landWatch: Here's The Schedule For The "Community GPU" Forums

This schedule gives the latest details on the "Community GPU" Forums scheduled around Monterey County during August, September, and October. Your attendance is vitally important!

Date, Time, and Place

Topics To Be Covered

Completed!
Saturday, August 21, 2004
9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Prunedale Grange
17890 Moro Road
Prunedale, CA

What is a General Plan?
Brief History of the County GPU Process
Developing A “Community GPU"
Identifying Issues for the “Community GPU"

Completed!
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

School Gymnasium
All Saints Episcopal Day School
860 Carmel Valley Road
Carmel Valley, CA

All Saints School is 4.2 miles East of Highway 1, on the right hand side of Carmel Valley Road as you head East.

The Land Use Element and the Housing Element

How much land for development?
How to achieve genuinely affordable housing?
Where should new growth go?

Completed!
Thursday, October 14, 2004
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Salinas Community Center
Santa Lucia Room
940 North Main Street
Salinas, CA

The Conservation, Open Space and Safety Elements

How best to protect agricultural land and support the agricultural industry?
What special natural areas should be protected?
What can we do to minimize flood danger?

Thursday, October 28, 2004
6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
(Please note this date has changed)

Multi-Purpose Room
Vista Verde Middle School
1199 Elm Avenue
(Between 11th Street and Elmwood Drive)
Greenfield, CA

The Circulation and Noise Elements

How can we stop making gridlock worse?
Who pays for new roads?
Sound walls? – Or not?

Saturday, November 13, 2004
9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
(Please note this date and location has changed)

Los Arboles Middle School
294 Hillcrest Avenue
Marina, CA

A Possible “Administration Element" Review and Wrap-Up

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posted 08.08.04