Council to refine general plan map after public hearing; staff to pursue hybrid alternative and study water impacts

Livingston — The City Council on Aug. 5 reviewed competing land-use scenarios for the City of Livingston’s 2040 general plan and directed staff to develop a hybrid alternative between an infill-focused option and an expansion option, while also studying water- and agriculture-sustainability impacts before finalizing a preferred map.

Contract planner Miguel Galvez and consultants from Minteer Harnish presented three core alternatives: a baseline (no substantive map changes), an infill/efficiency alternative that prioritized development inside existing limits (including a proposed downtown mixed-use designation), and an expansion alternative that showed substantial new area for urban uses beyond the current sphere of influence. Consultants said the infill alternative would yield moderate population and housing increases, while the expansion alternative would yield…