See attached recommended referrals to the Committee for 2017.
Discussion of recommended changes:
Item 5: The removal of "single use plastic bags" from the development of an ordinance is in response to the passage of Senate Bill 270 (Padilla - 2014) and the subsequent Proposition 67 referendum in 2016. This effort is now addressed as a standalone item in the referral list, #21. Additional non-substantive revisions are included to clarify the intent of the referral.
Item 6: These activities are consistent with the requirements in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) which is comprised of three bills: AB-1739 (Dickinson - 2014) Groundwater management, SB-1319 (Pavley - 2014) Groundwater, and SB-1168 Groundwater management (Pavley - 2014). The legislation requires local agencies to develop groundwater sustainability plans specific to their regional needs.
Item 12: The basis of this suggested change is twofold:
1) Removal of "...review the ability to revise the County design standards...": Staff fulfilled the direction of the referral relative to "review the ability to revise the County road design standards" and found that it would not be advisable at this time to undertake such an effort. Given the pervasiveness of road standards throughout the County Code, the revision would a substantial undertaking requiring an inordinate amount of staff and consultant time.
Magnifying staff's concerns with the time and cost associated with updating the road design standards is the limited applicability of the code. Most often the road standards are used with greenfield type of development. This type of development no longer occurs regularly in the unincorporated areas. The majority of development is infill and redevelopment, the type of projects which often rely on exceptions to whatever standards happen to be in place at the time.
2) The addition of "monitor the implementation of...Complete Streets Policy": After the adoption of the Complete Streets Policy by the Board of Supervisors on July 12, 2016, TWIC directed staff to report back on the implementation process. This revision formalizes TWICs direction to staff. The goal of the revisions of the original "revise County road design standards" is more effectively met by this approach.
Item 19: This is a non-substantive change reflecting the change in terminology for Uber and Lyft type of companies.
Item 21: See discussion in Item 5 above regarding single use plastic bag ban. The passage of SB 270 and subsequent referendum (Prop 67 - 2016) requires that local jurisdictions ensure and monitor implementation. |