Agenda Item Wording:
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General Plan Annual Progress Report - Receive and accept the City of Visalia’s General Plan Annual Progress Report for 2024 and authorize staff to submit to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
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Deadline for Action: 4/7/2025
Submitting Department: Community Development
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Josh Dan, Senior Planner, josh.dan@visalia.city <mailto:josh.dan@visalia.city>, (559) 713-4003
Paul Bernal, Director of Planning and Community Preservation, paul.bernal@visalia.city <mailto:paul.bernal@visalia.city>, (559) 713-4025
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council receive and accept the City of Visalia 2023 General Plan Annual Progress Report and authorize staff to submit to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
Background Discussion:
Government Code Section 65400 requires the City of Visalia to prepare and submit an Annual Progress Report (APR) on the entire General Plan (Attachment 1). The Government Code requires the APR to be “considered at an annual public meeting before the legislative body where members of the public shall be allowed to provide oral testimony and written comments,” and then submitted to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR).
Summary:
California Government Code Section 65400 mandates that cities and counties submit an annual progress report (APR) each year on the General Plan and progress on its implementation to the legislative body, (in this case the City Council), followed by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR). The four basic purposes of the annual report are as follows:
• To provide information to assess progress on implementation of the General Plan in accordance with the stated goals, policies, and implementation measures.
• To provide information to identify necessary course adjustments or modifications to the General Plan as a means to improve implementation.
• To provide a clear correlation between land use decisions made during the reporting period, and the goals, policies, and implementation measures in the General Plan.
• To provide information regarding local agency progress in meeting its share of regional housing needs and local efforts to remove governmental constraints to the development of housing.
This year will be the City of Visalia’s second APR regarding the 2030 General Plan. The APR covers the period of the previous calendar year, 2024. The APR for the General Plan and for the Housing Element of the General Plan have separate reporting requirements and forms, and as such, have been prepared as two separate documents.
Fiscal Impact:
None.
Prior Council Action: None.
Other: N/A
Alternatives: N/A
Recommended Motion (and Alternative Motions if expected):
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I move to approve the General Plan Annual Progress Report and direct staff to submit the document to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.
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Environmental Assessment Status: This document is a reporting document. The material and information provided within does not create or alter policy. Content provided within this document is provided for informational purposes only and is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
CEQA Review: The requested action is considered exempt under Section 15306, which exempts data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource.
Attachments:
1. Attachment 1 - City of Visalia 2024 General Plan Annual Progress Report