Attachment A
GPUSC Chair Gardner’s Memo to the City Council
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Report to Council
The reappointment process meant a break in GPAC meetings. Staff used this time to present rough drafts of the various elements to appropriate staff for their comments. These updated elements then went back to the various subcommittees for their review and are in the process of being submitted to GPAC for further review. At the April GPAC meeting, the Arts and Culture, Historical Resources and Harbor, Bay and Beaches elements were approved and will now be presented to appropriate City commissions and committees for their input, then back to the subcommittees and to GPAC as a whole.
This procedure will be followed with the remaining elements.
Of note, GPAC is recommending that the currently titled Harbor and Bay Element be retitled Harbor, Bay and Beaches Element to provide more attention to our beaches. Other recommendations include the adoption of the 2014 Arts and Culture Plan, the development of a sea-level rise protection program and the creation of a “legacy business program” to recognize long-standing businesses.
Nancy Gardner
Chair, General Plan Update Steering Committee
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