Santa Paula General Plan Update Important News
By Sheryl Hamlin
Notice of Preparation Announced (NOP)
According to an announcement cited below from the Planning Department, the NOP is available now:
The City has embarked upon a General Plan Update, with a progress report to be presented at the February 6th City Council meeting. One of the requirements is to conduct an environmental analysis per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and solicit input from the community, stakeholders, etc. The consultants retained to assist with the General Plan update are preparing the required CEQA analysis. The attached document discusses the upcoming steps and timeframe to solicit public input.
During the Notice of Preparation (NOP) timeline, a public workshop/scoping meeting will be held to provide the public and interested parties an opportunity to provide comments and input on the contents of the Draft EIR (DEIR). The scoping meeting will be March 2, 2017 from 5:30-7:30 pm in the City Council Chambers.
The only documents open for review and comment at this point are the Project Description and Initial Study attached to the NOP. Generally speaking, this round solicits agency-level feedback, but the public can comment if so desired.
To read the full NOP, click here. To understand how the NOP fits into the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) click here.
Citizen Commentary Received to Date
In November of 2015, the City Planning Department held a community meeting and solicited citizen input. According to comments at this meeting, the response to the on-line survey had been good with over several hundred received in English and an additional amount in Spanish. To read an enumeration of those comments click here.
General Plan Repository
The Planning Department has established a website for notices of meeting and a document repository. Three important meetings are indicated:
- February 25,2017 Downtown Improvement Workshop
- March 2, 2017 EIR Scoping Meeting
- Summer 2017 General Plan Workshop #2
Click here to see a slideshow of citizens engaged at the first workshop in 2015.
For more information about the author, visit sheryhamlin.com
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