DATE: July 28, 2016
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Planning Manager
SUBJECT
Title
General Plan Implementation Annual Report
Recommendation
RECOMMENDATION
That the Planning Commission accepts this report and provides feedback accordingly.
Body
BACKGROUND
On July 1, 2014, following a twenty-two month community planning process, the City Council adopted a new General Plan for the City. Included as Part 4 of the new Hayward 2040 General Plan was a series of Implementation Programs designed to activate the various goals and policies set forth in the document. For each Implementation Program, a timeframe was established for completion as well as a responsible lead department for carrying out the program. While some programs have identified timeframes, there are others that are indicated to be an ongoing program and others occur annually. One such implementation program is the General Plan Annual Report, which is the report back to the City Council on Implementation Program progress.
July 19 City Council Meeting - Staff provided City Council an update of General Plan Implementation Programs during the July 19 Council meeting. Council accepted the staff report and provided some feedback. The Council suggested that staff prepare some simple graphics or metrics to show how the City is doing with meeting or exceeding timeframes for compliance. It was also suggested that when the City completes a program, that a summary of the results be compiled and made available on the web site for the community to see the progress. There was some discussion of consolidating similarly goal oriented programs, but specifics were not provided.
DISCUSSION AND STAFF ANALYSIS
The Hayward 2040 General Plan contains a total of 143 Implementation Programs covering ten elements including Land Use, Mobility, Community Safety, Economic Development, Education and Life Long Learning, Hazards, Natural Resources, Housing, Health and Quality...
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