Calabasas General Plan Update and EIR - City of Calabasas

Rincon Consultants recently finished preparing the 2030 General Plan and Development Code Update and EIR for the City of Calabasas. The 2030 General Plan update program is designed to build upon the vision and community values that have made Calabasas a special place to live, work, and visit and to address new issues that have emerged since the development of the previous long range planning program. Rincon developed a four phase work program to complete the General Plan update:

• Phase 1 - Public Outreach - Assessment and Land Use Alternative Development,
• Phase 2 - General Plan Policy and Element Development,
• Phase 3 - General Plan Update Completion, and
• Phase 4 - Land Use Development Code Preparation.

As part of the community outreach strategy (Phase 1) to educate, inform, and promote interaction and dialog, Rincon devised an outreach campaign that included stakeholder interviews, a new general plan advisory committee, a project web site, a media campaign, a community survey, public workshops, a design charrette, PC/CC study sessions, and focus group meetings.

The comprehensive General Plan update was completed in less than two years.  The accompanying Development Code update is ongoing.