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7.A Page.3 document and distributed as the official New General Plan, once approved by the Lity Council. The City also received some recent correspondence from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and from the public (See Attachments 5a, 5b, and 5c.) The Caltrans comments are in response to the Final EIR and technically do not warrant a further response. However, as a courtesy, staff and the General Plan consultant team has prepared a response to these comments. (See Attachment 6a.) Staff and the General Plan consultant team have also prepared memorandums on water supply, the proposed streetcar concept, an errata sheet outlining additional minor revisions to the Final EIR, and minor revisions to Chapter 3.0 Revisions and Errata To Draft EIR and Chapter 4.0 Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program. All of these documents are provided in the attachments (See Attachments 6b, 6c, and 6d, respectively.) All documents including the above are available at the City Clerk's and Planning, Housing, Economic Development Department's offices. They are also all available on the City's website for the New General Plan. Overarching Goals of the 2030 New General Plan When the City began its work on the new General Plan several years ago, it outlined numerous goals and objectives for the document. These goals were submitted by the General Plan team and reviewed by the City Council on January 28, 2008 at which time the City Council also approved the professional services agreement for the New General Plan. Staff believes the New General Plan achieves all of the outlined goals as described below: Goal 1: Provide greater specificity than the 1990 Strategic General Plan The new General Plan has far more detail and information on programs, goals and policies, and covers many more topics than the 1990 General Plan. The New General Plan includes approximately 500 pages of text and graphics as compared to the 1990 General Plan, which has about 100 pages. The New General Plan provides rich historic context, studies current to recent years, and describes best practice programs and policies tailored to Redwood City. Goal 2: Reflect the City's Guiding Principles and Vision that were adopted by City Council The City's Guiding Principles and Vision are incorporated in their respective chapters in the New General Plan (Introduction -- Guiding Principles and Our Vision: Dreams to Actions). Goal 3: Addresses the key issues facing the City and its surrounding region The New General Plan provides context and direction for pertinent issues such as housing, urban form, circulation, atmosphere and climate, water resources, child care, seniors, health, historic resources, and other matters that impact our city and sphere of influence. Goal 4: Tell a compelling, engaging story about Redwood City's future A chapter in the New General Plan is dedicated solely to the City's vision and tells a story about the future Redwood City as seen through the eyes of Redwood City citizens.