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1 <br /> q.a-t <br /> - REPORT <br /> To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From the City Mana er <br /> October 13, 2003 ` <br /> Subject <br /> General Plan Update <br /> Recommendation <br /> Review and comment on General Plan Update Process <br /> Background <br /> One of staff's highest priorities is to update the City's General Plan. The General Plan <br /> is the single most important planning tool as it is the guiding document for all land use <br /> decisions within Redwood City. The City will need to update its General Plan to reflect <br /> its vision over the next 10 -15 years. The current General Plan prepared in 1990 is <br /> outdated, does not address new trends and issues, and does not include required topics <br /> per State law. <br /> Staff has recently created a Strategic Planning Section to primarily work on the General <br /> Plan. Strategic Planning has over the last several months closely worked with the <br /> �" Planning Commission and has prepared the General Plan work schedule for your <br /> review and discussion (see attachment). Staff estimates that the entire General Plan <br /> update process will take about 2 years to complete. <br /> The Planning Commission will be the main reviewing body of the document and will <br /> provide the public forum for discussion. There will be a series of workshops with the <br /> Commission as each of the General Plan elements is prepared. Staff will involve the <br /> City Council in the initial visioning process and will regularly inform the City Council on <br /> the General Plan's progress through monthly written progress reports. The City <br /> Council will ultimatel adopt the General Plan upon recommendation by the Planning <br /> Commission. <br /> The General Plan work program is essentially divided into three parts: 1) the vision; 2) <br /> preparation of the seven mandatory elements; and 3) preparation of optional elements. <br /> Presented below is further discussion of these parts. <br /> Vision <br /> The very first part of the General Plan process will be to develop a"vision" for the City. <br /> Visioning is important because it provides a solid foundation and clear direction for the <br /> development of General Plan policies and actions, based on a shared sense of <br /> community values and purpose. A vision will help the City establish the General Plan <br /> priorities and issues. It will also determine what is liked or disliked in the community, <br /> — and what may need to be fixed. <br /> i <br />