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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 15, 2015 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:15-351 PRESENTATIONS <br />Agenda Number:3.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for General Plan Update Progress (Information Only) <br />BACKGROUND <br />This report is for information only. The City of San Leandro is mid-way through a two-year <br />process to update its General Plan, including its Housing Element. The existing General Plan <br />was adopted in 2002 and had a horizon year of 2015. The draft of the new Plan and related <br />California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is estimated <br />for release in January 2016 and will have a horizon year of 2035. Because of State <br />deadlines, the Housing Element of the General Plan was expedited and adopted by the City <br />Council in January 2015. <br />The existing San Leandro General Plan includes seven “elements”, covering the following <br />topics: land use, transportation, housing, open space and conservation, environmental <br />hazards, community design and preservation, and community services and facilities. Each <br />element includes goals, policies, and actions guiding future City decisions on these topics. <br />The Plan also includes a land use map indicating how growth will take place over the next two <br />decades, and roughly 20 other maps representing the City’s policies on a range of physical <br />development topics. <br />On March 3, 2014, the City Council approved an Agreement with PlaceWorks to complete the <br />General Plan Update. PlaceWorks has a number of subcontractors, including Barry Miller, <br />who is serving as the project manager. The consultant’s scope of work includes periodic <br />briefings to the City Council on the status of the project. The last briefing was made in <br />January 2015 as part of a public hearing on the Housing Element. Briefings were also <br />provided in March, June, and October 2014. <br />Housing Element <br />State law required all 101 cities and nine counties in the Bay Area to adopt new Housing <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 6/9/2015