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Public Hearing on the Alameda General Plan Update
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To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
Chairperson Soules and
Members of the Transportation Commission
From: Andrew Thomas,
Planning, Building & Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the May 10, 2021 public hearing is to provide an opportunity for public, the Planning Board and the Transportation Commission to review, discuss, and comment on the recently released March 2021 draft Alameda General Plan 2040.
The joint meeting also provides an opportunity for the Planning Board and the Transportation Commission members to discuss the relationship between land use and transportation in Alameda and how the two advisory boards can work together to address the environmental, equity, mobility, and affordable housing challenges facing Alameda over the next 20 years.
No final actions on the draft General Plan are being requested at this time. The meeting will inform future actions and recommendations by the Transportation Commission and the Planning Board to the City Council on the General Plan and related policy issues and plans.
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 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, a...
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