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R_~,Jp.9_.t~: The Agency and the District continue to disagre~ over the issue of the conformity with the General Plan and the use of a negative declaration to comply with CEQ.A. . requirements, ,These'issues are discussed in detail m Sections 4 and 5 of this responSe. "Failure to Provide Adequate Notice of the Public Hearin_~" ~).hj.~3J.~: The District states that the notice of joint public hearing should have been published for four consecutive weeks starting May 19, 1992 rather than four consecutive weeks starting May 26, 1992. The District also states that the legal description of the Project Area "should have been included in the public hearing notice." Resnonse: The Agency acknowledges that Section 33354.6 generally states that the s. ame procedural requirements for adopting new redevelopm.ent plans should be followed for certain plan amendments including the proposed amendments to the South Harbor Plan. The Agency, however, believes that where the law provides more specific procedural requirements for plan amendments, the legislature intended that the more specific sections apply rather than the more general adoption procedure. The Agency properly followed the notice requirements of Section 33452 rather than Section 33361. Article 12 of the Health and Safety Code, which includes Section 33452, is entitled "Amendment of Redevelopment Plans" and was specifically written to describe the processes pertaining to plan amendments. The District consistently relies on Health and Safety Code Section 33354.6 in its determination that the proposed South Harbor Redevelop.ment Plan Amendment requires precisely the same plan adoption process as if it were an initial plan adopt!on, lit should be noted that Section 33354.6 and all other sections contained within Section 33353(1 through 7) through Section 33354.6 relate to the Fiscal Review Committee andits actions and processes. In particular, this section states that in certain plan amendments "the Agency shall follow the same procedure, and the legislative bo. dy is subject to the sa.me restrictions as provided for in th~s article for the adoption of a plan" (underline added). This article refers to Article 4 of Chapter 4 Of the Health and Safety Code (commencing with Section 33330). It does not includ,e those elements of theplan adoption process contained in Article 2 and 3 of Chapter 4of the Health and Safety Code. The Agency believes that the Legislature intended that the term "shall follow the same pro.cedure" rela!es to the fiscal review procedure and that ,,Ar, t~cle 12 (Sections 33450 through 33458.5) entitled Amendment of Redevelopment Plans" is the section of the law that was intended to address specific procedures pertaining to 14