Operating and CIP Budget Fiscal Year 2015-16

Long Range Planning (continued)

The City has been working to establish the Urban Limit Line/Greenbelt since the last update of the General Plan was completed in 2001 and in April of 2008 approved the preparation of Project alternatives for both Sports/Recreation/ Leisure an agriculture preservation plan in the SEQ, the initiation of a CEQA document, and exploration of additional information about the feasibility of agriculture mitigation and long term viability of agricultural lands within Morgan Hill’s Sphere of Influence (SOI). The Agricultural Preservation Program and associated General Plan amendments were approved by the City Council in November of 2014 and February of 2015. The City is continuing to work on ad- ditional land use planning to support agricultural preservation and which will be incorporated into the General Plan update. The City is in the process of preparing a Climate Action Plan through a collaboration of Joint Venture Silicon Valley, the City of Morgan Hill’s Environmental Services, the County of Santa Clara and other communities in Santa Clara Valley. This collaborative approach is designed to identify and adopt as policy strategies for Morgan Hill to address regional greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the City’s goals for environmental leadership and with efforts underway in neighboring communities. Adoption of a CAP can facilitate future land use entitlement activity by pro- viding a clear explanation of the City’s policy requirements while streamlining the environmental review process for individual project entitlements. The Habitat Conservation Plan was approved by the major implementing agencies including the cities of Morgan Hill, Gilroy and San Jose. Partners include VTA, SCVWD, the regional open space and water resources agencies and federal as well as local wildlife protection agencies. Morgan Hill, both elected officials and staff, have devoted hun- dreds of hours to the collaboration resulting in the HCP. The City is actively participating in the ongoing work of implementation of the HCP including the review of new development projects for consistency with HCP policies and the collection of HCP fees to fund habitat preservation efforts. Climate Action Plan (CAP) The Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)

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