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Staff seeks council direction on community engagement framework for General Plan update
Summary
City staff recommended a topic-based, broad outreach model for the multi-year General Plan update and sought council guidance on public engagement, timing and consultant scope; council members favored the modern, topic-based approach and asked for clear vision, feasibility analysis and frequent commission coordination.
City planning staff on Oct. 7 presented a framework and draft schedule for a multi-year General Plan update and asked the City Council to confirm an outreach approach to be incorporated into the consultant request for proposals.
Crystal DeCastro, principal planner, described a phased approach: a launch and vision-setting phase, research and technical analysis, scenario development and environmental review, drafting and adoption, and subsequent implementation steps such as zoning code amendments. Staff recommended a modern, topical engagement model —…
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