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7.A Page 10 • August 24, 2010: Public Hearing Notice sent to interested property owners, tenants and interested parties. • August 26, 2010: follow up notification of Native American Tribal Consultation list. • August 31, 2010: News release (to all news release subscribers, media — 640 emails) publicizing upcoming public meetings on the Final EIR: • August 30, 2010: Email news release (3,000 e-mails). • September 3, 2010: Display Ad in Daily News. • September 6, 2010: Email news release (3,000 e-mails). • September 7, 2010: Planning Commission Public Hearing considering recommendations to the City Council regarding certification of the Final EIR, adoption of the MMRP, and action on the New General Plan. • October 11, 2010: City Council considers certification of the Final EIR and adoption of the New General Plan. Substantially more notification and community outreach was conducted prior to May over a two year period during which the draft New General Plan was developed. Notification for the City Council meeting for October 11, 2010 included one display ad, public hearing notices, notices sent to property owners and interested parties, press releases, e-mail blast, and website postings. ALTERNATIVES • Do not certify the Final EIR and direct staff to further conduct environmental analysis and, depending on the changes, consider re-circulation of the EIR. • Do not adopt the New General Plan and direct the General Plan team to make revisions to the Plan and re-submit to the Planning Commission. (If revisions are significant, additional CEQA review may be required and may result in recirculation 411 of the EIR.) FISCAL IMPACT The New General Plan is expected to stimulate private investment into the City as developers take advantage of the progressive nature of the new General Plan, the already completed EIR, and the certainty behind the Plan. Some programs in the plan can be implemented by various City departments within their allocated budgets. Other programs, especially planning for and implementing major infrastructure projects, will require new funding sources such as grants, bonds, and other means to implement. On January 28, 2008 the City approved a budget and agreement for professional services with Hogle-lreland planning consultants to prepare a New General Plan and an associated EIR. The total budget amount was not to exceed $1,467,665 which also included $191,435 in contingency funds. The actual total amount expended for the entire project is expected to be $1,432,004 which is slightly under budget by $35,661.