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Public Hearing to Review and Comment on 2023 Annual Reports. Review and Comment on the Annual Reports on the General Plan/Housing Element, Transportation Choices Plan, Vision Zero Action Plan, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, and Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan. CEQA Determination: Endorsement of the annual reports is statutorily exempt from environmental review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
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To: Honorable President and Members of the Planning Board
From: Steven Buckley, Secretary to the Planning Board
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Annual Report includes annual reports on the General Plan, Active Transportation Plan, Vision Zero Action Plan, Transportation Choices Plan, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, and Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan:
* General Plan and Housing Element Annual Report (Exhibit 1)
* Transportation 2023 Annual Report & 2024 Plan Draft (Exhibit 2)
* Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) and Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan 2023 Annual Report & 2024 Work Plan Draft (Exhibit 3)
These documents show City progress towards its goals as well as priority actions for the coming calendar year. The plans all require the preparation and presentation of annual reports that the City Council accepts each year.
Planning Board comments on these Annual Reports and associated priorities for the upcoming years will be transmitted to the City Council in March, in time for the City Council's June public hearings and adoption of budget decisions.
Staff provides these annual reports early in the spring of each year so that the community and City Council is able to use the annual reports to inform citywide budget and Capital Improvement Program ("CIP") decisions.
BACKGROUND
Every city and county in the State of California is required to adopt and maintain an up-to-date General Plan, which establishes the local development and conservation policies necessary to guide physical d...
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