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PlanningBoard | 2021-03-22 | 8 | Director Thomas said that staff had everything well documented since everything had been done online over the last year. They had plenty of information to make the board's job easier. He said they could provide hard copies and summaries of all changes, there had been many changes to the General Plan. He discussed what information they had on the Land Use/Housing Element Connection, it was more detailed now. Board Member Curtis thought the schedule was very well laid out and also agreed that the EIR should be discussed first. Board Member Cisneros asked about the deadline for Public Comments and wondered if there would be enough time to review all the comments after the May 17th deadline. Director Thomas said it was more of a request to have all the public comments by May 17th, the public could comment on the General Plan right up until the close of the very last hearing. Board Member Cisneros said her question was more for the comment review period for the EIR. Director Thomas said it was the same thing, it would start around April 1st with a 45-day comment period. They would have a public hearing before the 45 days the public comment period ends. Then staff would collect all the letters received and the staff would write responses to everything. Not until all of this had happened would the staff be able to write up the Final EIR. Board Member Cisneros said that was helpful. She added that she was fine with how the schedule was outlined but she could be persuaded to agree with Vice President Saheba about have the EIR first but wanted to hear from her fellow board members. Board Member Rothenberg said the comments and questions of her fellow board members captured her response very well. She agreed with Vice President Saheba on the sequencing, the EIR should capture the scheduled implications of the impact. She also had questions about what the critical path would be for when the City Council certifies the EIR after which the approval of the General Plan since once you certify the EIR there is a 30 day statute of limitations. She was concerned about what projects would be impacted by changes in the Land Use under the General Plan. Director Thomas clarified that the General Plan is for 20 years and what it was a plan for. The EIR evaluates what effect the housing and job growth would have on the city. He explained more about the schedule and that the EIR has to be certified first before anything else could be done. Approved Planning Board Minutes Page 8 of 10 March 22, 2021 | PlanningBoard/2021-03-22.pdf |