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City Planning / Systematic Update of Community Plans and Batching General Plan Amendments / Various Planning and Case Processing Reforms

CF 16-0422  City Council Final Action 02/10/2017 

PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a system for updating Community Plans, batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) consultants and technical plans.

Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Motion (Huizar, et al. – Krekorian):

INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning (DCP) and the City Administrative Officer (CAO) to report with the necessary budget resources, staffing needs and funding analysis to implement a six year, accelerated update cycle, and for the DCP to report with a draft ordinance to codify that requirement.

INSTRUCT the DCP to immediately implement administrative procedures to batch General Plan Amendments, and to begin working on an ordinance to make General Plan Amendments batching the law.

INSTRUCT the DCP to immediately implement EIR Processing Option Two of the DCP report dated January 26, 2017 (attached to Council file No. 16-0422), requiring that all future EIRs associated with development be prepared only by City-approved consultants, and an applicant hire a consultant from the City’s pre-qualified list.

INSTRUCT the DCP to issue an Request for Qualifications to establish a Pre-Qualified List of environmental consultants.

Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the CAO nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.

Community Impact Statement: None submitted.

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  • 02/10/2017 Council Action (February 10, 2017), Report from PLUM (January 31, 2017)
  • 02/03/2017 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 8, 2017 .  Report from PLUM (January 31, 2017)
  • 01/31/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved item(s) .
  • 01/27/2017 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on January 31, 2017.
  • 01/27/2017 City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 01/26/2017 Document(s) submitted by City Planning, as follows:

Department of City Planning report, dated January 26, 2017, relative to Community Plans, General Plan Amendment batching, and Environmental Impact Report consultants.

  • 09/13/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for undetermined date.
  • 09/09/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 13, 2016.
  • 09/06/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for September 13, 2016 .
  • 09/02/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 6, 2016.
  • 08/26/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on August 30, 2016 – CANCELLED.
  • 08/26/2016 City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 08/26/2016 Document(s) submitted by City Planning, as follows:

Department of City Planning report, dated August 26, 2016, relative to a report back regarding System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report Consultants, and Technology Plans.

  • 05/31/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee continued item to/for undetermined date.
  • 05/27/2016 Planning and Land Use Management Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 31, 2016-Verbal discussion only.
  • 05/26/2016 City Planning document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.
  • 05/26/2016 Document(s) submitted by City Planning, as follows:  City Planning Report (May 26, 2016)

City Planning report, dated May 26, 2016, relative to a System for Updating Community Plans, Batching General Plan Amendments, Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Consultants and Technology Plans.

  • 04/13/2016 Motion document(s) referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee.  Motion (April 13, 2016)
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