To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Discussion of Draft Contra Costa County 2045 General Plan and Draft Contra Costa County Climate Action and Adaptation Plan 2024 Update
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
PROVIDE direction to prepare the final drafts of the Contra Costa County 2045 General Plan and Contra Costa County Climate Action and Adaptation Plan 2024 Update and bring these plans back to the Board of Supervisors for adoption, as recommended by the County Planning Commission and Director of the Department of Conservation and Development.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with developing the updates to the County's General Plan and CAAP have been previously allocated.
BACKGROUND:
I. Envision Contra Costa Overview
Envision Contra Costa is the County's program to update its General Plan, Zoning Code, and Climate Action Plan (CAP). These planning documents were adopted in 1991, 1947, and 2015, respectively. Piecemeal amendments to the General Plan and Zoning Code have been adopted over the years, but neither has ever been comprehensively updated. The CAP, while adopted more recently, was originally intended as a five-year plan and has become dated because of changes in State law, continued growth in our understanding of climate change and its consequences, and technological advancements that have provided new tools for addressing the challenge. The Board of Supervisors in December 2017 directed the Department of Conservation and Development (DCD) to comprehensively update all three documents.
Substantive work on Envision Contra Costa began in September 2018. Public outreach began in February 2019 and has continued throughout the entire process. Staff from DCD and the County's Envision Contra Costa consultant, PlaceWorks, have since conducted or attended over 150 public and quasi-public meetings where community members, advocates...
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