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REF220021 - COUNTY OF MONTEREY GENERAL PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT
a. Establish an Environmental Justice Community Advisory Committee;
b. Consider a list of community-based organizations and groups for invitation to participate on the Environmental Justice Community Advisory Committee; and
c. Appoint up to twenty total members to the Environmental Justice Community Advisory Committee.
Project Location: Countywide
Proposed CEQA action: Establishment and appointment of the EJCAC constitute an early planning activity that is not a project under CEQA. The Environmental Justice Element will be subject to a CEQA determination in the future.
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Project Location: Countywide
Proposed CEQA action: Establishment and appointment of the EJCAC constitute an early planning activity that is not a project under CEQA. The Environmental Justice Element will be subject to a CEQA determination in the future.
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Planning Commission:
a. Establish an Environmental Justice Community Advisory Committee;
b. Consider a list of community-based organizations and groups for invitation to participate on the Environmental Justice Community Advisory Committee; and
c. Appoint up to twenty total members to the Environmental Justice Community Advisory Committee.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On December 7, 2022, the Planning Commission received a presentation on General Plan Elements Updates including preparation of a new Environmental Justice Element. Government Code ?65302 requires that a local jurisdiction which identifies a "disadvantaged community" according to state-defined criteria shall prepare an Environmental Justice Element. In developing the Environmental Justice Element, the Environmental Justice Community Advisory Committee (EJCAC) is established as part of the approach to civic engagement required by SB 1000 legislation. The Planning Commission provided direction to staff on December 7 to return for the Commission to consider the...
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