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WHEREAS, in December 2022 Town staff reached out to HCD to obtain initial feedback on the draft element and, on December 22, 2022, met with HCD staff and received initial comments; and WHEREAS, Town staff further revised the draft Housing Element based on such initial feedback to include additional information and analysis to address those comments, and the revised Housing Element was sent to HCD for further review and also published for public review on January 23, 2023;and WHEREAS, January 25, 2023, the Town received a letter from HCD providing its findings and comments regarding the draft ]Housing Element, and the Town further revised the draft Housing Element to address all such findings and comments; and WHEREAS, on January 26, 2023 the Town published a revised draft Housing Element responding to HCD's findings and requested public comment on the draft; and WHEREAS, on January 27, 2023 the Planning Commission conducted a duly and properly noticed public hearing, reviewed the Housing Element and all pertinent maps I , documents and exhibits, including HCD's findings, the Town's response to HCD's findings, the staff report and all attachments, and oral and written public comments; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission determined the Housing Element to be consistent with State law and the General Plan of the Town of Los Altos Hills and recommended the City Council adopt the Housing Element via Resolution PCO 1-23; and WHEREAS, on January 30, 2023, the City Council conducted a duly and properly noticed public hearing, reviewed the Housing Element and all pertinent maps, documents and exhibits, including HCD's findings, the Town's response to HCD's findings, the staff report and all attachments, and oral and written public comments. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills hereby finds that, based on substantial evidence in the record: 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated by reference into this action. 2. Based on the entirety of the record before it, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the 2023-2031 Los Altos Hills Housing Element Update is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) and 15.283 of the CEQA Guidelines and Section 65584 of the California Government Code. The Housing Element is a policy document which does not provide entitlements to any specific land use project and does not contain policies that have potential to result in any direct or indirect physical changes to the environment. Any individual development projects would further undergo additional environmental analysis at the time of future entitlements. Thus, it is covered by the common sense exemption xemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the Resolution 09-23 Page 3