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Home My WebLink About8.1 GPA RequestEDubExtAreaCITY CLERK FILE #420-30 AGENDA STATEMENT Ct'TY COUNCt'L MEETING DATE: January 15, 2002 SUBJECT: Request to Initiate a General Plan Amendment Study for Removal of the Eastern Extended Planning Area Designation Report Prepared by: Janet Harbin; Senior Planner ~ ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution Initiating a General Plan Amendment Study for the Removal of the Eastern Extended Planning Area Designation. 2. General Plan Land Use Map 3.' Eastern Dublin Land Use Map RECOMMENDATION~ 1. Receive Staff presentation and receive public testimony. 2. Question Staff and the public. · 3~ Adopt Resolution Approving Initiation of General Plan Amendment Study FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Costs for the Study will be paid from the General Fund budget. DESCRIPTION: The proposal would initiate a study to amend the City's General Plan to remove the designation of the Extended Planning Area east of the area presently considered for annexation by the East Dublin Properties' proposal. The Eastern Extended Planning Area encompasses the Doolan Canyon area and includes approximately 2,744 acres lying north of 1-580 and between the incorporated boundaries of Dublin, San Ramon and Livermore. BACKGROUND: The boundaries of the Eastern Extended Planning Area in east Dublin were adopted by the City Council on May 10, 1993. At that time, the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment and the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan were approved containing maps and certain references related to the City's potential future interest in the area. The purpose of the boundary was to designate the acreage in this portion adjacent to the City's Sphere of Influence (SOI) as an area of future study for determining suitable land uses. Analysis: The City of Dublin contains two Extended Planning Areas which are shown on the General Plan Land Use Map. The Western Extended Planning Area is located between the limits of the City's incorporated area and the boundaries of Alameda County and Contra Costa County to the north and West, and the COPIES TO: In-House Distribution City of Livermore Property Owners ITEM NO. Eastern Extended Planning Area is located between the limits of the City's incorporated area and the city boundaries of San Ramon and Livermore to the north and east. The area to be considered in the study is shown on the General Plan Map (Attachment 2) as "Extended Planning Area," and on the Land Use Map for Eastern Dublin in the General Plan (Attachment 3) as "Future Study Area - Agriculture." This area is absent of urban land use designations. The boundary of the Eastern Extended Planning Area was determined following the development of the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan through adoption of a General Plan Amendment in 1994. This area is outside of the infrastructure service boundaries and the 'limits of the City's Sphere of Influence, but was included within the City's planning area and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan and analyzed in the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Program EIR. The Eastern Extended Planning Area was annotated as an area for future study as no urban land use plan had been proposed or studied. Although the area was covered by the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan and Program EIR; it was anticipated that when urban land uses were proposed, additional studies would be prepared to determine the most suitable type of development or preservation for the area. To date, no specific land use plan has been proposed for the Area. Asthe subject area has been shown as an area for future study for several years without compilation of any additional information to determine its development potential, Staff suggests initiation of a General Plan Amendment Study to consider removal of the Eastern Extended Planning Area Designation. While the Designation would be removed, the extensions of or improv, ement of infrastructure (such as Dublin Boulevard) which was assumed in the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan and Eastern Dublin Specific Plan Program EIR are not proposed to be changed. In conjunction with the work related to the study, an amendment to the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan will be processed to modify any maps or references to the area. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council receive Staff presentation and public testimony, question Staff and the public, and adopt Resolution Approving the Initiation of the General Plan Amendment Study for the Eastern Extended Planning Area (Attachment 1). G:/EASTDUBL/ExtendedPIngArea 2 RESOLUTION NO. '~ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN APPROVING THE INTIATION OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT STUDY FOR THE EASTERN EXTENDED PLANNING AREA WHEREAS, the boundaries of the Eastern Extended Planning Area in Dublin were adopted by the city Council on January 7, 1994 as part of the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment; and WHEREAS, the Dublin General Plan contains maps and certain references related to the City's potential future interest in the Eastern Extended Planning Area of Dublin; and WHEREAS, a General Plan Amendment Study has been determined to be necessary to consider removal of the Eastern Extended Planning Area designation for an area encompassing approximately 2,744 acres; and WHEREAS, the property is currently undesignated for land uses and development in the General Plan and shown as Future Study Area - Agriculture in the Plan; and WHEREAS, Section 65358(a) of the State of California Government Code states that an amendment to the General Plan shall be in a manner specified by the legislative body; and WHEREAS, the initiation request has been reviewed in accordance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and was found to be Categorically Exempt under Section 15306, Class 6 of the State CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, the City Council did hear and consider all such reports, recommendations, and testimony hereinabove set forth and supports the initiation of a General Plan Amendment Study for the removal of the Eastern Extended Planning Area designation and boundary; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby approve the initiation request for a General Plan Amendment Study for the removal of the Eastern' Extended Planning Area designation and boundary. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Dublin on this 15th day of January 2002, by the following votes: G:kEASTDUBL\GPAStdyResoExtPIgArea. doc ATTACHMENT 1 AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor DUBLIN GENERAL PLAN MAP LEGEND Publie/8~ml-Publt¢/OI~n 8pace Commercial/Industrial ! RRA 1 laneral Commercial may be permitted by a Planned Develol~ment Zor~ng Process (see text for complete discussion ) ~/ill convert to Future Study Area/Agriculture where detem~ned inoork~stent with APA (see text for complete discussion FUTURE STUDY AREA AGRICULTURE' 2743,9 Acres ~14 Acres (Crosby) General 'Plan ~EaStern Extended Planning Area LAND USE MAP .. Legend COMMERCIAL Neighborhood Commercial General Commerciai Camps Off~e InduStrial Park RESIDENTIAL ~ High Density 25- du/ac ~ Medium-High Density 14-25 du/ac ~ Medium Density 6-14 du/ac ~ Low Density 0-6 du/ac ~ Rural Residential/Agriculture I du/lO0 ac PUBLIC/SEMI-PUBLIC/OPEN Public/Semi-Public Facility ~ Elementary School {~ .Junior High School ~ High.School ~ Public/Semi-Public Parks & Recreation (~ City Park ~ Community Park ~ Neighborhood Park Neighborhood Square Open Space S~ream Corridor .ClRO(JLATION ~ Arterial, Street .... Collector Street ......... Transit Seine ----- SOl Boundary .... General Plan Amendment Study Area .... S~eciffe Plan Study Area · EASTERN DUBLIN Wallace Roberts & Todd