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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />u... <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 6, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN UPDATE <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2A) <br />C / <br />CITY IVIANAGRf <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />3..21O M <br />© As Recommended <br />El As Amended <br />a Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />L Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolutlon <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Receive and file attached outline of the General Plan Update program. <br />DISCUSSION <br />California State law requires each jurisdiction to adopt a comprehensive General Plan to guide <br />the physical development and well -being of its community. A General Plan is the local <br />government's long term blueprint for the community's vision of future growth and quality of life. <br />This long range planning tool sets for the goal, policies, and programs to accomplish the City's <br />vision, <br />Last comprehensively updated In 1982, the proposed Santa Ana General Plan Update will create <br />a new Policy Framework with underlying goals and polices to apply throughout the city. The new <br />General Plan will communicate the City's values and vision for new development, sustainability, <br />mobility and complete streets, urban design, economic development, historic preservation, <br />safety, open space and recreation, health, and more, The General Plan Update will be organized <br />Into "Community Area Plans" that will host goals and polices tailored to a unique neighborhood, <br />corridors and districts. The attached presentation outlines the proposed work program and <br />approach to updating the City of Santa Ana General Plan by summer of 2017. <br />Building on key policies and strategies in existing City documents and best practices, the new <br />General Plan Policy Framework will be produced with trained, in -Mouse staff to ensure its <br />relevancy to Santa Ana's uniqueness and history at a much lower cost. The effort will include <br />interviews with policy makers, the convening of the General Plan Advisory Committee, and <br />community engagement. The two year work effort will include the preparation of an <br />environmental impact report, and the limited use of consultants to assist in very specialized work <br />under staff supervision. <br />19D -1 <br />