2021-03-03 District Boundary Adustment Committee Item No. 12.2 2020 Annual Progress Report - Additional Meeting Materials
City of Menifee
2020 General Plan & Housing Element Annual Progress Report
Good evening Mr. Mayor & City Council. I’m Doug Darnell Senior Planner and I’m pleased to present to you this General Plan and Housing Element Annual Progress Report for 2020. Every
year the City is required to report on its progress in implementing the General Plan and the Housing Element. This is being presented as an informational item for you tonight and from
this point, I will simply refer to the Annual Progress Report as the APR.
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Annual Progress Report (APR) Requirements
Required by state law to be presented to City Council (legislative body)
The APR must be sent to:
Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR)
Dept. of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
Annual reporting for the Housing Element (HE) is required at the same time as General Plan APR
To begin, here is an overview of Annual Progress Report (APR) requirements.
The APR is required by State law to be presented annually to the City Council. In addition to presenting to the Council, the APR was also presented to the Planning Commission on February
10th.
Following its presentation to the Council, the APR is required to be sent to:
The State Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and
The Dept. of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
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General Plan Overview
General Plan adopted December 18, 2013
Eight General Plan General Plan Elements
GP Elements include goals and policies for City vision out to 2035
The APR provides overview of progress on implementation of the GP for 2020
Next, is an overview of Menifee’s General Plan.
Menifee’s first General Plan was adopted in December of 2013.
The General Plan has eight Elements covering significant planning areas such as Land Use, Housing and Circulation to name a few.
The General Plan is the City’s vision for how the City will grow in the future out to 2035.
This APR is an overview of the implementation progress made in 2020.
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GP Implementation Program
Notable Implementation Actions Completed in 2020:
Comprehensive Development Code & Citywide Design Guidelines
Capital Improvements Program (CIP) Major projects:
Completion of Scott Road interchange
Adoption of the City of Menifee Active Transportation Program
Adoption of City Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) and VMT threshold of significance
Progress on the 6th Cycle Housing Element update
SB2 Grant funding for Pre-Approved Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) plans and Objective Development & Design Standards
Next, the General Plan includes an Implementation Program which includes an extensive list of actions to implement goals and policies of the General Plan.
Notable Implementation Actions for 2020 are shown here and include items such as,
The Comprehensive Development Code and Citywide Design Guidelines; and
Completion of the Scott Road interchange, a major Capital Improvements Program for the City
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OPR GP Guidelines
Compliance Topics
Collaborative planning with military lands and facilities (e.g., airport land use compatibility planning with MARB/IPA)
Collaboration with Native American tribes under Assembly Bill (AB) 52 as part of CEQA environmental review
Environmental Justice Considerations such as Senate Bill (SB) 1000
The APR also addresses State compliance topics including:
Collaborative planning with military lands and facilities. Related to this, the City implements, and the General Plan includes airport compatibility policies and requirements for the
March Air Reserve Base
We regularly consult and collaborate with Native American tribes including the Pechanga and Soboba tribes on proposed development; and
Related to Environmental Justice considerations, the City’s current efforts to update the Housing Element will include incorporation of environmental justice policies to comply with
SB 1000.
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Legislative Actions - 2020
APR includes list of legislative actions for 2020:
General Plan Amendments
Specific Plan Amendments
Zoning Code Amendments
The APR lists legislative actions for 2020. These include:
General Plan Amendments
For Specific Plans the City approved two major new Specific Plans in 2020, the Legado, Rockport Ranch Specific Plans and an amendment to the Menifee North Specific Plan which will result
in the addition of several hundred new housing units in the future.
The most significant Zoning Code Amendment was adoption of the Development Code.
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Annual Housing Element Progress Report
State Law requires the City to provide an Annual Housing Element Progress Report to show progress on the General Plan Housing Element.
This report provides an update on:
Progress in meeting Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA)
Housing Element program implementation (Policies)
State Law requires an APR specific to the Housing Element which shows:
Progress in meeting Regional Housing Need Allocation or RHNA, the number of units the City is required accommodate the 5th cycle Housing Element covering eight years from 2014 to 2021;
and
It must also show progress on Housing Element program implementation
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RHNA set by SCAG
Law does not require that the units be constructed to meet RHNA projections
Requires cities to adopt policies, zoning, processes to provide opportunity for units with minimal constraints
Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA)
The City’s RHNA requirement for the current 5th Cycle, 2014-2021 Housing Element, is 6,245 units. In the table, the RHNA requirement is further broken down by income categories such
as low, moderate and above-moderate income. To comply with State Housing Element law the City must show how it can accommodate the units but does not require construction of the units.
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Annual Housing Element Progress Report
HCD APR Includes 9 Required Tables:
Table A - Housing Development Applications
Table A2 - New Construction, Entitled, Permits, & Completed Units
The City is required to report its annual housing production in tables that will be submitted to HCD. There are 9 Required Tables which I will quickly cover as follows:
Information in the first two HCD tables (Tables A & A-2) is summarized here. For 2020, the City approved entitlements totaling 1,505 units. Building permits were issued for a total
of 1,450 units, and there were 1,049 units completed and issued Certificates of Occupancy.
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Annual Housing Element Progress Report
Table B - RHNA Progress – Permitted Units Issued by Affordability
Table C - Sites Rezoned to Accommodate Shortfall Housing Need (None for 2020)
Table D - Program Status – Housing Element programs implemented
Table E - Commercial Development Bonuses Approved (None for 2020)
Table F - Units Rehabilitated, Preserved and Acquired (None for 2020)
Table G - Locally Owned Lands in HE Site Inventory Sold, Leased or Disposed Of (None for 2020)
Table H - Locally Owned Surplus Sites (None)
Here is a list of the remaining HCD reporting tables. The City only had information to report for the highlighted items. Table B - RHNA Progress and Table D – Program Status. The information
in these two tables is summarized in the next two slides.
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Table B: Progress in Meeting RHNA
For Table B, the City has shown substantial progress over the planning period in meeting its RHNA requirement, the majority being in the above moderate income category. Highlighted
for 2020, building permits were issued for a total of 1,450 units.
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Table D: Progress of Programs
Key Highlights
Zoning Code Update – Addresses several programs/policies
Update code to include definitions consistent with housing law
Address housing for persons with disabilities/Residential Care facilities
Senior Home Repair Grants – 8 to 10 Households/Year
Key Accomplishments for Progress on Implementation Actions or Programs are:
Adoption of the Development Code including a new Zoning Code that addresses several areas related to housing consistent with state Housing Law.
In addition, for Senor Home Repair Grants, the City has been successful in assisting about 8-10 households per year and will continue to implement the Senior Minor Home Repair Grant
Program as part of its annual CDBG Program and 5-year Consolidated Plan.
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Recommended Action
Review the Annual General Plan & Housing Element Progress Report for 2020 as required by State law to show progress on the General Plan and receive and file the report.
This concludes the APR report and staff recommends that the Planning Commission.
Review the General Plan and Housing Element APR for 2020; and
Receive and file the report.
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Questions?
Thank You.
At this time, staff is happy to answer questions from the Council.
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Menifee is one of the Top 10 cities for growth in Southern California
2.4% growth rate per year
Median age – 38 years
57% of Menifee’s population is between 18-44 years old
Future Considerations
*Stats from Economic Development Web
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6th Cycle RHNA Allocation
Total RHNA Allocation for SCAG Region: 1,341,827 units
March 3, 2021: SCAG to adopt final RHNA allocation to 197 jurisdictions in the SCAG region
Menifee’s RHNA allocation: 6,609 units for the 6th Cycle (see table to the left)
Currently: City is preparing an update to the Housing Element to accommodate the 6th cycle RHNA and address housing needs from 2021 to 2029. City has held two Community Workshops &
EIR Scoping Meeting. More outreach to continue
October 15, 2021: Deadline for Housing Element adoption
Future Considerations
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State Income Limits for 2020
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Housing Accountability Act (HAA)
Signed by Governor Brown, became effective on January 1, 2018
Included SB 167, AB 1515, and AB 678 (Government Code § 65589.5)
Sometimes referred to as the Anti-NIMBY Act
Further limits a local agency’s ability to disapprove or reduce the density of residential projects
The HAA still does not circumvent or override the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), per section 65589.5(e).
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Previously
If a housing project complied with applicable general plan/zoning designations and objective standards and criteria, local agency was required to make findings, supported by substantial
evidence, that
The project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety;
There is no feasible method to mitigate that adverse impact.
HAA, Subdivision (J)
Now
A local agency must base its findings on a preponderance of the evidence rather than the substantial evidence standard
Significantly increases the public agency’s burden to show that a housing project would have a specific, adverse impact upon the public health or safety to justify its disapproval.
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New early determination requirement regarding General Plan/Zoning Consistency
If local agency believes a project does not comply with an objective standard, it must provide the applicant with a written explanation including citation to the specific, objective
general plan/zoning/subdivision provision within 30 or 60 days of the application being deemed complete
Without this documentation, a proposed housing development is automatically deemed consistent with all applicable general plan, zoning and subdivision plans, programs, policies, ordinances,
standards, requirements, or other similar provisions.
HAA, Subdivision (J)
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