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General Plan Update: Plan Framework to be Unveiled

Special to The Emeryville Connection
March 2008

Core concepts representing the framework of the City’s next General Plan will be presented to the City Council and Planning Commission at a special joint meeting being held in the City Council Chambers on Saturday, March 22, 2008, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The public is welcome to attend.

The purpose of this meeting is to give the City Council and Planning Commission an opportunity to discuss the plan’s framework prior to the General Plan Update Steering Committee moving forward on developing the full plan.

This conceptual framework will be illustrated in a document referred to as the Preferred Plan. It will outline goals and strategies for the future development of the city under five key categories:

• Land use

• Building height and size

• Transportation, including

pedestrian, bicycle, transit and auto

• Parks, open space and greenways

• Structure of the city

The Preferred Plan is the result of broad public outreach by the General Plan Update Steering Committee. Through surveys, multiple workshops and monthly meetings, community issues and desires were documented, and used a reference by the Steering Committee while developing the plan. As the Preferred Plan evolved it was tested for impacts on various factors including traffic and the City’s economic stability. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared in the months to come.

The Preferred plan will be available for viewing on the General Plan website as soon as it is available: www.ci.emeryville.ca.us/planning/general_plan.html

For more information please call Deborah Diamond, Project Manager at 510 596-4303 or ddiamond@ci.emeryville.ca.us.