Planning Commission votes 5-0 to forward 2023 housing element progress report to council
March 19, 2024 | Riverbank, Los Angeles County, California
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The Riverbank Planning Commission on March 19 voted unanimously to recommend the City Council receive and accept the City of Riverbank's 2023 Housing Element Annual Progress Report (APR) and to authorize staff to submit the report to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
John Anderson, contract planning director, introduced the item and said the APR is a state-required annual submission. Michael Arroyo, contract planner, presented data and context: Riverbank received six residential architectural site-plan applications in the reporting year (five approved and one pending), issued 145 building permits in 2023 (140 for single-family dwellings and five for accessory dwelling units), and recorded 509 housing units during the fifth RHNA cycle, short of the 1,280-unit RHNA allocation for that cycle. Arroyo said the forthcoming sixth-cycle RHNA for Riverbank is 3,591 units and emphasized the city's obligation is to demonstrate available sites to the state rather than to build those units directly.
Arroyo noted that the APR is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and therefore does not require environmental review. Staff recommended approval of the resolution to forward the APR to the city council and to transmit the document to state agencies.
A commissioner moved to accept the item "as submitted" and another commissioner seconded. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from Vice Chair Zamora, Commissioner John Dimon, Commissioner Michael Sid Alterman, Commissioner Natasha Basso, and Commissioner Ben Rubin; the motion passed 5-0 and the commission approved the resolution on a recommendation to the council.
Next steps: staff said the APR will be presented to the City Council (likely on April 9 or April 23, per staff's timeline) and will be transmitted to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research and HCD as recommended by the commission.
John Anderson, contract planning director, introduced the item and said the APR is a state-required annual submission. Michael Arroyo, contract planner, presented data and context: Riverbank received six residential architectural site-plan applications in the reporting year (five approved and one pending), issued 145 building permits in 2023 (140 for single-family dwellings and five for accessory dwelling units), and recorded 509 housing units during the fifth RHNA cycle, short of the 1,280-unit RHNA allocation for that cycle. Arroyo said the forthcoming sixth-cycle RHNA for Riverbank is 3,591 units and emphasized the city's obligation is to demonstrate available sites to the state rather than to build those units directly.
Arroyo noted that the APR is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and therefore does not require environmental review. Staff recommended approval of the resolution to forward the APR to the city council and to transmit the document to state agencies.
A commissioner moved to accept the item "as submitted" and another commissioner seconded. Roll call recorded affirmative votes from Vice Chair Zamora, Commissioner John Dimon, Commissioner Michael Sid Alterman, Commissioner Natasha Basso, and Commissioner Ben Rubin; the motion passed 5-0 and the commission approved the resolution on a recommendation to the council.
Next steps: staff said the APR will be presented to the City Council (likely on April 9 or April 23, per staff's timeline) and will be transmitted to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research and HCD as recommended by the commission.
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