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General Plan Update - Historical Advisory Board public workshop to review and comment on the draft Alameda General Plan 2040.
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Historical Advisory Board
From: Andrew Thomas, Planning, Building and Transportation Director
BACKGROUND
State law requires the City of Alameda to maintain a General Plan that is an "integrated, internally consistent and compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency." (Government Code section 65300.5.) The General Plan establishes the local development and conservation policies necessary to guide physical development and protect the general health, safety and welfare of the community and the environment. The last comprehensive update of the current General Plan occurred almost 30 years ago and was designed to serve the City for 20 years or until 2010.
In August, staff completed a draft General Plan 2040 for public review and comment. The draft General Plan is available on the project website at: www.alameda2040.org/.
Since the August publication, over 1,500 individuals have provided written suggestion and ideas through on-line surveys, and the Planning Board has held four public forums for the review of the 1st Draft General Plan. Approximately 75-80 people have attended each forum. In addition, staff continues to meet with a wide variety of organizations and groups. Staff has begun the preparation of the 2nd Draft, which incorporates comments received to date from the Planning Board, the public, and other boards and commissions. Staff hopes to publish the 2nd Draft and the Draft Environmental Impact Report in March 2021.
Chapter 1 of the draft General Plan describes the four major themes that run throughout the entire General Plan. The four themes are:
1. Developing a healthy, equitable and inclusive city. This is a new theme for the General Plan. The 1991 General Plan themes did not address health, equity or inclusivity as an overarching goal o...
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