 -15
General Plan Amendment 00 -04
I, Nancy Valderrama, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2002 -15 being:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD, APPROVING REVISIONS TO THE ADOPTED
HOUSING ELEMENT OF THE ROSEMEAD GENERAL PLAN
(GPA 00 -04).
was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 26ffi day of March 2002,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
BRUESCH, TAYLOR, CLARK, VASQUEZ
NONE
NONE
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The City also -obta � �u vocei °approval= tor= Article �4'authority in November; 1991.
This authorization allowed the RHDC to undertake the production of 200 units of _
senior housing. As indicated above, 51 of these units have been constructed
and 72 are currently proposed for construction.
The program goal is for the Agency to construct 72 units of affordable housing by
2002 and to fulfill its Article 34 authority to create the remaining 77 very low /low
income units available under its authority by the end of the planning period.
Land As and Write -Downs Rosemead will use both CDBG and
redevelopment funds to write -down the cost of land for development of low and
moderate - income housing. The intent of this program is to reduce`land costs so
that it becomes economically feasible for a private (usually non - profit) developer
to build units that are affordable to low and moderate income households.
Rosemead will make every effort to provide land write -downs for residential
projects that set aside at least 20- percent of the units for low and moderate -
income households. The City, through the Redevelopment Agency, can assist in
acquiring and assembling property, or subsidizing- on -site and off -site --
improvements as part of this program.
As an example, ,the City has acquired a parcel through tax default. That parcel
will be transferred to the Rosemead Housing Development Corporation for
development, in accordance with the strategy listed below; "Non Profit
Construction." The City is currently identifying additional properties in tax default
and is also looking at foreclosed properties as a potential source of available
land. The goal is to develop at least two affordable units for new home
ownership within the planning period.
In addition, the City, will continue to implement zone changes to portions of th
zoning map that are part of the City's long range planning programs. Specifically
the re- zoning of two areas outlined as Area 3 and Area 8 (see map in Append
outlining these areas) to high density residential. Within the next two years ih
City will initiate these zone changes and then promote these two. areas i
addition to the remaining R -3 parcels outlined in the underutilized land table t
affordable housing developers. The goal, is to promote and facilitate th
development of affordable housing opportunities in these areas during th
planning period using a variety of mechanisms including: 1) RFP's for "specif
plans" on larger sites, including mixed use development; 2) requests for small(
scale projects by developers on these sites. As Rosemead is a completely buil
out community, this is one of the few strategies that the City feels will accomplis
the goal of re -use of land to affordable housing units, to be built by for - profit ar
non - profit developers. Although there are no recent examples of such zor
change activity within the Community, the City is confident that by upzonir
upwards of fifty parcels (approximately 17 Acres) to R -3 designations; the mark
will bear multi - family units. The greatest advantage that this strategy provides
contiguous parcels that are more'easily consolidated into single parcels. Both
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these areas exist today with an inconsistent mixture of substandard residential
units ranging from 1 to 12 units per parcel. Once the zone changes are
completed, staff will set up meetings with housing developers to review the
individual parcels and further strategize how the City will facilitate specific
projects with the mechanisms outlined within the housing element.
The 17 acres included, in Area three and eight, will be able to support at a
maximum 510 units without any density bonuses and 638 units if density
bonuses were to be granted on all projects. The City is committed to this re -use
strategy and will monitor the success at one year intervals after the zone
changes are made. If the strategy appears to not produce a range of affordable
housing units the City will look at additional strategies to meet the unit
requirements under the RHNA calculation.
Finally, the potential for several other mixed -use residential /retail project sites
currently exist in-'the, City within the current zoning designations. The City has
identified 45 acres within the mixed use zoning designation that it is marketinc
and is currently meeting -with interested developers. The City, through, the
Rosemead Ho- sing`Development Corporation, will use available fundinc
mechanisms to assist developers with land assemblage and construction o'
affordable units and mixed level income unit projects. Marketing is ongoing.
Density Bonus_ ";State law requires a City to either grant a density bonus of 25-
percent over the maximum site density, along with one additional regulatory
concession., or provide other incentives of equivalent financial value based on the
land cost per dwerlfi hg. unit if a developer dedicates:
20- percent of the proposed units to -lower income households,
10- percent of the proposed units to "very-low income households, or
50- percent,of the proposed units to "qualifying residents" (e.g., elderly).
This is intended to ensure that the housing development can be produced at a
reduced cost. Developers seeking a density bonus must enter into an affordable
housing agreement with the City to ensure continued affordability for a minimum
of 30 years.
1 Rents for affordable units cannot exceed 30- percent. of the gross monthly
1 income. This limit is subject to annual rent adjustments based on the tenants
1 income. Rosemead will inform residential development applicants of density
bonus opportunities in order to encourage development of privately sponsored
affordable housing and will create a promotional handout for same. The City will
1 distribute the handout to developers, across the counter at Planning and Building
1 and Safety. In addition, it will be distributed to the Community Development
Department for distribution to affordable housing developers. The City anticipates
1 that the handout will be completed by June 2002, during the planning period.
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