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DESCRIPTION:\n	Community Meeting\n	Tuesday, February 28, 2012\n	7:00 PM - 9:00 
 PM\n	Porter Library\n	3050 Porter Street\n	Soquel, CA 95073map and 
 directions\n\n	Last year Santa Cruz County received funding from the 
 State's Sustainable Communities Program to engage in a three-year planning 
 process for Soquel Drive, the County's longest roadway, from the overpass 
 near Dominican Hospital to Freedom Boulevard.\n\n	This collaborative 
 process with the community will engage us all in how we think of the Soquel 
 Drive corridor and what changes could be made to promote mass 
 transportation, sound economic development, and a variety of housing 
 options.\n\n	There will be a series of meetings in the community and a 
 steering committee will be formed comprised of representatives of 
 transportation agencies, neighborhood organizations, key properties along 
 the corridor, commercial and business interests, and environmental and 
 sustainability groups. They will work with County Planning staff, Economic 
 Development staff and others to host facilitated workshops that are 
 informed by economic studies, transportation analysis and land use 
 constraints.\n\n	The process will likely result in land use designation 
 changes and General Plan amendments to support sustainable transportation, 
 housing and economic development along the corridor. You can read about the 
 process by downloading the County Board of Supervisors Agenda Item from 
 June 14, 2011. There will be an informational meeting in Soquel on Tuesday, 
 February 28, 2012, to begin this process. Additional community meetings 
 will be scheduled soon.\n\n	Future development in our community will look 
 different than it has in the past if we are willing to take tangible steps 
 to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and conduct inclusive urban planning 
 exercises that balance the needs of our community, the environment and new 
 state regulations. Please join us in this process.\n\n	The Sustainable 
 Communities Program is an outgrowth of the landmark SB 375 bill passed by 
 the State Legislature in 2008; it limits urban sprawl and supports dense, 
 sustainable development with walkable amenities and lower carbon impact. SB 
 375 instructs the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to set regional 
 emissions reduction targets from passenger vehicles. Each region must then 
 develop a "Sustainable Communities Strategy" (SCS) that integrates 
 transportation, land-use and housing policies to plan for achievement of 
 the emissions target for their region.\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/08/18706888.php
SUMMARY:Planning for a Sustainable Soquel Drive Corridor
LOCATION:Porter Library\n3050 Porter Street\nSoquel, CA 95073
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/02/08/18706888.php
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