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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 19, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN <br />UPDATE - STATUS REPORT <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 2A} <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />e -k <br />❑ <br />As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on l if Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolutlon <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Receive and file update of the City of Santa Ana General Plan. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In March 2014 the City Council adopted the Santa Ana Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan was <br />the result of an extensive community outreach process and established specific goals, objectives <br />and strategies to guide the City's major efforts during the next five years. The Strategic Plan <br />identified seven key goals, which served as the focus for the development of the objectives and <br />strategies. Strategies were developed to implement the policies in each of these goal areas. <br />One of the key strategies is to complete a comprehensive update of the City's General Plan <br />including the development of policies and implementation measures that directly relate to the <br />goal of equitable economic development. <br />The General Plan Update was initiated in November 2015. The City's Planning Division in <br />collaboration with the Community Engagement and Neighborhood Initiatives Program conducted <br />five community meetings between December 2015 and January 2016. Staff solicited community <br />input on issues pertaining to their overall perceptions of the city. Each group, from senior citizens <br />to the members of our business community, described their individual perspectives on these key <br />issues. In addition, a brief update and discussion with the Communication Linkage Forum (Com- <br />Link) group of neighborhood association leaders was held in February 2016. <br />In light of the overwhelming demand from additional interest groups for more information related <br />to the General Plan update program, staff conducted six additional community meetings <br />throughout the entire city which occurred during the last two weeks of March 2016. A total of 13 <br />General Plan Update meetings have been conducted in the community thus far. While previous <br />General Plan community meetings were focused on citywide issues and opportunities, these <br />neighborhood -based meetings were specifically designed to solicit input from individual areas of <br />the city (Exhibit 1). <br />1913-1 <br />