2020/02/13 Planning Commission Resolution (6)PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2020-06
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT
PARK FINDING THAT THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE ESSENTIAL
WORKFORCE HOUSING PROGRAM IS CONSISTENT WITH GENERAL PLAN 2020
AND ELIGIBLE FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS
WHEREAS, on July 25, 2000 the City Council approved Resolution No. 2000-152
adopting a comprehensive update of the City's General Plan which included specific policies and
objectives for infrastructure, construction and maintenance of public facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City is pursuing CDBG funding to expand its Essential Workforce
Housing Program to create two low-income affordable housing ownership units in partnership
with the Housing Land Trust; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission is appointed by the City Council as the Planning
Agency for the City of Rohnert Park and is required by State law to review and find that all
proposed projects initiated by the City are consistent with the adopted General Plan; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, the Project
Manager has determined that finding the proposed expansion of the Essential Workforce
Housing Program is not a project pursuant to Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, on February 13, 2020, the Planning Commission reviewed Planning
Application No. PLCF20-0001 (Finding of Consistency with the General Plan to Expand
Essential Workforce Housing Program), at which time interested persons had an opportunity to
testify either in support or opposition to the project; and
WHEREAS, at the February 13, 2020, Planning Commission meeting, upon hearing and
considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all persons desiring to be heard, the
Commission considered all the facts relating to Planning Application No. PLCF20-0001; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
ROHNERT PARK DOES RESOLVE: that expansion of the Essential Workforce Housing
Program to create two low-income affordable housing ownership units in partnership with the
Housing Land Trust is consistent with the adopted City of Rohnert Park Comprehensive General
Plan and incorporates all information and comment provided at its February 13, 2020 public
meeting as part of its finding, including the staff report.