General Plan Programs
General Plan Update and Program EIR
(City of Grand Terrace)
The City of Grand Terrace General Plan was adopted in 1988 with additional elements adopted through 2002. Chambers Group is currently preparing all necessary CEQA documentation for the General Plan updates. This documentation includes an Initial Study based upon the Draft General Plan and mixed-use development; a Screen check Draft Program EIR; all special studies required by the Program EIR; a Draft Program EIR for public review; and responses to all comments and incorporation of them into the Final Program EIR.
Program EIR for Planning Area 40
(City of Irvine)
Chambers Group prepared the Planning Area 40 Program EIR for the City of Irvine. The document changed the land use designation from Agricultural use to Research and Industrial uses and increased development intensity. Key issues included the conversion of land from agricultural uses to more intensive development, aesthetic impacts, traffic impacts, recreational uses and allocations of the Jeffrey Open Space Spine, and water quality impacts.
General Plan Update EIR
(City of Indio)
This project involved implementation of the General Plan Program for the City of Indio, and resulted in three major reports: a Master EA that serves as an existing setting report for the General Plan and associated EIR, an updated General Plan that will serve as the comprehensive long-term planning document for the City, and an EIR of the plans, goals, policies, and implementation methods specified in the General Plan. The General Plan and EIR were recognized for excellence by AEP and APA. The General Plan’s EIR received the Award from the California Chapter of AEP as the Outstanding Environmental Analysis Document due to innovation and ease of use. The General Plan also received the Comprehensive Planning Award by the Inland Empire Section of APA for a plan of unusually high merit.
