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the four main substantive sections of the plan. I'm not going to go into that in detail, but if you
<br />have any questions about any of that, many of us here are available to respond.
<br />And, again, where we're at is the Steering Committee made its formal recommendation for
<br />approval in October of 2015. That recommended version of the plan then went through agency
<br />review. The Director then considered the Steering Committee's recommendation as well as all
<br />the agency comments and made his favorable recommendation that included some non -
<br />substantive revisions that were really just a function of useful insights from agency comment.
<br />An effort to smooth out some of the organizational elements of the plan that were a little bumpy,
<br />and then in those cases, to provide clarification, as needed. And, we went through much of that
<br />at the hearing in May.
<br />And, again, so we're all on the same page, we're now at that June 1st hearing, the second of two.
<br />You have 60 days from when you received the plan, which I think brings you to sometime in late
<br />June, and so, again, Counsel, correct me if I'm wrong, but if they don't act today, then it goes to
<br />Council with a negative recommendation. Is that correct? But, the bottom line is today is your
<br />scheduled meeting to make a decision. I guess as, if necessary, you could request a special
<br />meeting some time before your deadline, but the assumption is that today you'll conclude your
<br />discussion and come to a recommendation. And, then it goes to Council. We'll go through a
<br />similar process. Planning Committee and then to full Council. Before they make their final
<br />decision, it goes to the Mayor's desk.
<br />So, again, that's the limitation, the limits of the overview. What I'm going to do is I'm going to
<br />dive right in to some of the comment we received since the May meeting. And, again, just to
<br />remind you because most of it relates to some of the land use policies in the CDP—the shoreline
<br />setback, the meaning of the land use maps in the CDP. I just want to remind you what the
<br />General Plan says about the scope of CDP's as it relates to land use. And, these are all verbatim
<br />quotes from Chapter 15 of the General Plan.
<br />And, the key terms, I think, are direct, designate, and guide. And, fundamentally, what this is all
<br />about is what I would consider a healthy attention between the General Plan and the CDP's
<br />where on the one hand, the General Plan is very clear that the General Plan is controlling when
<br />there's conflict between the two. On the other, the General Plan itself uses very strong language
<br />to empower community development plans to provide very specific land use guidance. And, just
<br />for kicks, I looked up the definition of "direct," "designate," and "guide," and they all speak
<br />about control, govern, regulate, identify, steer, etc. And, so, it's, a significant authority on the
<br />land use front is given to CDP's to direct physical development, detailed development patterns,
<br />and provide clear guidance on preferred future settlement patterns.
<br />The other thing to keep in mind is that there are four distinct types of strategies in the CDP, and
<br />this was done very intentionally and very thoughtfully. Recognizing that the initial round of
<br />CDP's created some confusion around what really different types of language and different types
<br />of strategies in a CDP really mean. And, so we tried to be really clear on that front. The key
<br />distinction is between what would be considered an action and what would be considered a
<br />policy control. And, that's really where this healthy tension lies. So, the vast majority of what
<br />you see in the CDP are either County actions which is basically, the County, the community's
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