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WHEREAS, to comply with State Housing Element Law, the Town prepared the Housing Element Update 2023-2031 (the Housing Element or Housing Element Update) in accordance with California Housing Element Law (Government Code section 65580 et seq.); and WHEREAS, the Housing Element is a policy document only, does not implement any land use projects or issue any entitlements, and does not contain policies that have the potential to result in any direct or indirect physical changes to the environment; and WHEREAS, the Town conducted extensive community outreach over the last twelve months including five community workshops, one virtual pop-up event, and two public meetings before the Planning Commission and the City Council; and WHEREAS, as provided in Government Code Sections 65352 — 65352.5, the Town referred the Housing Element to all California Native American tribes on the contact list provided by the Native American Heritage Commission and to other entities listed and no California Native American tribe requested consultation; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Section 65585 (b), on October 27, 2022, the Town timely submitted the draft Housing Element to the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for its review; and WHEREAS, in December 2022 Town staff reached out to HCD to obtain initial feedback on the draffelement 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, documents and exhibits, including HCD's fundings, 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 No. 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 Resolution 35-23 Page 2