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Kingsburg council approves $45,000 for additional analysis on housing element amendment
Summary
After receiving comment from the state housing department, the Kingsburg City Council agreed to spend up to $45,000 to complete analyses required by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to support its sixth-cycle housing element amendment.
The Kingsburg City Council on March 19 approved using up to $45,000 to fund additional technical work to respond to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) review of the city’s sixth-cycle housing element amendment.
City Manager Alex Henderson told the council the city had submitted a revised proposal to HCD on Jan. 29 after the council previously directed staff to re-examine site inventories and add newly annexed territory. HCD replied on March 5 that the newly identified sites required more analysis to demonstrate adequacy to meet the regional housing need, the staff report says.
Henderson said that Provost & Pritchard — a consultant with representatives at the meeting — provided a cost estimate of $45,000 to perform the additional analysis required by HCD. The city received a reimbursement check for prior housing element work from Fresno Council of Governments via a LEAP grant on Feb. 3; staff recommended repurposing those funds to cover the new analysis.
“Council selection of option 3 required analysis of existing prepared components as well as identifying newly annexed territory,” Henderson said. He noted HCD’s response “is not necessarily a comment on whether or not they think our proposal is valid; it’s part of their process” but that staff is confident a focused technical response can demonstrate site adequacy.
Councilmembers discussed alternatives but supported spending the funds to pursue the HCD-required analysis rather than re-opening rezoning or upzoning discussions. A motion to proceed with option 1 — appropriating up to $45,000 for the work and engaging Provost & Pritchard — passed on a voice vote; the transcript records the motion, a second and “Aye” votes without individual roll call tallies.
Next steps: staff will contract with Provost & Pritchard and prepare the additional technical analyses for resubmission to HCD. The city will continue the statutory process until HCD’s review is satisfied or further action is required.
Vote and action: Council authorized proceeding with option 1 and appropriating up to $45,000 for the housing element amendment analysis. The motion passed by voice vote; individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript.
