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Resolution No.
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending the Palo Alto Baylands Priority Conservation Area to Conform to New Regional Planning Framework Criteria
R E C I T A L S
A. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) are preparing limited and focused updated to Plan Bay Area 2050 (the Plan), a long -range plan charting the course for the future of the nine -county San Francisco Bay Area; and
B. The Plan serve s as the Bay Area’s Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy, outlining strategies for growth and investment through the year 2050; and
C. Priority Conservation Areas (PCAs) are regionally significant areas to be protected and improved and include natural habitats, farms and ranchlands, recreation areas, urban green spaces and locations that can help fight the effects of climate change; and D. PCAs include nature preserves, public open spaces, farms, ranches, trails and include areas that would benefit from new or enhanced urban parks, urban greening, or nature - based climate adaptation solution; and
E. The Plan framework includes locally nominated PCAs as locations to coordinate local and regional planning for the conservation of regionally significant areas which are adopted by the ABAG; and
F. The designation of areas as PCAs opens grant funding opportunities for future conservation, restoration, and recreational projects dedicated to the preservation of both the city and the region; and
G. The designation of an area as a PCA does not change the zoning, comprehensive plan, or other land use designation of the geographic area encompassed by the PCA, with local jurisdictions retaining full land use control; and
H. On January 13, 2020 the City Council adopted a resolution nominating the Palo Alto Foothills and Baylands PCAs which were subsequently adopted by ABAG; I. In 2024 ABAG updated the PCA planning framework which includes new PCA criteria and in some cases requ ires amendments to existing PCAs which are scheduled for ABAG approval in November 2024; and
J. Palo Alto’s Baylands PCA requires an amendment to conform to the updated planning framework criteria established by ABAG.
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NOW THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1. The Council hereby amends the Palo Al to Baylands Priority Conservation Area, as shown in Exhibit A, to conform to recent ABAG initiated changes to the PCA planning framework and authorizes staff to submit the required PCA amendment form to ABAG.
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ATTEST:
____________________________ ____________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
____________________________ ____________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager
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Director of Planning and
Development Services
Exhibit A