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Public Hearing on the Alameda General Plan Update and the Scope of Environmental Impact Report
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas,
Planning, Building & Transportation Director
Date: April 26, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the April 26, 2021 public hearing is to provide an opportunity for public agencies and the public to submit oral comments on the scope and proposed content of the draft EIR. Written comments will be received by the City through April 27, 2021. No action by the Planning Board on the draft EIR is required at this time.
This staff report also provides an overview of the recently released March 2021 Alameda General Plan 2040. This overview is for information purposes only. The Planning Board is not required to make any decisions on the draft General Plan at the April 26, 2021 public hearing on the scope of the EIR.
BACKGROUND
General Plan Update: 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 of 2020, staff completed the August 2020 (initial) draft Alameda General Plan 2040 for public review and comment, and set up a website (https://www.alameda2040.org/.) where updates, documents, and surveys could be accessed by the public. In the Fall of 2020, the Alameda Planning Board held four public forums that each focused discussion and review of the four themes of the General Plan, that of Equity, ...
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