General Plan Amendment to Policy 2.A.1

The City is considering an amendment to Policy 2.A.1 in the General Plan (“the proposed project”). The amendment would allow the City to provide utilities (i.e., potable water, wastewater or recycled water) up to one mile beyond the Urban Limit Line (ULL) to existing commercial facilities in operation on or prior to November 3, 2026. The City’s current boundaries are circumscribed by a permanent ULL established by a vote of the people in 2006. The approved initiative placed restrictions on the provision of utility services outside the ULL. The ULL boundary and provisions of utility services outside the ULL may only be modified by another vote by the people. Amendment to Policy 2.A.1 would be subject to voter approval of an amendment to the ULL. The City is considering including a measure on the November 2026 ballot that would amend the ULL to allow the expansion of existing City utilities to commercial facilities located on parcels with a boundary that falls wholly or partially within one mile of the ULL and in operation on or prior to November 3, 2026. The SEIR will be prepared to provide additional information needed to address the proposed project, in addition to that which was provided in the City’s 2035 General Plan and CAP EIR (State Clearinghouse #2013032015 and adopted and certified on May 16th, 2017). It is anticipated at this time that two existing commercial facilities located within unincorporated Yolo County would make use of the utility extension, if the ballot measure passes. These two existing commercial facilities are Bayer U.S. Crop Science, LLC (located at 37437 CA-16, Woodland, CA 95695, APN#025-470-038-000) and Clark Pacific (located at 40600 County Road 18C, Woodland, CA 95776, APN#027-250-028-000). The ballot measure would not require either Bayer or Clark Pacific to extend utility facilities and services.