HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - unsigned - 1995-01-12 - Special City Council, Special Meeting
City Hall Conference Room A
760 Parkview Avenue
Redding, California
January 12, 1995 12:00 noon
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Anderson with the following Council
Members present: P. Anderson, McGeorge, Murray and R. Anderson.
Also present were City Manager Warren, Director of Planning and Community
Development Perry, Interim City Attorney Calkins, Director of Finance
Downing, Director of General Services Masingale, Director of Public Works
Galusha, Principal Planner Keaney, Transportation Coordinator Duryee, and
Associate Planner Morgon.
At the hour of 12:00 noon, Mayor R. Anderson declared the meeting recessed.
At the hour of 1:00 p.m., Mayor R. Anderson reconvened the meeting to regular
session.
Council Member Kehoe arrived at 1:10 p.m.
COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
(G-030)
Director of Planning and Community Development Perry provided an overview of
the Report to City Council dated September 26, 1994, incorporated herein by
reference, which depicts the various elements of the General Plan and their
dates of adoption, area plans and their dates of adoption, and plans
currently in progress.
Mr. Perry noted the City's commitment to its General Plan since 1990 has been
about $80,000 to $100,000 a year, including Planners, word processing,
mapping, notice, public hearings, environmental review, and meeting minutes.
Of this amount, about $40,000 has come from the General Fund and the balance
from the CDBG Program. By the time typing and mapping are added to the
Planner's time, it probably averages 2.0 persons. This year, that figure is
expected to drop to 1.5 persons.
Mr. Perry explained the Redding General Plan as it stands today covers about
105 square miles, of which 27.25 is unusable and would allow a population of
247,000 persons, which is about the projected population of the City by the
year 2040. To date, there are approximately 41 gross square miles to be
developed. It is expected that 20 percent of this area will be withheld from
the market or under utilized for urban purpose for one reason or another,
i.e., did not annex in time, property owner's choice, or hobby farm
development. In short, there is 32.8 square miles to be developed within the
plan area. At the current ratio of two square miles residential for one
square mile of other type use that leaves 22 square miles for residential
development.
Mr. Perry stated that at the current density of development within the City
of 3.7 units per acre (2.368 dwelling units per residential square mile), the
remaining 22 square miles of residential land in the plan area will be used
up in 53 years at an average of 970 dwelling units per year. If the rate of
growth equals that which occurred from 1984 to 1991, about one square mile a
year, the plan area would be built out in 33 years.
Topics which were discussed include: whether to do a comprehensive General
Plan or to address specific areas each year; sources of funding to accomplish
the project; the relationships of zoning to the General Plan; the
relationship of the Capital Improvement Plan to the General Plan.
It was the consensus of the City Council to proceed with updating the
comprehensive General Plan over a two-year period using existing staff and
consultants or contract employees for specialized areas and incorporating a
broad cross section of public involvement. City Manager Warren indicated he
would follow up with a report outlining how this might be accomplished.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, at the hour of 2:30 p.m., Mayor R. Anderson
declared the meeting adjourned.
APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk