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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1991 0717 CC REG ITEM 11C ITEMILL I C /j/ • q, >� MOORPARK 1111107 1 .' 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 9Q //--i QQ9*EO `+n TO: The Honorable City Council FROM: Steven Kueny, City Manager DATE: July 12, 1991 SUBJECT: Consider Participation in Council on Growth Management Public Hearings • The Governor's office of Planning and Research recently circulated a Growth Management Council questionnaire (copy attached) . They are holding public hearings throughout California during the months of July and August. The locations closest to Ventura County are Santa Barbara (July 22) and Los Angeles (July 29) . The focus of the questionnaire and hearings is the role of local government growth management as it relates to existing and proposed regional governments. The purpose of this agenda item is to determine if the Council would like to direct that certain comments be made either in writing or at the public hearing concerning this subject matter. The issues of growth management and regional government are broad subjects and it may not be possible to reach a consensus on such, but I do suggest that the Council consider commenting that Ventura County is capable of addressing regional issues without the creation of a new layer of government. RECOMMENDATION Direct Staff as deemed appropriate. SK: sc /p ORPARK, CALIFORNIA 712 2.tem City Cou II Meeting Attachmentof // T991- ACTION: Z At By PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. BERNARDO M. PEREZ SCOTT MONTGOMERY ROY E. TALLEY JR. JOHN E. WOZNIAK Mayor Mayor Pro Tern Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember stat of California. GOVERNORS OFFICE f1' OFFICE OF PLANNING ANO RESEARCH 1 P 14QQ TENTH STREET SACRAMENTO 95814 FETE WILSON • '.7Yt Hr(1S1 • • on January 18, 1991, Governor Pete Wilson issued his second Executive Order, creating the. Interagency Council on Growth Management. The• Council on Growth Management is composed of cabinet-level officials from dgenaies .affected. by growth management and land use decisions. , The Council's charge is to formulate growth management recommendations by the en& 'of this calendar year for the. Governor's consideration. In an effort to ensure that there is an opportunity for all interested parties to participate in .developing the- recommendations that will be: presented to the Governor., the Council on.. Growth Management will be holding thirteen- public hoarings- this• summ*r_ The purpose of these hearings is to solicit. views: on, the bast way for the State of California to manage- growth. . . The; dates and. locations of t a hearing-s• are ae f:ollows: _ • • July 12 -- Riverside. . July 15 - Santa Rosa • :. _-`- .F • July 16 - Modesto • -, . -• 1 =w • July 19 - Fresno • _.,�. - July 22 -- Santa:-Barbara July 23 -- Santa Ana. -- ► � - -. -,�� f---= ` July• 24 - Bakersfield July 29 - Los. Angeles July 3C - San Jose July 31 - sacrazento August 1 - Redding • August 1.2. - San Diego. _y_ �,: - August 15 -- San Francisco If you are interested in testifying at one. of these. hearings-, contact Patrick Dorais by June- 28 at the governor's- office of - \ Planning and Research at (916) 322-4245. Nrr, �' • rri� aptate of California GOVERNORS OPFICE +. Y*it' OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH 1400 TENTH STREET SACRAMENTO 9E514 PETE WILSON OQvcgMOf OROlt4'S MANAesnEn COUt7CIL oy sTYala7AiRE The following is a list of questions which mayserve as a guideline for your input on some of. the more important growth management issues. 1_ What is your definition of "growth management?". . 2. What is the proper State role in- growth Management? 3 . What is the appropriate role of local government in growth management? Does your answer differ as between cities and counties? - • 4. What do you believe is the proper role, if any, in growth management for Councils of Government, such at SLAG, ABAG, and others? 5. Should a new layer. of regional: government be formed? Why or why not? If So, should the State mandate _such regional government' for the variousurban areas, or should the State merely make it possible for a region to adopt such government if it wishes? 6. Are regional solutions available short of creating a new layer . of government? Should we strive, in other words, to find mechanismsto help existing local governments cooperate better? Are such mechanisms available? . 7. Which subetantivo areas, in your opinion,. req ire. regional approaches: rather than local ones? Why should the approach be regional rather than statewide, in such areas? In- other words, why shouldn't there just be two levels, local {,i,..e.., non- regional) and state? 2. What is your view of the wisdom or unwisdom of merging existing single-focus regional agencies such as air quality, transportation, water quality, and COGS (Councils of Government) ? 9 . For what programs and issues should the State be responsible? For what programs and issuesshould each locality be responsible? What should be the proper balance? Mate of California GOVERNORS OFFICE wS�.• ". OFFICE OF PLANNING AND RESEARCH 01400 TENTH STMET _4'0; " / SACRAMENTO 95814 :D4;rE Wit-SON GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON GROWTH. MANAGEMENT Rich Sybert, Chair Carl Covitz Secretary, BT&H Agency Doug Wheeler Secretary, Resources Agency - Jim Strock Secretary, Cal-EPA - Russ Gould Secretary, Health and Welfare Agency Tom Hayes Director, Dept. of Finance 'David Kennedy Director, Dept. of Water Resources Tim Coyle Director, Dept. of Housing and Community Development Sal Vazqu.z • • • Director Governor's Office of community Relations OblerVer : Ira Goldman Special Assistant to the Governor and the Governor's Trade Representative Henry Voss Director, Dept. of Food and Agriculture Jananne Sharpless Chair Air Resources Board Maureen D illarco Secretary, Child Development and. Education Agency Charles IMbrecht .Chair Energy Resources, Conservation and Developrent COmmissicn • -2-- • 10. To what level of detail should the State specify substantive policy (e,.q service levels, open space requirements)? To what degree should the State have local governments free to - make their own decisions in these regards? 11. How much leeway should the State give regional areas in devising their own approaches to growth management? Why? 12. In dealing with growth, should the State focus an regulation, or on market solutions, and which in Which areas? 13 . Do. federal responsibilities and the federal. government interact - with California relative to growth management? . .If so, how and which ones? . 14 . Are new mechanisms and integrated policy approaches necessary to make explicit trade-offs. batween, for. exampte, air quality and economic growth, or housing and open space, i.or is the present system of single--focus. agencies--and. departments working tolerably well? If not, what Changes would you. recommend? 15. Where do you see the main impacts of the; State's growth occurring, both geographically and in terms. of` government services? should. or can the State act to affect either? 16. Do you Zee "fiscalization of land use". as a problem, whereby local jurisdictions compete against each: other. for commercial development: and other tax-generating land uses, while shunning haus►ing. and other high-service land uses? Tr so', . what remedies do you propose? 17 . Are there. revisions in State and..local tax regimes that you believe advisable in order to. manage the State./e: growth? is. what is your- view of the affordable housing problem in California? What steps should or Can the State- take? 29. Do you agree that agricultural lane should ba treated differently than other open space? Should agriculture be treated different2.y than other economic undertakings? Why or why not? 20. What is your opinion of urban growth bouridarias or limit lines? 21 . Please provide any comments you may have on pending growth management legislation. n -3-- 22. Please provide any comments you may have on other states' experiences with growth management. 23 . Whatever may be the State approach to growth management, how do we ensure implementation and that it will not be: just a paper plan? •- 24. In general in the growth management area, do you favor an incremental or a more dramatic approach? Or something in between? 25. Would it be worthwhile to test a: "pilot programtt- for state growth management (and, if so, where and how) , or do we now need to act statewide to be more: timely? 26. In your view., what are the proper elements of a state growth management plan? What sort of things should we be .looking at in order to formulate recommendations to the Governor? With whom should we- be-talking? What: issues- should wa be discussing and analyzing? "`--