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For Immediate Release -
Released on 4-15-2009
Butte County General Plan 2030
Housing Element
Joint Board of Supervisors and Planning
Commission Study Session (Meeting Series #6
–Housing Element)
May 29, 2009
Oroville,
CA.
Butte County will hold a Joint Board of
Supervisors & Planning Commission meeting on
developing a new Housing Element for Butte
County General Plan 2030, the new General Plan
being developed for Butte County on
Friday, May 29,
2009 from 9:00 am – Noon at the at
the Southside Community Center, 2959 Wyandotte
Avenue, Oroville. This meeting is open to the
public who are encouraged to attend and provide
comment. All parties and agencies interested in
Butte County General Plan 2030 Housing Policy
are encouraged to attend and provide comment.
At this Special Study Session, County staff and
consultants will provide an overview of State
Housing Element requirements and the process for
updating the Housing Element. Consultants will
then make a presentation on the draft Housing
Needs Assessment prepared to support the Housing
Element Update process, as well as its
implications for revisions to the existing Butte
County Housing Element. The Board of
Supervisors and Planning Commission will be
reviewing the draft Housing Needs Assessment and
a Preliminary Housing Element Update. These
documents are available for review via the
County's General Plan 2030 web site,
www.buttegeneralplan.net. The Board of
Supervisors and Planning Commission will also
review input from the Housing Element Public
Workshop held on March 26, 2009, and the
Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting held on
April 16, 2009.
After receiving direction from the Planning
Commission and the Board of Supervisors the
County will prepare an updated Draft Housing
Element Update, to submit to the State
Department of Housing and Community Development
for review in compliance with State law. The
Final Housing Element is expected to be adopted
by the Board of Supervisors in late August.
For additional information about these meetings
or the Butte County General Plan 2030 process,
visit
www.buttegeneralplan.net, or contact Butte
County Principal Planner Dan Breedon at
530-538-7629.
CONTACT:
Dan Breedon, Principal Planner
Butte County Department of Development Services
(530) 538-7629
voice
(530) 538-5366
fax
dbreedon@buttecounty.net |
www.buttegeneralplan.net
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