Corcoran General Plan Update

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Corcoran General Plan Update

• Planning Commission City Council Study Session
• Review of Draft General Plan
• Preferred Land Use Circulation Alternative
• January 24, 2006

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Work Program

• Draft Plan Developed by GPAC Completed
• Review Work to Date
• Community Workshop
• Newspaper Notices Website
• Background Report
• GPAC Meetings
• Review Future Work to Complete
• Circulate Initial Study/NOP (30 Days), February
  06
• Start Draft EIR, February 06
• Circulate Draft EIR (45 days), March 06
• End of DEIR Period, Start Final EIR, May 06
• Circulate Final EIR (10 Days), May 06
• City Council Mtg. Review General Plan, June 06
• City Council Adopt General Plan, June 06

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Work to Date

• Newspaper Notices Website
• 2 Page size newspaper ads (color) were
  circulated in the Corcoran Journal. Website
  contains all materials completed
• Visioning Workshop
• Great turnout, very informative. Resulted in
  likes, dislikes, 6 group maps. Planning
  Principles were then developed
• Background Report
• Finished with the exception of Traffic and Noise
  studies. Traffic expected in early February
• GPAC Meetings
• 1st meeting, Noise, Safety, Open Space,
  Conservation and Recreation and Air Quality
• 2nd meeting, Land Use, Circulation, Community
  Design and Public Services and Facilities
• 3rd meeting, review of Draft General Plan Land
  Use Circulation alternatives

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General Plan Update Components

• Noise Element
• Safety Element
• Open Space/Conservation/Recreation Element
• Air Quality Element
• Circulation Element
• Land Use Element
• Community Design Element
• Public Services and Facilities Element
• Housing Element (previously adopted)
• Land Use Circulation Plan
• State Required Elements Others Optional

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Content of General Plan

• Noise Element
• Specifies noise standards for land uses, 65dB
  exterior and 45 dB interior
• Noise generating land uses shall incorporate
  mitigation
• City shall review all development plans to ensure
  conformance with the policy framework in Noise
  Element
• Safety Element
• Includes policies to minimize danger from flood,
  fire, aircraft, traffic
• Open Space/Conservation/Recreation
• City shall provide parks at ratio of 5.0 acres of
  park/1,000 population
• City will create and protect open space for
  preservation of natural resources and outdoor
  recreation

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Content of General Plan

• Air Quality
• Need for pedestrian, bike and transit
  accessibility
• Encourage contiguous development pattern
• Implement strategies to minimize vehicle trips
• Circulation Element
• Street widths for Arterials, Collectors and Local
  streets
• Permitted usage of traffic calming devices
• Maintain a roadway LOS of C with a peak hour LOS
  of D
• Land Use Element
• Encourage moderate and above mod housing
  throughout City
• Achieve optimal balance of res., com., ind., and
  open space uses
• Encourage infill development and contiguous
  development
• Coordinate school location and site design with
  school district

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Content of General Plan

• Community Design Element
• Encourage planting of street trees and
  landscaping, walkable neighborhoods and
  innovative site planning and housing design
• Ensure signs are compatible with streetscape, no
  outdoor billboards
• Height and scale of new development should be
  compatible with surrounding buildings and roof
  equipment screened from view
• Public Services and Facilities Element
• Ensure that infrastructure keeps pace with
  development
• Continue to update sewer, water and storm drain
  mps as needed
• New growth shall provide adequate means of
  funding the expansion of services and facilities

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Graphic Plans

• Land Use Map
• Location of single-family, multi-family housing
• Location of commercial land uses
• Location of industrial land uses
• Location of future public facilities, especially
  schools (although not parcel specific) and
  parkland
• Circulation Map
• Location of Arterials, Collectors and Minor
  Collectors
• Future connectivity

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Proposed Land Use Circulation Map
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Next Steps

• Started Initial Study (Mid January 06)
• PC CC Study Session for Draft General Plan
  (1-24-06)
• Circulate Initial Study/NOP (2-13-06) (30 Days)
• Start Draft EIR (2-13-06)
• Circulate Draft EIR (3-30-06) (45 Days)
• Start Final EIR (5-14-06)
• PC Meeting, Recommend Adoption to CC (5-22-06)
• Circulate Final EIR (5-29-06) (10 Days)
• CC Meeting, Review General Plan, (6-14-06)
• CC Adoption of Gen. Plan Certification of EIR
  (6-28-06)