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BACKGROUND
AGENDA REPORT
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Item to be presented
May 28, 1991
Commencement of the Public Hearing on the General Plan
Community Development
In December, 1988, the City Council appointed the General Plan Advisory
Committee (GPAC) toassist the General Plan Consultant and staff in the
preparation of the City's first General Plan. The GPAC has held over 50
meetings through the course of over two years and the Planning Commission.has
held 20 meetings over the past five months to bring a revised General Plan to
City Council for.consideration.
According to state planning law, the purpose of a General Plan is to provide a
rational basis for local government decision-making regarding. the City's
long-term physical, economic, and social development. The General Plan is a
conceptual vision or picture of the future that is based upon locally
significant issues. The significant issues of the Santa Clarita Valley are
included in the twelve elements of the Draft City General Plan.
State planning law requires that all General Plans be comprehensive, complete,.
and internally consistent. Comprehensive means that all important local (and
state-wide) issues must be addressed. Complete means that all areas of the
City and its planning area must be covered by the Plan. Internal consistency
means that the General Plan elements must be integrated and compatible with
one another. The state General Plan Guidelines state that internal
consistency means that all elements of the Plan,- whether mandatory or -
optional, must:
1. Have equal legal status;
2. Be based on similar assumptions, projections and estimates;
3. Address all areas equally;
4. Not contain conflicts between test and diagrams; and
5. Be compatible with the Goals and Policies contained in the other
elements.
The first four elements of the General Plan which are scheduled for City
Council consideration, commencing on May 28, 1991, are contained in Chapters.3
and 4 of the General Plan on Resources Management and Hazard Management. The
elements are identified and briefly summarized below:
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• Open Space and Conservation Element: The purpose of this element is
to guide and set a policy. framework for the existing and future open
space uses within the City and its planning area. The Open Space and
Conservation Element allows the City an opportunity to identify and
protect those resources which are determined to be of value to the
community. The natural resources addressed in this element include:
open space; biological; soil; minerals; water; cultural; and,
historical.
• Air Quality Element: This element describes the regional and local
setting, conditions and environment which affect the air quality in
the.Valley.
• Noise Element: This element serves to identify and appraise noise
problems within the community. It analyzes major noise sources such
as highways/freeways, primary arterials, rail -lines, and other ground
stationary noise sources.
• Safety Element: This element addresses the protection of the
community from potential risks associated with the effects of
seismically induced surface rupture, ground shaking, ground failure,
dam failure, flooding, slope instability and land -slides, subsidence
and other geologic hazards, fire, hazardous materials and crime.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Open the public hearing on the Draft General Plan and receive
appropriate public input;
2. Adopt a consensus approval on the Open Space and Conservation, Air
Quality, Noise and Safety Elements; and
3. Continue the public hearing to the next regularly scheduled City
Council Meeting of June 11, 1991 for the purpose of reviewing the
Circulation Element, Human Resources Element, Public Services,
Facilities and Utilities Element, and the Parks and Recreation
Element.
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PUBLIC NEARING PROCEDURE
1. Mayor Opens Hearing
a. States Purpose of Hearing
2. City Clerk Reports.or Hearing Notice
3. Staff Report
(City Manager)
or
(City Attorney)
or
(RP Staff)
4. Proponent Argument
5. Opponent Argument
6. Three-minute Rebuttal
a. Proponent
7.. Mayor Closes Public Testimony
8. Discussion by Council
9. Council Decision
10. Mayor Announces Decision
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA r.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE DRAFT GENERAL PLAN.
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
A public hearing will be held. before the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita to consider the Draft General Plan. Once adopted, the General Plan
will be the City's guide to growth and development and will serve as the
foundation for future land use decisions.
Public testimony regarding the Draft General Plan will be heard by the City
Council in the City Hall Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Santa
Clarita, on the Twenty-eighth (28th) day of May 1991 at or after 6:30 p.m.
The first four elements listed below are scheduled to be heard on May 28th.
It is anticipated that the hearing on May 28, 1991, will be continued to
future City Council meetings as needed.
The Draft General Plan consists of a.Land Use Map and 12 elements which are
briefly summarized as follows:
1. Open Space and Conservation Element - details plans and measures- for the
preservation of open space for natural resources, for the managed
production of, resources, for outdoor recreation, and the conservation,
development, and use of natural resources, such as water, forests, soils,
rivers, lakes, wildlife, and minerals.
2. Air Quality Element - addresses and supports regional and local efforts. to.
promote clean air.
3. Noise Element.- examines noise sources yielding information to be used in
setting land use policies for compatible uses and for developing .and
enforcing a local noise ordinance.
4. Safety Element - establishes standards and plans for the protection of.the
community from fires, floods, geologic and seismic hazards.
5. Circulation Element - identifies the general location and- extent of
existing and proposed major roads, highways, railroad and transit.. routes,
and other local public facilities. .
6. Human Resources Element - to address local health, child care and senior
needs.
7. Public Services, -Facilities and Utilities Element - to project and plan
for -adequate infrastructure such as- water, sewer, schools, fire, police,
libraries and solid waste.
8. Parks and Recreation Element - identifies park and recreation needs and
standards for neighborhood, community and regional parks and facilities.
9. Housing Element - identifies existing and projected housingneeds` and
establishes goals, policies, and programs for the preservation,
improvement, and development of housing to meet the needs of all economic
sectors of the community.
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10. Community Design Element - to promote the City's identification, image and
enhance overall appearance.
11. Economic Development and Community Revitalization Element - provides -for
economic balance and prosperity for the community.
12. Land Use Element -• designates •the general distribution, location, and
extent of the uses of land for housing, business, industry, open space,
education, public buildings and grounds, and other categories of public
and private uses.
The -City Council may decide to make amendments to the Draft General Plan based
upon testimony and other information received at the public hearing.
A draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) has been prepared for the General
Plan and will also be considered by the City Council. A Notice of Completion
has been filed with appropriate State and local agencies.
If you wish to review a copy of the DraftGeneral Plan, or for further
information -on the.Draft General Plan, including a tentative hearing schedule
for all 12 elements, you may contact the City of Santa Clarita, Department of
Community Development, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 302, Santa Clarita, CA
91355; Telephone: (805) 255-4330.
The Draft General Plan may also be reviewed.at the Canyon Country Library,
18536 Soledad Canyon Rd., the Newhall Library, 22704 V. 9th St., and the
Valencia Library, 23710 Magic Mountain Pkwy.
If you wish to challenge the General Plan or the Environmental Impact Report
on the General Plan in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues
you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or
in written correspondence delivered to theCityCouncil, at, or prior to, the
public hearing.
Lynn M. Harris, Director of -Community Development
Posted: Santa Clarita City Hall
Sheriff's Department
Santa Clarita Post Office
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Published: Newhall Signal
May 7, 1990