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Megan Campbell December 5, 2022 Page 2 SEIP-58196\2713340.1 1.The Project Description Should Identify the Specific General Plan Land Use Designations that will be Applied to the Potential Sites for Rezoning. In the DEIR’s Project Description, six of the HEU sites identified for rezoning as part of the HEU process (each, “rezone site”)are depicted with two apparently overlapping, projected General Plan land use designations. The concern with this approach is that it results in a project description that does not disclose the specific type of land use(s) and related development standards –including, without limitation, where or how residential units at different density ranges will be disbursed –that will apply to each rezone site. It is therefore unclear how each site would be accommodating the units the HEU assumes can and would be developed. 2 To ensure the DEIR provides an accurate, stable, and consistent project description as required under state law (see Gov. Code, §§ 653023, 65583.2(c)4), it is necessary that the City assign one specific land use designation that accommodates the type and number of units anticipated for the relevant portion of each site. For the Kiewit Site, this would involve: (1) designating an approximately 5-acre portion of the site with the General Plan’s High Density Residential (“HDR”) designation to coincide with the affordable, multi-family component contemplated by the Kiewit Project; and (2) designating the remaining approximately 46.3-acre portion of the site with the Medium Density Residential (MDR) designation to correspond with the single-family units contemplated by the Kiewit Project. This would reflect the exhibit the development plan Seefried has shown City staff, attached hereto as Exhibit A. As contemplated, this proposed land use designation map would facilitate construction of a high-quality affordable component that is 2 For example, five rezone sites are shown on Exhibit 2-5a and Table 2-9 as having both a Mixed Use (MU) designation and Business Park (BP) designation. The General Plan’s current MU designation allows for residential densities of 20+ units an acre, while the BP designation apparently does not contemplate residential uses. (See General Plan Land Use Element, Element, Table 2-3, pp. 2-23, 2-24.) The Kiewit Site is shown with overlapping Medium Density Residential (MDR) and High Density Residential (HDR) designations. These designations have different densities, with MDR allowing between 2 to 8 units per acre, and the HDR designation allowing for 8+ units per acre (See General Plan Land Use Element, Table 2-3, p. 2-22.) 3 Government Code section 65302 requires the land use element to designate the general distribution and location of uses of land for housing, business, etc., with a statement of the standards of population density and building intensity for the various districts and other territory covered by a general plan. 4 Government Code section 65583.2(c) requires a housing element inventory to specify the number of units that can realistically be accommodated on a site and whether the site is adequate to accommodate lower income, moderate-income, or above-moderate income housing. 6(()5,(' 3DJHRI