March 23, 2007

EEHVS on March 27 city council agenda

The city council will again vote on provisions for the Evergreen East Hills Vision Strategy on March 27. However, the approval of actions is part of the council’s Consent Calendar portion of the meeting and could be approved without any discussion.

Included for approval, according to the agenda, is an amendment to the funding agreement with Yerba Buena Opco, Inc. to continue the funding agreement from Jan. 1 of this year through June 30 for the EEHVS, including the update to the Evergreen Area Development Policy and related documents. The second action is to adopt a resolution authorizing Joe Horwedel, the director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement, to negotiate and complete minor amendments to the funding agreement to account for increases in funding received from Yerba Buena Opco, as well as minor scheduling or task changes that remain consistent with the information and the goals contained and identified in the memo.

Unless a councilmember asks for the item to be separated out, the council typically votes on all Consent Calendar items as one item.

In the meantime, the Planning Department has scheduled two study sessions with the city council. The first is on industrial conversion, scheduled for March 29 beginning at 9 a.m. The second session, which is on the Evergreen strategy, is scheduled for April 30 from 1 to 4 p.m. There will be a hearing with the council on May 15 to discuss the general plan for the strategy, according to principal planner Stan Ketchum. The department has not yet set a date for a community meeting, but did decide that only one will be held.

–By Carol Rosen