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Community Workshops

Agendas, minutes, and handout materials from community workshops will be posted here.

Community Workshop Series #5
DRAFT GENERAL PLAN

Earlimart Workshop
   December 6, 2006, 6-8 PM

Visalia Workshop
   December 7, 2006, 6-8 PM

Three Rivers Workshop
   December 11, 2006, 6-8 PM

Springville Workshop
   December 12, 2006, 6-8 PM

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Community Workshop Series #4
POLICY CHOICES

Tulare workshop minutes
   April 12, 2005
Three Rivers workshop minutes
   April 13, 2005

Community Workshop Series #3
POLICY SCENARIOS

Champion Leadership Group workshop minutes (Tipton)
   January 20, 2005
Porterville workshop minutes
   December 13, 2004
Dinuba workshop minutes
   December 14, 2004

Community Workshop Series #2
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

Lindsay workshop minutes
   March 24, 2004
Pixley workshop minutes
   March 23, 2004
Orosi workshop minutes
   March 22, 2004

Community Workshop Series #1
ISSUES IDENTIFICATION

Tipton workshop minutes
   Jan. 22, 2004

Springville workshop minutes
   Jan. 17, 2004

Orosi workshop minutes
   Jan. 15, 2004

Visalia Economic Development Corporation (EDC)
   Nov. 19, 2003

Goshen workshop minutes
   Nov. 18, 2003

Visalia workshop minutes
(Updated July 7, 2006)
   Nov. 6, 2003

Lindsay workshop minutes
   Nov. 5, 2003


Board of Supervisors / Planning Commission

Agendas, minutes, and handout materials from Board of Supervisors and Planning Commission workshops and hearings related to the General Plan will be posted here.

Joint Workshop (March 8, 2005)
LAND USE CONCEPTS

Minutes

Joint Workshop (March 23, 2004)
PRELIMINARY ISSUES REPORT

Minutes

Agricultural Advisory Committee

Agendas, minutes, and handout materials from the Tulare County Agricultural Advisory Committee meetings related to the General Plan will be posted here.

Joint Workshop (Nov. 30, 2004)
LAND USE CONCEPTS

Minutes

Meeting (March 22, 2004)
PRELIMINARY ISSUES REPORT

Minutes


Youth Leaders - Shaping the Future

On May 15, 2004, over 120 young people attended a youth summit to discuss the future of Tulare County. There were nine communities represented including Culter-Orosi, Pixley, Visalia, Goshen, Dinuba, Tipton, Tulare, Porterville, Exeter, Ivanhoe, and Woodville.  The young people worked as members of 18 planning teams. The teams worked together to identify important issues, to imagine what it should be like in 2025, and what actions they might take to support the desired future.

Meeting (May 15, 2004)
YOUTH WORKSHOP

Minutes


TAC Meetings

Agendas, minutes, and handout materials from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meetings will be posted here.

TAC #12 (July 20, 2006)
GOALS & POLICIES REPORT

Agenda

TAC #11 (April 3, 2006)
COMMUNITIES, HAMLETS

Agenda

TAC #10 (Feb. 13, 2006)
CEQA ALTS. / COMMUNITY PROFILES

Agenda

Minutes

TAC #9 (November 7, 2005)
POLICY FRAMEWORK

Agenda

TAC #8 (June 29, 2005)
TOPICAL ISSUES / LAND USE CONCEPTS

Agenda

Minutes

Presentation

TAC #7 (May 23, 2005)
TOPICAL ISSUES / LAND USE CONCEPTS

Agenda

Issues Summary

TAC #6 (March 7, 2005)
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

Agenda

TAC #5 (Nov. 29, 2004)
SUB TAC REPORTS / POLICY SCENARIOS

Minutes

TAC #4 (Sept. 28, 2004)
BACKGROUND REPORT / POLICY CHOICES

Minutes

Sub Task Workshops
(Various dates/topics in November 2004)
BACKGROUND REPORT

Agenda

TAC #3 (June 1, 2004)
ALTERNATIVE FUTURES

Minutes

Agenda

TAC #2 (March 2, 2004)
PRELIMINARY ISSUES REPORT

Agenda

TAC #1 (January 20, 2004)
GENERAL PLAN INTRODUCTION

Minutes

 

    

General Plan Documents

The following provides links to the Final Draft Environmental Impact Report (September 2011).

Final Environmental Impact Report
September 2011 Draft

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

Introduction and Reader's Guide

Minor Revisions to the RDEIR

Comments on the RDEIR

Master Responses

Responses to Comments on the RDEIR (March 25, 2010)

COMMENTS on the Tulare County General Plan and Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report.

Notice of Availability (March 25, 2010)

Notice of Availability

General Plan 2030 Update Background and Information (March 25, 2010)

Tulare County GP 2030 Update Background Information

General Plan 2030 Update Media Release (March 25, 2010)

Tulare County General Plan 2030 Update Media Release

Comments for the Tulare County General Plan 2030 Update and Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report

   The following documents are comments for the Tulare County General Plan 2030 Update and Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report

The following provides links to the Public Draft General Plan 2030 Update(February 2010).

General Plan 2030 Update
February 2010 Draft

February 2010 General Plan 2030 Update Report

Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report
February 2010 Draft

Recirculated DEIR

Appendix A - NOP and Summary of Comments

Appendix B - Background Report

Minor Revisions to the RDEIR

Appendix C - General Plan 2030 Update

Appendix D - Air Quality Modeling Data

Appendix E - Greenhouse Gas Inventory (February 2010)

Appendix F - Noise Modeling Data

Appendix G - Phase I Water Supply Evaluation

Background Report
February 2010 Draft

February 2010 Background Report

Climate Action Plan
February 2010 Draft

February 2010 Climate Action Plan

The following provides links to the Public Draft Goals and Policies Report (July 2007).

Part I
Goals and Policies Report

January 2008 Draft

Component A
   1. Tulare County Overview
   2. Planning Framework

Component B
   3. Economic Development
   4. Agriculture
   5. Land Use
   6. Housing

Component C
   7. Scenic Landscapes
   8. Environmental Resource Management
   9. Air Quality
  10. Health and Safety
  11. Water Resources

Component D
  12. Transportation and Circulation
  13. Public Facilities and Services

Part II
Area Plans

Part II
   1. Rural Valley Lands Plan

   2. Corridor Areas

   3. Foothill Growth Management Plan

   4. Mountain Area

Part III
Previously Adopted and unchanged: Chapters 12 and 15 of Part I and Part III of the Tulare County General Plan 2030 Update.

Including Two Previouly Adopted Voluntary Elements

Part III
   The following documents are two previously adopted voluntary elements (the Tulare County Animal Confinement Facilities Plan and Flood Control Master Plan) of the Tulare County General Plan and previously adopted Sub-Area Plans, County adopted City General Plans and Community Plans.  The two voluntary elements will make up Chapters 12 and 15 of Part I and the Sub-Area Plans, County Adopted City General Plans and Community Plans along with future local plans will make up Part III of the Tulare County General Plan 2030 Update when adopted.

The following provides links to other reference and General Plan update documents.

Newsletters

Newsletter #1
Alternative Futures

Draft Environmental Impact Report

Draft Environmental Impact Report I
January 2008 (2.9Mb file)

Draft Environmental Impact Report II
January 2008 (6.7Mb file)

DEIR - Notice of Availability and Extended Review Period
February 2008 (13k file)

Public Comments for the General Plan Update and the Draft Environmental Impact Report

Planning Commission Agenda and Directory, April 23, 2008
April 2008 (650k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 1-13 Recd Part 1
April 2008 (6Mb file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 14-44 Recd Part 2
April 2008 (13k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 45 Recd Part 3
April 2008 (13k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 45 Recd Part 4
April 2008 (13k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 45-50 Recd Part 5
April 2008 (13k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 51 Recd Part 6
April 2008 (13k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 52 Recd Part 7
April 2008 (13k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 52 Recd Part 8
April 2008 (13k file)

GP Update and DEIR Comments 52-59 Recd Part 9
April 2008 (13k file)

GPUpdate and DEIR Comments 60-88 Recd Part 10
April 2008 (13k file)

General Plan Update
Supporting Documents

Notice of Preparation 
Notice of County's intent to prepare an environmental impact report for the General Plan update.
April 25, 2006

General Plan Update 
Update on communities/ hamlets, CEQA process
April 7, 2006 (update)

Policy Direction Update 
Board direction on General Plan
Updated November 2005

Policy Alternatives Report 
January 2008 (1.5Mb file)

City/Focused Community Alternative
August 2005 (300K file)

Preliminary Issues Report - Final March 2004 (1.1Mb file)

General Plan Comment Matrix

Policies Matrix January 2008

Reference Documents

General Plan Policy Summary.
This document provides a summary of the County's existing General Plan.

Draft Background Report
(January 2008)