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Council accepts 2025 General Plan progress report and authorizes submission to state
Summary
Grant Leonard presented the 2025 Annual Progress Report and Vision Salinas 2040 update; council approved a resolution accepting the report and authorizing submittal to state housing and planning offices, while members pressed staff on outreach and housing production details.
The Salinas City Council on March 17 approved a resolution accepting the city's 2025 Annual Progress Report for the General Plan and authorized staff to submit it to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research.
Grant Leonard, advance planning manager, summarized city progress on the General Plan and noted pending drafts of three chapters of the 2040 update: the Economic Element, the Climate Action Plan and the Environmental Impact Report. He reported that through 2025 the city had produced 443 housing units toward a target of roughly 6,000 units in the planning horizon, and described funding sources including CDBG, HOME and a NOFA award that more recently leveraged roughly 8 million dollars to produce an estimated 124 units. "Lo que vemos aquí es que en total hasta 2025 se han producido 443 unidades, de las cuales necesitamos completar 6000 unidades," Leonard said.
Councilmembers pressed staff on public outreach for the plan and data detail. Several speakers and members of the public said community workshops and meeting times made participation difficult for some residents; council members asked for clearer outreach, more evening meetings where feasible, and a more granular breakdown of which of the reported units are ADUs, single-family, or multifamily.
The council voted to accept the annual progress report and authorize submittal to HCD and the Governor's Office. The motion was made and seconded on the floor and passed by the council. Council asked staff to follow up on specific data requests (unit-type breakdown, list of active developers/projects) and on improved public notification strategies.
What's next: Staff will finalize the submission to state offices before the April 1 filing deadline and continue public engagement as the remaining plan chapters and the EIR move toward release this spring and adoption later in the year.
