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RESOLUTION NO. 10282
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO, AUTHORIZING THE
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TO UPDATE AND MAINTAIN THE
SITE INVENTORY FOR THE CITY’S 2023-2031 HOUSING ELEMENT
R E C I T A L S
A.State Housing Element Law (Government Code Sections 65580 et seq.) requires that the City Council
adopt a Housing Element for the eight-year period 2023-2031 to accommodate the City of Palo Alto
(City) regional housing need allocation (RHNA) of 6,086 housing units, comprised of 1,556 very-low
income units, 896 low-income units, 1,013 moderate-income units, and 2,621 above moderate-
income units; and
B.State Housing Element Law further requires the City to include in its Housing Element an inventory
of land suitable for residential development and adequate to accommodate the RHNA (Site
Inventory). The Site Inventory must include the number of units that can realistically be
accommodated on each site and whether each site is adequate to accommodate lower income
housing, moderate-income housing, or above moderate-income housing.
C.On April 15, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 10155, making various findings, adopting
a Revised 2023-2031 Housing Element, and authorizing the Director of Planning and Development
Services to take further actions necessary to achieve certification of the Housing Element by the
California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
D.On August 19, 2024, HCD found that the Revised 2023-2031 Housing Element, as further modified on
July 17, 2024, was substantially compliant with state law.
E.Program 1.1 of the Housing Element, Adequate Sites Program, requires the City to maintain a
residential site inventory that is adequate to accommodate the City’s RHNA throughout the duration
of the Housing Element planning period of 2023-2031. Program 1.2 of the Housing Element, Site
Inventory Monitoring Program, requires the City to identify additional housing inventory sites if there
is a shortfall of capacity in the Site Inventory to accommodate the RHNA for any income level.
F.In addition, elements of Programs 1.1 and 1.4 of the Housing Element could require the City to identify
additional sites for the Site Inventory in the event development on certain sites has not progressed in
accordance with timelines specified in those Programs.
G.Finally, the City may wish to modify the Site Inventory on the basis of developer interest in accessing
increased development potential that is permitted for sites on the Site Inventory.
H.Minor modifications to the Site Inventory do not require changes to the analysis or policies and
programs contained in the Housing Element and do not constitute revision or amendment of the
Housing Element, as those terms are used in State Housing Element Law. Modifications to maintain
an adequate Site Inventory are generally reported to HCD solely by means of a Housing Element
Annual Progress Report.
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I. Pursuant to the provisions and requirements of CEQA and CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, the City
as lead agency, prepared a Revised Addendum to the 2017 Comprehensive Plan Final EIR (the
Addendum) to analyze the potential environmental impacts resulting from the Revised 2023-2031
Housing Element. This includes housing production to meet the RHNA development of the Site
Inventory and implementation of Housing Element programs, including Programs 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4;
and
J. On November 13 and December 18, 2023, the City Council approved the Addendum and found that
the Addendum, in conjunction with the 2017 Comprehensive Plan EIR adequately analyzed the
environmental impacts of development under the Housing Element.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby finds that, based on substantial
evidence in the record:
1.The Director of Planning and Development Services is hereby directed and authorized to modify the
Site Inventory to maintain adequate sites to accommodate the RHNA, to implement the
requirements of various Housing Element programs, and as the Director deems appropriate in
response to developer interest.
2.The City Council finds that routine modifications to the Site Inventory are consistent with the
intensity of development analyzed in the Addendum and are not anticipated to have additional
environmental impact beyond what was analyzed in the Addendum and the 2017 Comprehensive
Plan EIR.
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3. This Resolution shall become effective upon adoption by the City Council.
INTRODUCED and PASSED: APRIL 20, 2026
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City Clerk Mayor
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Director of Planning and
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