Policy Analysis - General Plan Update, Planning and Community Development Department

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General Plan Update
POLICY ANALYSIS

LIMITED SCOPE

The Policy Analysis Project of the General Plan Update is intended to identify:

Existing policies that are difficult to interpret, implement and require clarification
Outdated policies and,
New policy ideas that should be introduced in to the General Plan.

Planning staff has met with several agencies and County Departments to identify such issues and is in the process of meeting with other agencies. Because of the variety of ideas and issues identified by the multiple agencies, varying levels of problems have been identified that range from minor edit problems to entertaining the idea of changing the approach of certain existing policies.

Subsequently, issues are then grouped in to topics for discussion and, draft language are prepared by Planning staff & the agency staff. The draft language will be presented to focus group sessions for public input.

MAJOR TOPICS

The following are identified as major sub-topics of the Policy Analysis Project of the General Plan Update. Minor topics that relate to editing are not listed below. Note that additional topics may be created as the Update progresses.

Conservation Element
- Add County's tree mitigation measures as policies
- Incorporate discussion or policy referring to the Water Forum Agreement
- Address numerous other issues as needed
Air Quality Element
- Revise County 's Air Quality Program mitigation measures
- Incorporate new policies such as Cool Communities and Transportation Management Funding
Circulation Element:
- Incorporate County's ADA & Pedestrian Master Plan efforts
- Delete the requirement for Congestion Management Plan per State Law
- Incorporate the Congestion Relief Study
- Incorporate Regional Transit's various studies and plans & efforts by the Transit for Livable Communities
Land Use Element:
- Revisit the County's Transit Oriented Development strategies
- Incorporate County's commercial urban design guidelines efforts
- Incorporate Blueprint and Smart Growth-related strategies and policies

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS

Focus Groups have not been formed for the above topics. If you are interested in providing input relative to the topics above, contact Dave Defanti Project Manager, (916) 874-6141.