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W c�- TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS February 2, 2006 Staff Report to the Planning Commission RE: PREZONING OF UNINCORPORATED SAN ANTONIO HILLS AREA: 82 PARCELS (19.99 ACRES) EAST OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS AND SOUTH OF THE CITY OF LOS ALTOS, GENERALLY BETWEEN MAGDALENA AVENUE AND EASTBROOK AVENUE INLCUDING SPALDING AVENUE, PAR AVENUE, WINDING WAY, PUTTER AVENUE, AND PUTTER WAY; #234-05-ZP. (Continued from December S, 2005) FROM: Debbie Pedro, AICP, Senior Planner -,R APPROVED BY: Carl Cahill, Planning Director ('(„ RECOMMENDATION: That the Planning Commission: Forward the application to the City Council with a recommendation to approve the proposed prezoning of the Eastbrook -Magdalena area and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration. (Attachment 2) At the meeting on December 8, 2005, the Planning Commission directed staff to provide additional information regarding the State housing element law and the proposed project. Housing Element Law Pursuant to Government Code Section 65300, each goveming body of a local government in California is required to adopt a comprehensive, long-term general plan for the physical development of the city or county. The housing element is one of the seven mandated elements of the local general plan. The housing element law, enacted in 1969, mandates that local governments adequately plan to meet the existing and projected housing needs of all economic segments of the community. Under current law, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is required to review housing elements and make written findings regarding their compliance with State housing element law. An overview of the State housing element law is included for the Commission's review. (Attachment 1) Los Altos Hills 2002 Housing Element Update During the Town's housing element update process in early 2003, the City Council appointed a Housing Element Subcommittee to come up with policies and programs that might be included in the housing element in order to achieve State certification. One of the programs recommended by the Committee (Policy H, Program 8) is to prezone 82 parcels within the Eastbrook -Magdalena neighborhood. Prezoning is the procedural first step necessary to ultimately annex a particular territory. However, the act of prezoning does not compel the Town to initiate annexation proceedings. If the project area is