Final Decision

On July 26, 2011, the City Council adopted the consolidated General Plan. You can review the staff report, read the minutes, or take a look at the new General Plan online!

Draft Document

May 2011 - Sunnyvale's Consolidated General Plan is Here! This newly streamlined plan is another step towards making Sunnyvale's government more efficient and effective. A draft will be available on this website on Monday, May 23. 

Goals of the Consolidation

The City Council has directed staff to consolidate the General Plan into a single-document. The Consolidation will be tiered off the Community Vision of the General Plan and will be the first step in creating a Comprehensive General Plan. The consolidation effort will result in the following:

• Clear vision and direction - All General Plan policy information would be available in one place, tiering from the Community Vision.
• User-friendly - A single-document, fully integrated, general plan will allow the public to better understand city policy.
• Publicly accessible - A compact document is more readily available to the public and less costly. Current advances in technology will allow on-line versions that provide more options in accessing information.
• Efficient update process - A single update can occur every 10 years (more often for the housing element as required by state law), saving staff time and other city resources.
• Effective policy tool - The size and organization of the general plan can affect access and understanding of city policy.
• Timely and current – The consolidation and integration of policy into the Community Vision format will simplify the update process. After integration the update process is more efficient, and all topics can be updated at the same time, at ten year intervals.
• Comprehensive - The current General Plan is comprehensive. The new format would still be comprehensive, although some policies may be reserved for other formats and not part of the General Plan.
• Integrated and internally consistent - A 22-document format presents additional challenges in maintaining consistency, and also in integrating policies and implementation.

This consolidation effort also includes the formation of a Technical Task Force comprised of staff from various City departments and an Advisory Committee comprised of members from the City Council and various City Commissions. Together, these groups will work on the consolidation of existing policies and the look of the new document.

General Plan Consolidation Advisory Committee Meetings and Public Outreach

Advisory Committee Meetings (these meetings are open to the public). All meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. in the West Conference Room, City Hall ( map )

Meeting Date	Agenda and Materials	Minutes
Feb 16, 2010	GPC AC February 16 Meeting Information Packet	GPC AC February 16 Meeting Notes
March 31, 2010	GP CAC March 31 Meeting Information Packet	GPC AC March 31 Meeting Notes
April 22, 2010	GP CAC April 22 Meeting Information Packet	GPC AC April 22 Meeting Notes
May 27, 2010	GPC AC May 27 Meeting Information Packet Sunnyvale Policy Framework	GPC AC May 27 Meeting Notes
June 24, 2010	GPC AC June 24 Meeting Information Packet	GPC AC June 24 Meeting Notes
July 29, 2010	GPC AC July 29 Meeting Information Packet	Meeting notes not available

General Plan Consolidation Documents

• Report to City Council to accept Advisory Committee recommendations (September 28, 2010) RTC 10-260
• General Plan Consolidation Initiation Report to Council (October 20, 2009) RTC 09-270
• Selection of Two Councilmembers to the General Plan Consolidation Advisory Committee (January 26, 2010) RTC 10-023