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Thursday, September 4, 2008 @ 11:24 AM
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Hi everyone:

I wanted to let you know about an important document that has been posted to the Butte County General Plan website in anticipation of the Public Workshop scheduled to take place Monday, September 8, 2008, from 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, at the Southside Community Center in Oroville (2959 Wyandotte Avenue).

The Policy Alternative Document is intended to establish a framework for the development of Goals and Policies during this phase of Butte County General Plan 2030 (Meeting Series 5), and will be used extensively at the Public Workshop scheduled for September 8, 2008.  If you plan on attending this Public Workshop, you are encouraged to review the Policy Alternatives Document for any areas that you might be interested in for later discussion during planned discussions at the workshop.

As Butte County creates Butte County General Plan 2030, a series of policy statements for topics such as land use and rural development, transportation, agricultural preservation, and economic development were developed.  During the Existing Conditions and Issue Identification phase of the update (Meeting Series 1), and in the first two meetings in the Alternatives Development phase (Meeting Series 2/3), a series of policy questions were identified, and ideas were put forth about how these questions should be resolved through the General Plan Update.  These ideas were refined and condensed into a list of policy questions and solutions called the Policy Alternatives Document, focusing on those where there was both a high level of community concern and a broad range of suggestions and ideas.  The Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) reviewed this list on September 6, 2007, the Planning Commission reviewed it on October 11, 2007, and the Board of Supervisors reviewed it on November 27, 2007. 

This document presents the most recent set of policy questions and solutions based on the Board’s direction on November 27, 2007, as well as additional policy input received during the Evaluation and Selection of a Preferred Alternative phase of the General Plan update (Meeting Series 4).  It also captures information received from the public at the October 15, 2007 Summit held on Butte County's economic future, information provided to the Citizens Advisory Committee at their June 5, 2008 meeting held on General Plan organization, and information provided by the public at the July 22, 2008 joint Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission meeting held on Butte County Deer Ranges and the Deer Herd Study.

For the most up to the minute information about Workshop Series 5 (and other announcements), please visit http://www.buttegeneralplan.net today. If you have any questions, feel free to email Dan Breedon at dbreedon@buttecounty.net .