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Council hires Dudek to lead housing-element rezoning and EIR, aims for HCD certification by Nov. 2026
Summary
The City Council approved a roughly $2 million professional services agreement with Dudek to carry out a rezoning program and environmental impact report tied to Costa Mesa’s adopted housing element; staff said the work is aimed at getting Housing and Community Development (HCD) certification by November 2026.
The City Council voted 7-0 on Feb. 18 to award a professional services agreement to Dudek to prepare a rezoning program and environmental review aimed at obtaining certification of Costa Mesa’s 6th-cycle housing element.
Advanced Planning Manager Anna McGill told the council the city adopted its 6th-cycle housing element in November 2022 and received a May 2023 letter from the California Department of Housing and Community Development saying the element “meets the statutory requirements of state housing law” but that rezoning was required to accommodate the element’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 11,760 units. “In order to attain certification, a major effort needs to take place to amend our existing commercial corridors and other parcels to allow for residential development,” McGill said.
Dudek will lead planning, urban design and environmental compliance;…
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