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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
From: Andrew Thomas,
Planning, Building & Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of the July 26, 2021 public hearing is to provide an opportunity for the public and Planning Board to review and comment on staff proposed revisions to the March 2021 draft Alameda General Plan 2040. The March 2021 Draft General Plan, draft Environmental Impact Report and existing General Plan are available for review at www.alameda2040.org.
Exhibit 1 has been updated to reflect the comments and discussion from the Planning Board meeting on July 12, 2021. To assist review by commenters and the Planning Board, staff has highlighted text in yellow that has been changed since the June 29th version of Exhibit 1.
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, 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, Access, Environment and Character (refer to Page 19 of Chapter 1, General Plan Organization and Themes)....
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