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by the Planning Commission. In addition, a joint Planning Commission/City Council workshop on potential high density residential sites was held last June. The last of the background reports, the "Public Services Background and Altematives Report", was considered at the November 10 Planning Commission meeting. That report presented the primary non-land use issues relating to the various City commissions and committees that have been raised by the community for resolution through the General Plan Update process. The City Council last considered the General Plan Update process and timing in September. The purpose of this staff report is to present the new Council with the proposed schedule for the remaining steps of the General Plan Update process. PROPOSED UPDATEPROCESS 1. Traffic/Land Use Workshops: January - April 2005 It is necessary to have a series of joint City Council/Planning Commission workshops to discuss traffic and the interaction of various General Plan street network improvements with various land use scenarios, considering the traffic issues identified by the community. Due to the importance of traffic as an issue to the community, the question of the City's ultimate street network, and the complexity of traffic and it's interplay with various land use scenarios, it is anticipated that at least four work shops will be necessary to adequately address the subject. Brian Swift, former Planning Director and now a consultant to the City, and JeffKnowles, the City's Traffic Engineer, will be coordinating the work on this topic and the public presentations at the work shops. 2. Preferred Solutions and Alternatives Report: April -- May 2005 After holding the traffic/land use public work shops, staff will receive Council direction and will then prepare a "Draft Preferred Solutions and Alternatives Report" based on the traffic/land use direction plus the recommendations resulting from the "Public Services Background and Alternatives Report". This report will contain alternative preferred Land Use and Circulation Element scenarios and policies as well as recommendations for the non-land use issues. It is anticipated that a joint City Council/Planning Commission public work shop will be held in May 2005 to review these consolidated recommendations, resulting in a "Final Preferred Solutions and Alternatives Report". 3. Preliminary Draft General Plan Update Recommendations Report: May - July 2005 The "Final Preferred Solutions and Alternatives Report" will be the basis for the "Preliminary Draft General Plan Update Recommendations Report", which will be a detailed report containing all the proposed General Plan changes in all Elements being SR:05:014 2