Resolution 2019-76RESOLUTION NO. 2019 - 76
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GILROY APPROVING THE PREFERRED LAND USE
ALTERNATIVE FOR THE GILROY 2040 GENERAL PLAN
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65300 mandates that each city and county adopt
"a comprehensive, long-term general plan" for "the physical development of the county or city,
and any land outside its boundaries which bears relation to its planning"; and
WHEREAS, on May 21, 2012, the City Council authorized the preparation of a new
General Plan for the city of Gilroy; and
WHEREAS, the City Council appointed the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC)
to guide the preparation of the new General Plan; and
WHEREAS; the Preferred Land Use Alternative will form the basis for General Plan
Land Use Diagram and define the project to be evaluated in the General Plan Environmental
Impact Report (EIR); and
WHEREAS; on August 22, 2019, the GPAC completed selection of a Preferred Land Use
Alternative for recommendation to the Planning Commission and City Council; and
WHEREAS; on October 3, 2019, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to
receive public testimony regarding the Preferred Land Use Alternative; and
WHEREAS; on October 3, 2019, the Planning Commission recommended to the City
Council the approval of the General Plan Preferred Land Use Alternative comprised of the
following designations: Focus Area 1 - Concept three (3) Employment Center and Neighborhood
District High; Focus Area 2 - Concept two (2) Neighborhood District High; Focus Area 3 -
Concept two (2) Mixed Use High; Focus Area 4 - Concept one (1) Current Downtown Specific
Plan; and Focus Area 5 - Concept two (2) Neighborhood District High; and
WHEREAS; on November 18, 2019, the City Council held a public hearing to receive
public testimony regarding the Preferred Land Use Alternative.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
REWSOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
The City Council approves the 2040 General Plan Land Use Alternative for the purposes
of defining the project to be evaluated in the General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
SECTION II
The General Plan Preferred Land Use Alternative shall be comprised of the following
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designations: Focus Area 1 - Concept three (3) Employment Center and Neighborhood District
High; Focus Area 2 - Concept two (2) Neighborhood District High; Focus Area 3 — Concept one
(1) Mixed Use Low; Focus Area 4 - Concept one (1) Current Downtown Specific Plan; and
Focus Area 5 — Concept three (3) Employment Center.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 181h day of November, 2019 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: BLANKLEY, BRACCO, LEROE-
MUNOZ, MARQUES, TUCKER and VELASCO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: TOVAR
ATTEST:
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Rgland Velasco, Mayor
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I, SHAWNA FREELS, City Clerk of the City of Gilroy, do hereby certify that the
attached Resolution No. 2019-76 is an original resolution, or true and correct copy of a city
Resolution, duly adopted by the Council of the City of Gilroy at a regular meeting of said held on
Council held on the 181h day of November, 2019, at which meeting a quorum was present.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Official Seal of
,vember, 2019.
City Clerk of the City of Gilroy
(Seal)