Item 66 - Additional Information Memo.pdf

To: 
City of Phoenix 
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT 
Alan Stephenson 
Deputy City Manager 
Date: April 8, 2024 
From: 
Joshua Bednare!Q(!:, 
Planning and DevEMopment Director 
Subject: ITEM 66 ON THE APRIL 17, 2024, FORMAL AGENDA - PUBLIC HEARING AND
RESOLUTION ADOPTION - GENERAL PLAN UPDf\ TE PLANPHX 2025 -
GPA-12-23 (RESOLUTION 22191) 
Item 66, GPA-12-23 is a request to hold a public hearing and adopt a resolution on the 
General Plan Update as recommended by the Planning Commission. State Law 
requires that the City Council hold at least one public hearing before adoption of the 
General Plan, and that the City Council adopt the General Plan by an affirmative vote of 
at least two-thirds of its members. It is tentatively scheduled that City Council will refer 
the measure to voters on May 1, 2024. 
The Village Planning Committees considered the request throughout January and 
February. Twelve VPCs recommended approval, per the staff recommendation; one 
VPC recommended approval, per the staff recommendation, with modifications; and two 
VPCs recommended approval, per the staff recommendation, with direction. 
State Law requires that the Planning Commission hold at least two public hearings 
before approving the General Plan. The Planning Commission held the first public 
hearing on February 22, 2024. The Planning Commission held the second public 
hearing on March 7, 2024, and recommended approval, per the Addendum A Staff 
Report, by a vote of 8-0. 
Following the Planning Commission hearing, minor updates have been proposed to 
address outstanding comments from some departments, the public and the Mayor and 
City Council. 
Staff recommends approval per the Planning Commission recommendation with the 
following additional changes: 
Location in General Plan 
Proposed Changes 
Page 34 
Replace as follows: "Understanding what equity means, 
why it matters, and intentionally focusing on it in planning, 
is critical to equitable outcomes." 
Page 37, 2nd Column, 3rd 
Replace "are" with "should". 
Sentence 
Page 42, 2nd Column, 3rd 
Revise as follows: "By focusing on vulnerable or UNDER-
Sentence 
SERVED communities such as the YOUTH, elderlv,