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CITY'OF RIVERSIDE CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: October 18, 1994 ITEM NO.: 14 SUBJECT: MEASURE C IMPLEMENTATION IN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE Background: On September 13, 1994, the City Council received a report from its Land Use Committee recommending that the City review and analyze County of Riverside' plans for areas within the City's 60 square mile outer sphere of influence (generally southerly of Lake Mathews). A requirement of voter approved Measure C is that a plan be prepared for Riverside's entire sphere of influence (see Exhibit 1) and that the County approved plans for this area may satisfy that mandate. At the request of Supervisor Buster, action on the recommendation was delayed pending a meeting between city and county officials concerning how the county may assist in the preparation of this effort. Supervisor Buster's district includes the City's 60 square mile outer sphere which is the focus of the review. On October 3, 1994, Supervisor Buster and the County Planning Director met with Councilmember Beaty, City staff, several members of the Measure C Committee and some concerned Sphere residents regarding this approach. While the meeting identified a number of potential significant land use issues, it did not result in the determination of a specific course of action. On October 6, 1994, the Land Use Committee resumed its discussion of Measure C implementation within the sphere. At that meeting the Planning Director recommended that the Land Use Committee take the following actions: 1. Reaffirm its previous recommendation to the City Council that the Planning Department proceed immediately with the review and analysis of existing County approved plans for the balance of the sphere not included in the City's recently adopted General Plan 2010. This approach is deemed to be the most cost effective method of preparing a plan for the outer portion of the City's sphere of influence in order to satisfy the requirement of Measure C. Also, this planning effort be given high priority within the Planning Department recognizing that one or more previously assigned studies will be delayed several months. 2. Establish guidelines by which to evaluate and assess conformance of the applicable County approved plans to the policy directives of Measure C by either (a) approving the recently prepared draft Measure C Guidelines or (b) using alternative guidelines as determined by the Land Use