Report to Mayor and City Council
Thursday, January 21, 2021
Discussion
SUBJECT:
Title
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND PRESENTATION OF THE PREFERRED PLAN (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
During the past several months, staff and the City's General Plan consultant, Dyett & Bhatia ("Consultant"), developed three land-use alternatives using the mapped opportunity sites along with input from stakeholders, decision makers and the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC). The three alternatives were also shared with the stakeholders who provided further input on them. Staff and the City's Consultant have incorporated the comments received from the community, stakeholders and decision makers and combined the three alternatives into one Preferred Plan.
During the public participation process for the Preferred Plan, the Planning Division provided a comment period to the community from September 2, 2020 to October 25, 2020. Outreach included direct mail postcards to each Carson commercial and residential address, weekly email blasts to over 3,000 Carson stakeholders, a hotline available in English, Spanish and Tagalog languages, a dedicated email inbox and website, and social media posts to encourage stakeholders to share their comments. Stakeholders were also encouraged to write hard copy letters and place telephone calls to the Planning Division to share their comments.
On December 1, 2020, staff presented the Preferred Plan and shared community input with the City Council. The City Council continued the item to provide opportunity for more City Council discussion on the Preferred Plan and related policies. Once the City Council approves the Preferred Plan, the Consultant will continue the process to complete the General Plan.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. DISCUSS and PROVIDE input on the Preferred Plan and associated policies; AND
2. PROVIDE direction to staff to continue the General Plan process including writing the General P...
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