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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 18, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN <br />UPDATE -STATUS REPORT <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2A) <br />i <br />CITY MANAG <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ <br />As Amended <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 19` Reading <br />❑ <br />Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ <br />Implementing Resolution <br />❑ <br />Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Receive and file City of Santa Ana General Plan Update status report. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In March 2014 the City Council adopted the Santa Ana Five -Year Strategic Plan. The Strategic <br />Plan was the result of an extensive community outreach process and established specific goals, <br />objectives and strategies to guide the City's major efforts during the next five years. The <br />Strategic Plan identified seven key goals, which served as the focus for the development of the <br />objectives and strategies. Strategies were developed to implement the policies in each of these <br />goal areas. One of the key strategies is to complete a comprehensive update of the City's <br />General Plan including the development of policies and implementation measures that directly <br />relate to the 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 />an extensive community outreach program between December 2015 and July 2016. Designed to <br />define the character of our city, our first outreach efforts asked community members what they <br />enjoyed most about their neighborhood and their city and to describe their greatest concerns <br />about their neighborhood and city. Participants included residents, local leaders, the business <br />community, and advocacy group representatives. In addition, a summer program led by local <br />youth focused on youth concerns. In all, over 40 public meetings or events were held with 457 <br />people participating. The results are summarized in the attached Santa Ana General Plan <br />Update Community Outreach Executive Summary — Conversation One (Exhibit 1). <br />Staff is working diligently towards completion of the General Plan to achieve the goals <br />established as part of the City's Strategic Plan. Staff anticipates completing the plan by <br />19E-1 <br />