In 1992, the General Plan Advisory Committee was created to develop a general plan for the city. After two years of meetings, the Draft Goals and Policies document was published. For the next four years, the city conducted land-use inventories, background studies and data collection in preparation for the plan update and Environmental Report.

Finally, in 1998, the city published the first General Plan, after hiring a consultant to assist city staff in the comprehensive update process. Still, it would be another two years before the city council conducted public meetings to gather opinions and recommendations. It was then passed on to the planning commission.

The planning commission made a series of changes to the first draft and accompanying land-use map. The city council approved a revised draft Environmental Impact Report in 2002 in order to include these changes. This summer—ten years after the advisory committee was formed—the most recent draft General Plan and the revised Environmental Impact Report were submitted to commissions, civic groups and public agencies.