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98 Page 2 schools and various other groups as part of this outreach. BCC meetings are anticipated to be in joint study session formats and will commence on August 25 with a special joint study session of the City Council and the Housing and Human Services Committee. . Boards, Commissions, and Committees: On July 29, Planning staff gave a presentation to the Chairs of the Boards, Commissions, and Committees along with neighborhood liaisons. Staff explained the General Plan and informed the BCCs that it will be making presentations and holding further discussions with them at their future meetings. . General Plan Document Format: Staff is working on a General Plan format with the consultants and have presented it to the General Plan Committee. We are considering the following major headings for the document Introduction; The Built Environment; Quality of Life; Natural Resources; Public Safety; Implementation Actions Matrix; Glossary; Appendices; and Acknowledgements. This will be further refined as we continue to work on the document. . Planning Staff Land Use Work Shop: On July 15, Planning staff with the General Plan consultant team held a workshop to "brain-storm" possible General Plan focus areas and land use scenarios. The five areas of interest included the Bayfront; Broadway- Veterans corridor; Woodside Road; EI Camino Real; and high density neighborhoods. The consultant will focus on these areas and land use scenarios, and then project impacts to various "quality of life" indicators such as energy, housing, water use, traffic, etc. These land use scenarios and results will be presented to the public at the community workshop on September 27 at the County History Museum. This staff session also served as a "Beta test" for the land use model which is being built at this time, along with the traffic model. Schedule Given the clear direction by the City Council, staff is making every effort to complete the General Plan on schedule (by Fall 2009). Staff did not meet all of the scheduled tasks due to a number of challenges such as the need to complete review of technical reports and the needed planning staff work for studies on the proposed ballot initiative, but staff plans to catch up in a couple of months. We will be fully prepared for the September 2ih workshop, which is a major milestone and on schedule. Attached is summary of schedule highlights. ~cn-I?~~ - Tom Passanisi Principal Planner ChUCh~ Acting Community Development Director ATTACHMENTS 1. New General Plan Work Product Status 2. General Plan Outreach Summary