"I wanted to take a moment to reach out and commend you and your team on the exceptional work you performed on the CEQA compliance. Throughout the project, you were responsive, had excellent communication skills, provided quality writing, focused on problem solving, and showed and overall high level of professionalism."
-Brendan Vieg, Principal Planner
The updated City of Chico General Plan replaces the existing General Plan, which was originally adopted in 1994 and last comprehensively updated in 1999. The proposed General Plan Update builds off of the goals and vision developed through public outreach and the visioning process embarked upon by the City to ensure that the public and project stakeholders were given the opportunity to provide meaningful input and guidance for the General Plan Update effort.
The City of Chico General Plan Update comprises a Land Use Diagram and policy document that contains 12 elements. Each of the elements identifies goals and associated policies and action items. State law requires that general plans address seven topics: land use, circulation, housing, conservation, open space, noise, and safety. The proposed General Plan Update covers all of these topics plus several additional issues, for a total of 12 elements. The EIR evaluated the environmental effects of both implementation of the General Plan Update policy provisions and land use diagram as well as compliance efforts with AB 32 and the development of a Climate Action Plan as a subsequent action of the General Plan Update.