Title
Public Hearing to consider Resolutions Recommending that the City Council Certify the Alameda General Plan Final EIR, Adopt Findings and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan, and Approve Alameda General Plan 2040
Body
To: Honorable President and
Members of the Planning Board
From: Andrew Thomas,
Planning, Building & Transportation Director
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Three years ago, the City of Alameda (City) and the Alameda Planning Board began work on a comprehensive update of the Alameda General Plan. Over the course of the last two years, the Planning Board has held over 14 public meetings, public forums and public hearings to prepare the first comprehensive update of the City's General Plan in 30 years.
At this time, staff is recommending that the Planning Board conclude its work on the General Plan update and recommend that the City Council certify the Final EIR, adopt findings and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approve Alameda General Plan 2040 (Exhibit 1) as amended by the Addendum List (Exhibit 2). Both the draft Alameda General Plan 2040 and the Final General Plan Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) are available at https://www.alameda2040.org/.
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.) To be an effective, internally consistent set of policies to guide decision making, a General Plan must be up to date and address current planning issues and challenges facing the community. The last comprehensive update of the Alameda General Plan occurred almost 30 years ago. The first sentence of the 1991 Alameda General Plan states: "The General Plan establishes the City of Alameda's development policies for the period 1990-2010." Neither the 1991 Land Use Element, nor the 1991 Conservation E...
Click here for full text