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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />8 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />JULY 6, 2004 <br /> <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - GENERAL PLAN <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2004-06 TO <br />AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN <br />CIRCULATION ELEMENT <br />IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM <br />PROTECTING LOCAL STREETS; <br />ADOPTION OF AMENDED AND <br />REVISED PROCEDURES FOR <br />NEIGHBO D TRAFFIC PLANS. <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />0 As Recommended <br />0 As Amended <br />0 Ordinance on 1 $I Reading <br />0 Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />0 Implementing Resolution <br />0 Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />81. <br /> <br />Approve and adopt the Negative Declaration, Environmental Review No. <br />2004-153. <br /> <br />2 . <br /> <br />Adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. 2004-06. <br /> <br />3 . <br /> <br />Adopt a resolution amending and revising rules and regulations for <br />the approval and installation of Neighborhood Traffic Management <br />Plans. <br /> <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br /> <br />On June 28, 2004, the Planning Commission recommended that the City <br />Council approve and adopt the Negative Declaration, Environmental Review <br />No. 2004-153 and adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. <br />2004-06 (Exhibit A) to amend the General Plan Circulation Element <br />Implementation Program protecting local streets by a vote of 6:1 (De La <br />Torre opposed) . <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The protection of local streets from through-traffic to preserve <br />neighborhood character is one of the goals identified in the Circulation <br />~ Element of the City's General Plan. In order to implement a mechanism for <br />~ achieving this goal, in 1992 the City adopted provisions that detail the <br />rules and regulations for establishing Neighborhood Traffic Management <br />Plans. In response to a legal challenge, in August 2003, the City Council <br /> <br />75F-1 <br />