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THE CITY OF I~ ~ ~~~"1 _. ~ ~ .. iY j~L~~S~NTONo MEMORANDUM Date: June 19, 2007 To: Mayor and City Council From: Nelson Fialho, City Manager Subject: Addendum to Item # 25: Draft Subregional Planning Element of the General Plan; reference to regional plans. At the June 5~' City Council meeting, Vice Mayor McGovern noted that the Draft Subregional Planning Element of the General Plan references a number of regional planning documents that the City Council may not have formally reviewed. This memo provides some additional information about these documents and, where appropriate, notes any City Council action related to them. All page references refer to Attachment 2 (underline and strikeout copy) to the June 5`s Agenda Report. o The Association of Bay Area Governments FOCUS Program: ABAG's "Focusing Our Vision" (FOCUS) program is described on page 14-3 of Attachment 2. The program is a multi-agency collaborative effort with local governments to identify Priority Development Areas and Priority Conservation Areas where growth can be channeled and high quality open space and natural resource areas can be preserved. This information is provided as an update to the information about regional planning contained in the 1996 General Plan. No policies in the Draft Subregional Planning Element directly relate to this material. Also note, Item #11 on this evening's City Council agenda is a recommendation that the City Council submit an application for designation of the Hacienda Business Park as a Priority Development Area. If this area is recommended by ABAG for regional designation as a Priority Development Area (which does not commit the City Council to any particular land use designation or project approval) it could provide access to potential future state funding for capital projects. o Alameda County's EverylHome Plan and other regional housing efforts: Pages 14-6 and 14-7 includes descriptions of several regional housing efforts that are relevant to the Tri-Valley area. Programs related to these are included on p.14-18. The City Council has previously expressed support of these programs through its contribution of housing funds to various projects; in addition on May 1, 2007, the City Council adopted a resolution endorsing the EverylHome housing plan. o Zone 7 Water Agency's Stream Master Management Plan and Chain of Lakes Plan: This Plan is described in two sections of the Subregional Planning Element since it relates to both