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City attorney summarizes planning commission training on land‑use roles, due process and CEQA
Summary
The city attorney briefed the council on a prior joint planning commission/city council training covering roles in land‑use decisions, due‑process requirements, ex parte communications, CEQA review (initial study, mitigated negative declaration, EIR) and the neutral role of city‑hired environmental consultants.
City Attorney (name not specified in the record) summarized a prior joint training between the Redlands City Council and the Planning Commission, reviewing each body's roles in land‑use decisionmaking and procedural safeguards for discretionary project review.
The attorney said, "the city council is the legislative body. It is the body that adopts general plan, adopts land use and zoning rules. It is also the reviewing body for planning commission decisions." He described the Planning Commission as the city’s planning agency that evaluates permit applications and…
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