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Community Programs; Conservation and Open Space; Community Character (to be reviewed by the City Council as part of this agenda item); Economic and Fiscal; and a new Energy Element (to be reviewed by the City Council in Spring 2007). These draft elements are now ready to be formatted into the Public Hearing Draft General Plan which will be the "project" for the Draft Environmental Impact Report. • Preliminary Council Consensus on Land Use and Circulation and Results of Preliminary Modeling. On April 25, 2006, the City Council reached a preliminary consensus on where the remaining residential units under the cap would be located. In August 2006, the City Council agreed on a refined preliminary circulation network. Work is currently underway to model the preliminary land use on the preliminary circulation network. The results of this modeling will be presented to the Planning Commission and City Council at the joint workshop scheduled for January 30t . At that time, the City Council will be asked to provide direction regarding any further circulation network mitigations or land use changes prior to commencing the Environmental Impact Report analysis. The work needed to complete the General Plan Update and a schedule for doing so are discussed below. A. Preparation of remaining Draft General Plan Elements. The Subregional Planning, Air Quality, and Noise Elements will be drafted by staff and reviewed separately by the Planning Commission and City Council during February-April 2007. However, if extensive additional traffic modeling is undertaken, beyond that to be presented at the joint workshop scheduled for January 30th, this will delay the completion of the Draft .Noise and Air Quality Elements. Staff will also be preparing drafts of the Land Use and Circulation Elements and will present the Land Use Element at a Joint Workshop in February 2007, and the Circulation Element in March 2007. Task timing: February -April 2007. Product: Preliminary Draft General Plan Elements B. Preparation of DEIR. The Draft EIR will be prepared by EIP, consultants, under City staff direction. Over the past several months EIP has been preparing the "Existing Conditions" sections of the report. After the City Council decides on a "Project" for the purposes of CEQA (i.e. authorizes a Public Hearing Draft), the consultant will complete the impact analysis. Task timing: May through August 2007. Product: Administrative Draft EIR followed by Draft EIR for public release. C. Planning Commission and City Council review of Preliminary Draft General Plan. Following the review of individual plan elements by the Planning Commission and City Council, staff will consolidate, edit, and format the draft. Planning Commission and City Council will review this formatted Draft General Page 3 of 7