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Rosemead
Planning
Commission
AGENDA
November 18, 2024
7:00 PM
City Hall Council Chambers
8838 E. Valley Blvd., Rosemead, California 91770
www. cityofrosemead.org
Emma Escobar, Chair
Lana Ung, Vice -Chair
James Berry, Commissioner
Daniel Lopez, Commissioner
John Tang, Commissioner
ROSEMEAD PLANNING COMMISSION
November 18, 2024
• CALL TO ORDER— 7:00 PM
• PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE— Commissioner Berry
• INVOCATION —Commissioner Tang
• ROLL CALL — Commissioners Lopez, Tang, Berry, Vice Chair Ung, and Chair Escobar
1. EXPLANATION OF HEARING PROCEDURES AND APPEAL RIGHTS
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Opportunity to address the Commission (on non -agenda items) is limited to 3 minutes
per speaker. Public may address comments via zoom meeting ID: 842 4179 9160 Passcode: 160803 or by dialing:
(669) 900-9128, enter meeting ID and passcode. Written public comments may be submitted via email at
publiccomment(o)cityofrosemead.org by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. All comments are public record and will
be recorded in the official record of the city.
3. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. General Plan Amendment 23.01 and Zone Change 23.01 — The 2021-2029 Housing Element was adopted by
the Rosemead City Council on January 11, 2022, and certified by the California Department of Housing and
Community Development on August 1, 2022. The Housing Element sets forth goals, policies and programs that
address future housing needs for all income levels over a planning period of 2021-2029 and coincides with the
Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), a unit count established by State Housing Law. During the
Housing Element process, the City assessed a number of sites in its Sites Inventory that would be able to
accommodate the City's allocated RHNA of 4,612 units. With units entitled and under review, as well as
anticipated ADUs, the City has adequate capacity for its RHNA units. However, to further accommodate for the
City's RHNA numbers and to comply with SB 166 (no net loss), the City identified ten candidate sites to be
rezoned (Housing Element Rezoning Efforts). The rezoned sites will meet the requirements of Government Code
§65583.2, including but not limited to a minimum density of 20 units per acre, minimum site size to permit at least
16 units on site, and zoned to allow ownership and rental housing by -right in which at least 20 percent of the units
are affordable to lower income households. The Housing Element rezoning efforts includes changes to the City's
General Plan and Zoning Map to implement the City's certified Housing Element.
CEQA — The proposed project is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) because the project is covered by the common sense exemption that
CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. It can
be seen with certainty that the proposed project, Housing Element Rezoning Efforts, will not have a significant
effect on the environment. The Housing Element Rezoning Efforts includes changes to the City's General Plan
and Zoning Map to implement the City's certified Housing Element, as required by State law. No development
projects are proposed as part of the Housing Element Rezoning Efforts. Furthermore, each future development
proposal on any of the Housing Element Rezoning Effort sites will have to go through their own environmental
analysis pursuant to CEQA to evaluate potential impacts specific to that proposal. Accordingly, General Plan
Amendment 23-01 and Zone Change 23-01 is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3).
PC RESOLUTION 24.09 - A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD,
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 23-01 AND ZONE CHANGE 23-01 TO IMPLEMENT THE HOUSING ELEMENT
REZONING EFFORTS FOR THE 2021-2029 PLANNING PERIOD BY AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND
USE DESIGNATION MAP (FIGURE 2-1) AND THE ZONING MAP.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION - It is recommended that the Planning Commission ADOPT Resolution No. 24-10
with findings (Exhibit "A"), a resolution recommending that the City Council adopt City Council Resolution No.
2024-65 (Exhibit "B") and Ordinance No. 1024 (Exhibit "C") for the approval of General Plan Amendment 23-01
and Zone Change 23-01.
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ROSEMEAD PLANNING COMMISSION
November 18, 2024
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. PC MINUTES 09.16.24
5. MATTERS FROM STAFF
6. MATTERS FROM THE CHAIR &
7. ADJOURNMENT
The next Planning Commission meeting is scheduled for December 2, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
AFFIDAVIT
I, Linda Lam, Commission Liaison, or my designee, hereby certify that a true and correct, accurate copy of the foregoing
agenda was posted seventy-two hours prior to the meeting, per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations:
City Hall, 8838 East Valley Boulevard; Rosemead Community Recreation Center, 3936 N. Muscatel Avenue; Garvey
Community Center, 9108 Garvey Avenue; Public Safety Center, 8301 Garvey Avenue; United States Post Office, 8845
Valley Boulevard, Rosemead Library, 8800 Valley Boulevard; and on the City's website (www.citvofrosemead.org).
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Linda Lam
Commission Liaison
November 13, 2024
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