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Loomis council adopts 2040 general plan, certifies EIR and approves land‑use change for school site
Summary
The Loomis Town Council voted to certify the General Plan 2040 EIR and adopt the updated general plan, including redesignating nine parcels (and adding a tenth) from tourist‑destination commercial to rural residential and creating a public‑institution parcel to accommodate a prospective school site; council also revised the mission statement wording to 'deliberate.'
The Loomis Town Council voted unanimously to certify the final Environmental Impact Report for the town's proposed 2040 General Plan and to adopt the updated plan after a lengthy public hearing and council deliberation.
The plan update formalizes two decades of policy work, revises land‑use designations and adds implementation measures intended to align local rules with current state law and environmental guidance. Planning staff and AECOM consultant Matthew Gerken told council the draft had been revised in response to public and agency comments and that "none of those changes materially affect the conclusions of the environmental impact report." The planning commission had recommended certifying the EIR and adopting the general plan and sought a change reverting nine parcels on Betty and Martin lanes from tourist‑destination commercial back to rural residential; council voted to add a tenth parcel to that redesignation.
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