Housing Element 2023-2031 Amendments and Implementing General Plan Amendments and CEQA Addendum
18 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2005031151
Lead Agency
City of Goleta
Document Title
Housing Element 2023-2031 Amendments and Implementing General Plan Amendments and CEQA Addendum
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
12/8/2023
Document Description
The City's General Plan was adopted on October 2, 2006. That same day, the City also certified an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) (State Clearinghouse No. 2005031151) for the General Plan, adopted a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations.
Subsequently, the City prepared amendments to the City’s Housing Element 2023-2031 of the General Plan (“Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments”). An Addendum to the General Plan EIR was prepared to analyze potential changes in environmental effects associated with the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments, including General Plan and zoning amendments to implement the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments, as they relate to the analysis in the General Plan EIR.
The Addendum compared the environmental impacts resulting from the changes proposed as part of the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments to the environmental impacts analyzed in the General Plan EIR. In particular, and in line with Public Resources Code Section 21166 and State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, the Addendum assesses whether the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments, as a policy and programs document, includes impacts not addressed or analyzed as significant effects in the General Plan EIR.
The Addendum concluded that no substantial changes are proposed in the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments and there are no substantial changes in the circumstances under which the amendments will be undertaken that will require major revisions to General Plan EIR due to the involvement of significant new environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. The Addendum also concludes that there is no "new information of substantial importance" as that term is used in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3) necessitating additional CEQA analysis.
On December 5, 2023, the Goleta City Council took the following actions: (1) adopted the Addendum to the General Plan EIR, (2) adopted the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments as described above, (3) adopted amendments to the General Plan to implement the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments, and (3) introduced and conducted first readings of four ordinances amending Title 17 (Zoning) of the Goleta Municipal Code to also implement the Housing Element 2023-2031 amendments. These actions constitute the project for purposes of this Notice of Determination.
Contact Information
Name
Andy Newkirk
Agency Name
City of Goleta
Job Title
Supervising Senior Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Goleta
Counties
Santa Barbara
Regions
Citywide
Other Location Info
Citywide
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
City of Goleta
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Santa Barbara
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://www.cityofgoleta.org/your-city/planning-and-environmental-review/ceqa-review/archived-ceqa-review
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes (Addendum to General Plan / Coastal Land Use Plan Final Environmental Impact Report)
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
No
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
Yes
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Final Document(s) [Approved_Certified draft environmental documents]
Notice of Determination
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