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78 Page 1 January 26, 2009 SUBJECT New General Plan RECOMMENDATION 1. Advise the Planning Commission on desired process for completing the New General Plan and its companion Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, as it relates to the Cargill Saltworks property; 2. Advise the Planning Commission of the City Council's concurrence with the attached draft land use maps dated January 26, 2009 for the following study area corridors: . Middlefield Road . Woodside Road . EI Camino Real . Veterans/Broadway These study area land use alternatives, if conceptually approved, will be made part of the complete Draft Land Use Map and will be used for preparing the New General Plan Elements and associated policies. Once all of these study areas are affirmed, the Redwood City Draft Land Use Map will be designated as the "project" in the Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the New General Plan, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). BACKGROUND I n the fall of 2008, staff developed land use options for the New General Plan and presented them at a community workshop to solicit comments on the Bayfront Area (Alternatives 1-5) and street corridors. Of those who commented on the Bayfront Area during the public workshop, approximately fifty percent wanted to restore the Cargill Saltworks property to wetlands and the other fifty percent believed that there should be some type of development on the property. In December 2008, the Planning Commission reviewed and discussed various land uses for the Bayfront, and the Woodside Road, EI Camino Real, and Veterans/Broadway corridors. The Planning Commission conceptually approved the land uses for the corridors, but raised questions and concerns about some of the Bayfront alternatives. Over the course of several meetings, staff also introduced Alternative 6 (Port Expansion across Seaport, Open Space, and a Mixed Use-Waterfront Neighborhood) on a portion of the Cargill Saltworks property. Subsequently, staff also introduced Alternative 7 (Seaport Expansion, Resources, and Public Recreation) which eliminated the residential portion on the Cargill Saltworks property. At this time City Council also asked staff for an explanation of the alternatives selection process including how alternative 7 was developed and eventually recommended by staff as a starting point for the New General Plan. Council expressed a desire to provide process direction to the Planning Commission and staff.