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Planning Board Review of General Plan Update Table of Contents and Land Use Diagram and Classifications. The review of the General Plan Chapters are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas
Acting Planning, Building & Transportation Director
Date: May 13, 2019
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 development and protect the general health, safety and welfare of the community. The General Plan should be an "integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency." (Gov. Code, ? 65300.5.) The City of Alameda General Plan is available at: https://www.alamedaca.gov/Departments/Planning-Building-and-Transportation/Planning-Division/General-Plan.
As described in prior reports to the Planning Board and City Council, the General Plan Introduction (Chapter 1. Settings, and Organization of the General Plan), Land Use Element, City Design Element, Parks and Recreation, Shoreline Access, Schools and Cultural Facilities ("Parks and Recreation") Element, and Open Space and Conservation Element have not been comprehensively reviewed since adoption in 1990. Staff has begun a review of these chapters and will be proposing recommended updates for community and Planning Board review at future meetings of the Planning Board.
On April 22, 2019, the Planning Board provided initial comments on staff's first draft update to Chapter 1 Setting and Organization of the General Plan and requested that staff provide:
* An outline for staff's initial plan for the update and re-organization of the General Plan, and
* Additional text for the introduction chapter documenting the history of Measure A in 1972 and the subsequent actions by the City to permit multifam...
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