DATE: November 24, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: 2019 General Plan Annual Progress Report
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution accepting the 2019 General Plan Annual Progress Report.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will accept the General Plan Annual Progress Report (APR). The General Plan APR informs your Board of implementation of the policies and programs of all elements of the General Plan during the 2019 calendar year, including the Housing Element.
This report is required to be submitted to the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) before April 1st of each year. However, and because public hearings were suspended as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, a public hearing on the APR could not occur prior to the State's deadline. OPR declined to extend the APR submittal deadline but did clarify that the APR could be submitted to OPR prior to Board action, provided that documentation of Board action be submitted when taken. Therefore, staff submitted the APR to OPR and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), on March 30, 2020, thus meeting the State's deadline requirements.
Summaries of the Planning Commission's action and public comments are included as Attachments A, D and E, respectively. The September 10, 2020 Addendum Planning Commission Staff Report is included as Attachment B. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may determine not to accept the APR and direct Department of Public Works and Planning staff to modify the report with specific direction regarding those modifications and return to the Board for reconsideration.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
Government Code, Section 65300 et seq. requires the County to adopt a comprehensive and long-term General Plan to guide the physical developme...
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