PLANNING AND HOUSING COMMISSION
STAFF REPORT
DATE: 04/22/2024
TO: Honorable Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Planning & Development Department
APPLICATION REQUEST:
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GPCD2024-0002: Request for a General Plan Consistency Determination regarding the City of Corona’s Fiscal Year 2025 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). (Applicant: Kenny Nguyen, CIP Manager, Public Works Department, 400 S. Vicentia Avenue, Corona CA 92882)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the Planning and Housing Commission adopt Resolution No. 2632 and report to the City Council that the Fiscal Year 2025 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is consistent with the City of Corona 2020-2040 General Plan Goals and Policies.
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ANALYSIS
California Government Code Section 65401 requires the Planning and Housing Commission to review the City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for the upcoming fiscal year, and report the Program’s conformity with the City’s General Plan to the City Council.
Attached as Exhibit 2 to this report is a table listing 196 CIP projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The table provides a brief description of each project and the corresponding General Plan Goals and Policies relevant to each project. This list of projects was provided by the City’s Public Works Department.
Many of the FY 2025 projects have been carried over from budgets in previous fiscal years because the projects have not been fully constructed or require additional funding due to changes in the project scope, and therefore, many of the projects have already been deemed consistent by the Commission.
Of the 196 projects, 31 projects are new for FY 2025, and therefore, require a determination of General Plan consistency at this time. A column on the right side of the Consistency Table (Exhibit 2) identifies projects that are “new GPCD items” versus those that were already considered in prior years. For convenience, staff has also highlighted the new GPCD items in orange for the Commission.
The City Council held a Financial Workshop on March 28, 2024, at which time they reviewed the CIP projects proposed for FY 2025. The City Council is anticipated to approve the fiscal year budget on June 5, 2024.
The purpose of the request currently before the Commission is to determine that the new GPCD projects listed in the upcoming fiscal year budget are consistent with the General Plan, based on the Goals and Policies identified by City staff in the attached table (Exhibit 2)
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The review of a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for a determination of General Plan consistency by the Planning and Housing Commission is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because the consistency review is not a “project”, per 1537(b)(4), and because a determination of consistency has no potential to result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment.
FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed Capital Improvement Program is budgeted in the draft FY 2025 Budget. The request for General Plan consistency determination does not result in financial impacts not already considered in the draft fiscal year budget.
PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENTS
California Government Code Section 65401 does not require public notification for a General Plan Consistency Determination.
FINDING
Staff recommends that the Planning and Housing Commission find the FY 2025 Capital Improvement Program consistent with General Plan Goals and Policies as outlined in the table attached as Exhibit 2 to this report.
REVIEWED BY: SANDRA VANIAN, PLANNING MANAGER
SUBMITTED BY: JOANNE COLETTA, PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
Exhibits:
1. Resolution No. 2632.
2. FY 2025 Capital Improvement Program General Plan Consistency Table.