Revised Draft Northeast Plan posted on City web site

[Kenyon Webster]

The revised draft City of Sebastopol Northeast Area Specific Plan and its Final Environmental Impact Report have been posted on the City web site at https://www.ci.sebastopol.ca.us/planning.shtml#northeast These are large documents that may take considerable time to load on some computers. Copies are also available for review at the Sebastopol library, and for purchase at the Planning Department. The revised draft is the result of public comments and policy direction from the City Council, Planning Commission, and Design Review Board.

The Sebastopol Planning Commission will conduct a Public Hearing on the documents on Tuesday, March 11, 7 pm at the Sebastopol Community Center. The Commission consists of seven citizens appointed by the City Council, who serve without pay as a public service to the community. The Commission welcomes comments on the EIR and Plan. The March 11 meeting is expected to consist of a presentation by the City's consultants, initial questions of the consultants and City staff by Commissioners, and the Public Hearing on the EIR and proposed Plan.

The Commission has requested that any written comments be submitted to the Planning Department at 714 Johnson Street by the morning of March 6 if possible so that they can be included in the packet for the meeting and Commissioners have time to review such comments; or if submitted at the meeting, be provided to staff for distribution to the Commissioners at the start of the meeting rather than during speaker comments. Speakers are expected to be limited to 3 minutes each in order to hear from as many people at a reasonable hour as possible.

Once the Commission concludes the public hearing, the public comment component will be closed, and Commission discussion and deliberations will commence. The Planning Commission and the City Council are the legal entitities responsible for action on the the EIR and Plan. The Commission will formulate its recommendations to the City Council. It is anticipated that the Commission will have the EIR and Plan on its agenda for deliberations on March 25.

When the Planning Commission completes its action on the EIR and Plan, a public hearing before the City Council will be scheduled.

-Kenyon Webster, City of Sebastopol Planning Director

[Lenny]

Kenyon,
So I am to read two books of about 190 pages each and write my comments by WHEN? The 6th?

Thanks for.........................................almost nothing.

See you at the library.

And thanks, Helen

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[Holly Downing]

There should be a correction and clarification on the Sebastopol City website and Wacco notification regarding public comment on Sebastopol's Northeast Area Plan: The CEQA Guidelines permit new information, and critiques of the DEIR and FEIR to be part of the administrative record up to the last hearing where the FEIR is adopted and certified by the City Council.

Thank you,
Holly Downing

[Kenyon Webster]

The public notice states that the hearing is on the proposed Plan and Final EIR, and that anyone may attend and be heard.

-Kenyon Webster


There should be a correction and clarification on the Sebastopol City website and Wacco notification regarding public comment on Sebastopol's Northeast Area Plan: The CEQA Guidelines permit new information, and critiques of the DEIR and FEIR to be part of the administrative record up to the last hearing where the FEIR is adopted and certified by the City Council.

Thank you,
Holly Downing

[Kenyon Webster]

The staff report to the Sebastopol Planning Commission for the 7 pm March 11, 2008 Public Hearing on the proposed Northeast Area Specific Plan is posted on the City web site at: https://www.ci.sebastopol.ca.us/pdfs/planning/03-11-08PCStaffReportNEPlan.pdf The meeting will be at the Sebastopol Community Center, at 390 Morris Street.

-Kenyon Webster, Planning Director, City of Sebastopol

[Helen Shane]

Sebastopol Preservation Coalition


Please come to the first Planning Commission meeting when the Commission will discuss and listen to the public (that’s you) on the flaws in the Northeast Area Plan and Environmental Impact Report.

:welcome:

Planning Commission Public HearingTuesday, March 11Sebastopol Community Center7 pm

:openmic:

There will be seats for all and each person can speak for 3 full minutes. It's helpful but not necessary to have about 10 copies of your comments to give to the city staff and for Commission members.

Support revitalization of the NE Area with an amended Plan consistent with the current General Plan.

:bgrphug:

Come and be heard. Be as factual as you can; express your feelings about the EIR and the Plan. Info: [email protected] or Clare Najarian at 823-1405

[Kenyon Webster]

The City consultant's March 11, 2008 presentation to the Planning Commission regarding the proposed Northeast Plan and EIR is on the City web site at: https://www.ci.sebastopol.ca.us/pdfs/planning/03-11-08NEPlanningCommPresentation.pdf

At the March 11 meeting, the Commission received the presentation and conducted a public hearing on the EIR and Plan and related General Plan and Municipal Code amendments. The Commission heard from all those present who wished to speak and closed the public hearing. At their March 25 meeting (7pm at the Youth Annex) the Commission will begin their own discussion and deliberations, leading to Commission votes on the various matters which will form a set of recommendations to the City Council. A date for Council public hearing is not yet set.

-Kenyon Webster, Sebastopol Planning Director