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Santa Clara Planning Commission recommends open-space element update, finds EIR addendum complies with CEQA
Summary
The commission voted to recommend City Council adopt a general-plan amendment to the open-space element and found the EIR addendum adequate under CEQA; staff said the change implements SB 1425 policies on climate resilience, access and networks of open space.
The Santa Clara Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council adopt an amendment to the city’s general-plan open-space element and found that an addendum to the general-plan EIR complies with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Staff framed the change as necessary to satisfy SB 1425 and to better recognize creek-trail alignments and potential future park sites.
John Davidson, planning division staff, told the commission that “SB 1425 requires local jurisdictions to amend their open space element to include policies addressing climate resilience, to require jurisdictions to address issues of…
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