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Welcome to the General Plan Update Website!

The County’s General Plan just underwent its first comprehensive update since it was last adopted in 1993. This update was necessary to plan for growth in the next planning cycle (2005-2030) as well as to address new emerging planning issues. Some of the topics addressed in the Update Project can be found here.

2030 General Plan  Adopted November 9, 2011 

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Board of Supervisors Adoption Hearings
The Board of Supervisors held 22 adoption hearings beginning on May 12th, 2010 culminating with final adoption on November 9, 2011. The materials from each of these hearings and workshops can be found below.


Hearing #

Date

Topic

Attachments

Hearing 22

11.09.11

General Plan Update - Final Adoption

Staff Report and Attachments

Hearing 21

11.08.11

General Plan Update - Report Back: Agricultural and Conservation Elements


Staff Report and Attachments

Addendum #27 


Hearing 20

10.26.11

General Plan Update - Report Back on Circulation and Land use Elements, if needed. Any other Reports Backs  as needed.

Addendum #23 
Attachments

Hearing 19

10.12.11

General Plan Update- Circulation Element and Land Use Element


Addendum #22 & Attachments


Hearing 18

10.4.11

General Plan Update - Report backs on Conservation, Agricultrure and Public Facilities Elements

Addendum #21
Attachment 


Hearing 17

9.20.11

General Plan Update--Growth Management

Addendum #20

Hearing 16

8.10.11

General Plan Update--Growth Management Status Report


Addendum #19
Attachments 

Hearing 15

7.27.11

General Plan Update--Report Backs on Public Facilities, Agriculture, Open Space, Conservation, and Noise Elements

Addendum #18
Attachments A-E 

Hearing 14

7.20.11

General Plan Update--Growth Management

Addendum #17
Attachments A 
Attachments B 
Powerpoint 


Hearing 13

5.25.11

General Plan Update--Growth Management
Addendum #16
Attachments A 
Attachments B 

 


5.4.11


General Plan Update
Item continued to 5.25.11

 


Hearing 12

4.13.11

General Plan Update

Addendum #15
Attachments 


Hearing 11


3.9.11

Draft General Plan Vision and Growth Management Strategy

County Executive's Cover Memo
Staff Report
Attachments 
Comment Letter
Presentation

Hearing 10

10.13.10

Item dropped from agenda

Hearing 9

9.22.10

2030 General Plan Update
Addendum #11
Addendum #12
Addendum #13


Hearing 8

8.31.10

2030 General Plan Update

Staff Report #8 
Staff Report#9
Staff Report #10
Comments
Attachments A-F
Attachment G 
Attachment H 
Attachment I 
Attachment J 
Presentation AM
Presentation PM


Hearing 7

8.11.10

2030 General Plan Update

Staff Report 
Attachments 
Map Attachment
Presentation


Hearing 6

7.28.10

2030 General Plan Update
Staff Report
Attachments
Presentation
PP Presentation 


Hearing 5

7.20.10

2030 General Plan Update
Staff Report 
Attachments
Presentation

Hearing 4

7.14.10

2030 General Plan Update

Staff Report 
Attachments
Presentation


Hearing 3

6.9.10

2030 General Plan Update
Staff Report 
Presentation

Hearing 2

5.26.10 

2030 General Plan Update

Staff Report 
Presentation


Hearing 1

5.12.10

Roadmap of Hearing Process

Staff Report  , Attachment G 
Presentation 


Planning Commission Workshops and Adoption Hearings
The sixteenth and final adoption hearing was held at the County Planning Commission on February 17, 2010. The Planning Commission reviewed and commented on the Draft 2030 General Plan and forwarded their recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.  All staff reports prepared for these hearings and all County Planning Commission recommendations on Draft General Plan Elements can be found below.

Hearing #

Date Topic Attachment

Hearing 16

2.17.10

Final Hearing - Transmit recommendations to Board of Supervisors

Staff Report

Hearing 15

2.8.10

Land Use Element and Growth Management

Staff Report

Hearing 14

1.25.10

Agricultural, Conservation and Open Space Elements

Staff Report

Hearing 13

1.11.10

Circulation, Public Facilities, Noise and Delta Protection Elements

Staff Report

Hearing 12

12.14.09

Various Elements

Staff Report

Hearing 11

12.7.09

Circulation and/or Public Facilities Element

Staff Report

Hearing 10

11.23.09

Circulation Element

Staff Report

Hearing 9

11.2.09 

Land Use Element & Growth Management

Staff Report

Hearing 8

10.5.09

Land Use Element & Growth Management

Staff Report

Hearing 7

9.21.09

Land Use Element

Staff Report

Hearing 6

8.31.09

Land Use Element

Staff Report

Hearing 5

8.10.09

Various Outstanding Issues

Staff Report

Hearing 4

7.27.09

Various Outstanding Issues

Staff Report

Hearing 3

7.13.09

Various Outstanding Issues

Staff Report

Hearing 2

6.22.09

Various Outstanding Issues

Staff Report

Hearing 1

6.08.09

Various Outstanding Issues

Staff Report

Past Stakeholders Meetings
The County held several stakeholder meetings on the topic of growth management. Materials discussed at these meetings are available below. 

8/1/2011 - Stakeholder Meeting Agenda and Materials

8/8/2011 - Stakeholder Meeting Materials

8/30/2011 - Stakeholder Meeting Agenda and Materials

9/15/2011 - Stakeholder Meeting Agenda and Materials


General Plan Final Environmental Impact Report
The Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the 2030 General Plan is available here.

Visioning Efforts for the Jackson Highway and Grant Line East Areas.
Visioning efforts for the Jackson Highway and Grant Line East areas are now complete.  Click the preceding links for more information and to learn about these studies.

For more information see these helpful links:
What is a general plan? Planning Glossary
Community Participation Useful Links
Reports, Notes and Presentations General Plan DEIR


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