Interested in finding out the
direction and providing input to the future plan for the City of Novato?
You are invited to the
next San Marin Improvement Association’s (“SMIA”) (www.SanMarin.org) meeting to learn about the progress and vision of the
City’s General Plan, which is being updated.
Bob Brown, City of
Novato's Community Development Director, will present the General Plan Update that the city has been
working on for the past couple years. Bob will talk about the1996 General
Plan, progress the city has made since, the outreach, vision and proposed
direction with input received during the current General Plan Update cycle,
covering period through year 2035.
Bob will also talk briefly about
projects that are currently under review by the city. This is your
chance to ask questions about our San Marin neighborhood and possible future
development.
This is a very important
opportunity to learn and let your voice
be heard about the future planning of Novato. You don’t want to miss it.
I have included at the
bottom of this invite information about the General Plan from the city's
website. To find out the specifics, come and listen to Bob's presentation.
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Topic: City of Novato’s General Plan Update
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Presenter: Bob Brown, Community Development Director, City of Novato
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Date/Time: 7pm, Wednesday, July 13
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Location: All Saints Church, 2 San Marin Drive – Thank you for letting us
use the facility!
We hope you can attend
and please invite your San Marin neighbors!
To learn more about San
Marin Improvement Association, please click What is San Marin Improvement Association?
Please let me know if you
are coming, so Bob can prepare handouts.
Thank
you!
Sylvia
Barry
From City Website -
The City's General Plan
serves as a basis for decisions that affect the City’s growth and development
such as transportation, land use, streets and infrastructure, parks, housing
and neighborhoods, recreation and community facilities, downtown, the
environment, public health and safety, and flooding. The General Plan is a
strategic and long term document identifying goals and polices that guides and
directs the City in terms of implementing policies, programs and resources. As
required by State law, the City of Novato’s General Plan includes seven
chapters, or "elements": land use, circulation, housing,
conservation, open space, noise and safety
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The General Plan is the principal policy document guiding the
development and conservation of local municipalities, and is often referred to
as the “constitution” of local development. The General Plan also reflects the
vision and values of a community.
To remain effective, a General Plan usually focuses on a time
horizon of 10 years.
Novato’s General Plan was last comprehensively updated in 1996;
the City is looking towards 2035 with the General Plan update. New State
regulations have been enacted, and our perspectives on land use and
environmental issues have changed.
The General Plan update is also an opportunity to formally
incorporate locally adopted climate change documents into the new General Plan.
In 2009, Novato adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP), and in May 2013, adopted
an updated Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory using data from 2010. The intent is
to weave climate change and adaptation strategies through the relevant chapters
of the General Plan, set GHG emissions reduction targets and establish a
long-term strategy to achieve those targets.