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Wednesday, May 28, 2008 @ 3:59 PM

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Hi everyone:

1) The Planning Commission is holding two more Study Sessions on the Butte County General Plan 2030 Evaluation & Selection of a Preferred Land Use Alternative (Meeting Series 4) prior to transmitting their recommendations to the Board of Supervisors. The Planning Commission held their first Study Session on May 9, 2008, at which they received public comment, and heard presentations from staff on the Butte County General Plan 2030 process, the Alternatives Evaluation Report, and the recommendations provided on the Preferred Land Use Alternative by the Citizens Advisory Committee (notes from this meeting have been posted to the General Plan 2030 website). Information on these meetings, including the Agenda and staff report is available on the Butte County General Plan 2030 website.

The next two Study Sessions will take place at the Butte County Board of Supervisors Chambers, 25 County Center Drive in Oroville at the following times (please note that a time slot is provided for each geographic region of Butte County with specific Study Areas listed below):

May 30, 2008 Planning Commission Study Session:

9:00 am Paradise Area Preferred Alternative Discussion

Study Area 5: Magalia/Paradise Pines

Study Areas 7: Concow

Study Area 10: Skyway/Neal Road

Study Area 11: Paradise Urban Reserve

Study Area 12: Southeast Paradise Specific Plan

Study Area 13: South Paradise/Pentz Road

Study Area 20: Highway 191 (Clark Road)/Durham Pentz

1:00 pm Oroville & South County Area Preferred Alternative Discussion

Study Area 8: Berry Creek

Study Area 21: Thermalito

Study Area 23: Eastern Oroville/Oroville Hills

Study Area 24: Stringtown Mountain

Study Area 25: Thermalito Afterbay Area

Study Area 26: Las Plumas/Southside/Ophir Road

Study Area 27: Pacific Heights Road/Highway 70

Study Area 28: Southern Oroville

Study Area 29: Palermo

Study Area 30: Bangor

June 13, 2008 Planning Commission Study Session:

9:00 am Biggs & Gridley Area Preferred Alternative Discussion

Study Area 31: Biggs Area

Study Area 33: South of Biggs

Study Area 34: North of Gridley

11:00 am North County and Chico Area Preferred Alternative Discussion

Study Area 2: North Chico Specific Plan

Study Area 3: Bell Muir

Study Area 4: Forest Ranch

Study Area 6: Upper Stilson Canyon

Study Area 9: Doe Mill/Honey Run

Study Area 14: Nance Canyon/Highway 99

Study Area 15: Hamlin Canyon/Highway 99

Study Area 16: Oroville Chico Highway/Highway 99

Study Area 17: Durham

Study Area 18: Durham Dayton/Highway 99

Study Area 19: Durham Pentz/Highway 99

2) June 5, 2008 Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting on General Plan 2030 Organization

A June 5 special meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) has been scheduled to take place at the Bell Memorial Union at Chico State University, from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

The meeting will include guest speakers from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research on the State’s General Plan Guidelines, and from Sonoma County, a jurisdiction that recently approved a Water Resources Element. Joanna Jansen from the County’s General Plan Consultant, Design, Community & Environment will also present information and ideas about General Plan organization for consideration by the CAC. The goal of this meeting is to help develop a working draft outline for overall organization of Butte County’s General Plan 2030 document, including the identification of optional elements. This working draft outline will help organize policy into mandatory and optional elements during Meeting Series 5 devoted to Goals and Policy Development, scheduled to begin after the conclusion of Meeting Series 4.

We look forward to seeing you soon, Tim