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q . �-Z The Planning Commission will initiate the visioning process and begin to develop scenarios for the City Council to consider. The Planning Commission will discuss and consider a vision for the community, and also engage the community in a discussion of that vision thro��gh various worhshops. Staff will then discuss that vision at a joint workshop with the City Council. Staff anticipates that City Council will adopt the vision component in February, 2004. Mandatory Elements As you may recall, the General Plan is comprised of seven components or elements: Land use, Circulation, Housing, Conservation, Open Space, Noise and Safety. (Note: the Housing Element has been prepared under a separate track and is currently being reviewed by the State). State law has certain technical requirements for each element, and staff is in the process of gathering and preparing data for these elements. Depending upon the vision, the Planning Commission (with input from the community) will determine appropriate policies and guidelines within the mandatory elements. Staff hopes to have all of the seven the mandatory elements prepared by mid-year 2004. Optional Elements The City can adopt other elements that relate to its physical development. Currently, Redwood City has the following three optional elements in its current General Plan: the Historic Resources Element, Human Services Element, and Cultural Element, together with an Appendix on Economic Policies. The Planning Commission, together with community input, will need to determine what optional elements, if any, it wants to include in this update. At this time staff is assuming that at least one of the optional elements, i.e. Historic Resources Element, will need to be updated. Staff will also be talking to the other departments and Commissions/Committees which prepared the existing optional elements for their comments (e.g. Housing and Human Concems Committee, Parks and Recreation Commission, Historic Resources Advisory Committee, etc.). The Planning Commission and City Council will determine what optional elements it wants to include in the update. At one of the Planning Commission meetings there was a request to include an � "infrastructure elemenY' to discuss and present policies related to the City's general infrastructure needs (water, sewer, electricity, communications, etc.). Staff is evaluating this request or it may recommend to keep these policies in the various pertinent elements (e.g. circulation, land use, etc.) as currently organized. Public Participation Process A General Plan update needs to include a well-designed public participation program. State law specifies that during the preparation of the General Plan, the planning agency shall provide opportunities for the involvement of citizens, public agencies, community groups, and other segments of the community through public hearings and other means z