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Los Alamos Community Plan Update

Project Description

• Objective and Results:  The objective of this project is to update the 1994 Los Alamos Community Plan in collaboration with the Los Alamos Planning Advisory Committee (LAPAC). A primary focus of the plan update is to review the town’s existing urban boundary and consider an extension to accommodate a proposed development project. This update and review will enable the community to modernize its planning goals and objectives to foster the local economic growth the community desires. 
• Background:  The Town of Los Alamos is an unincorporated portion of northern Santa Barbara County located approximately 40 miles northwest of Santa Barbara. U.S. Highway 101 passes directly through the community and intersects with State Highway 135 (known as Bell Street). The town itself is approximately one square mile in size and the current planning area encompasses approximately 620 acres. The Los Alamos Community Plan was adopted in 1994 to provide goals, policies, and development standards to ensure that future development is carried out in a manner that is consistent with the community’s expectations.
• Process: The Los Alamos Planning Advisory Committee (LAPAC) has been established to provide community input for this project, to review individual development projects for the community of Los Alamos, and to recommend an updated plan to the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors. This project is being facilitated by the Office of Long Range Planning. It was initiated in fall 2006 and is expected to take approximately 3 years to complete. The Planning Commission considered a draft plan in Summer 2008 and recommended the Board of Supervisors initate envrionmental review. The Board of Supervisors reviewed the proposed Draft Los Alamos Community Plan Update, the new form-based code, and design guidelines and authorized initiation of the environmental review at a public hearing held on September 23, 2008. Depending on the scope of the environmental review, the updated community plan, will be considered for adoption by the Planning Commission and Board in the fall and winter 2009.

Contacts:
Derek Johnson, Deputy Director: djjohnson@sbcao.org
Bret McNulty, Senior Planner: bmcnulty@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

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Draft Los Alamos Community Plan Update Environmental Review
Los Alamos Planning Advisory Committee (LAPAC) Webpage

Notice of Preparation of an Envionmental Impact Report (EIR) and CEQA Initial Study

Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) a Notice of Preparation of an Envionmental Impact Report (EIR) and an Initial Study has been issued by the Santa Barbara County Office of Long Range Planning. The documents are available to download on the Community Plan Environmental Review webpage.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING

6:00 P.M. Monday, November 17, 2008
Los Alamos Community Center
690 Bell Street
Los Alamos California 93440

LAPAC and the County of Santa Barbara Office of Long Range Planning will be receiving comments on the scope of the EIR for the Los Alamos Community Plan Update at this meeting. The agenda for the scoping meeting can be downloaded by clicking this link.

Attendance and participation by the public is invited and encouraged. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Hearing Support Staff (805) 568-2000. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the Hearing Support Staff to make reasonable arrangements.

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