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Meeting Agenda
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2008-09-04>
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Policy Alternatives Document
- This 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, 2008, 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.
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Meeting
Series #5 Goals and Policies
Development (Task G)
County staff and the DC&E team will
present the preliminary policy
issues at a community workshop. At
this workshop, DC&E will develop an
interactive exercise to refine the
policy issues and identify potential
trade-offs that may arise because of
potentially inconsistent policies.
Based on input at the workshop,
County staff and DC&E will then
develop recommended goals and
policies. These preliminary goals
and policies will then be presented
to the Citizens Advisory Committee
for their input and feedback,
followed up by the Planning
Commission and Board of Supervisors.
Some policies may be carried over
from existing General Plan
documents, while others will be new
policies drafted by DC&E. All
policies will comply with the
Guiding Principles and will be
intended to implement the selected
preferred alternative.
In
addition to discussing goals and
policies, County staff and DC&E will
present the Draft Outline of the
General Plan to the Citizens
Advisory Committee, the Planning
Commission and the Board of
Supervisors for their input and
feedback. Following Meeting Series
#5, County staff and DC&E will hold
up to two additional meetings each
with the Planning Commission and the
Board of Supervisors to review and
refine the recommended goals and
policies.
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