Natomas Joint Vision
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Competition to Collaboration: In the late 1990s Sacramento City and County were both pursuing projects that would urbanize a substantial portion of the Natomas Basin. Both jurisdictions decided, however, that it would be mutually beneficial to plan the area cooperatively. Starting in 2001, City and County staff met to discuss a process for planning the unincorporated Natomas area. This gave rise to the City/County Joint Vision for Natomas. The two jurisdictions coordinated and along with input from stakeholders created the basic principles for development in the area.
Memorandum of Understanding: On December 10, 2002 the County Board of Supervisors and the Sacramento City Council each approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that outlined a joint vision for land use and revenue sharing principles for Natomas. The MOU recognized the City as the agent of development and the County as the agent of permanent open space, habitat, and farmland/ranchland preservation.
The MOU defined a set of guiding principles for the implementation of the following goals:
- Proactively guide future urban growth for more efficient use of the land, while securing permanent preservation of open space/farmland at a mitigation ratio of at least one-to-one.
- Improve future air quality through efficient land use, which reduces automobile travel by accommodating future growth according to Smart Growth principles adopted by City Council (Smart Growth Principles/Resolution).
- Provide for revenue sharing between the City and County to prevent competition for tax revenues and promote balanced regional planning.
- Protect future airport operations.
Open Space Program: The Open Space Program (OSP) is designed to identify mitigation and funding mechanisms to help guide the implementation of open space goals and policies adopted by the City and County in the December 2002 Natomas Joint Vision MOU. The OSP is evaluating the habitat-open space-agricultural values of the Natomas Joint Vision area to establish objectivity for decision making. The City and County are sharing the cost of the OSP.
Municipal Services Review, Sphere of Influence Amendment, and Environmental Impact Report: The City is preparing a Municipal Services Review to provide a public service analysis for their proposed Sphere of Influence Amendment (SOI). This information combined with information from the Open Space Program will provide a framework for project description and any alternatives in the Sphere of Influence Environmental Impact Report.
The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will assess the impacts of actions on biological resources related to the existing Natomas Basin Habitat Conservation Plan (NBHCP) and the effects of additional development for the development/preservation balance set out in the NBHCP. The EIR will be prepared for use by the City, County, and LAFCo in their evaluation of the effects of the City’s SOI and necessary text and map amendments to both the City and County General Plans. The EIR is being prepared jointly by LAFCo and the City as co-lead agencies; the County is participating as a responsible agency.
Final Draft
Open Space Report 
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Final
Draft Open Space Report – Addendum
Natomas Joint Vision Open Space Plan
First Workshop Presentation
Fourth Workshop
Presentation
City-County Memorandum of Understanding
Joint Vision Flow Chart
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors General Website: Includes information on how to contact Board members.
http://www.bos.saccounty.net/
Local Agency Formation Commission General Website: Contains basic information on the annexation process and the function of LAFCo.
http://www.saclafco.org/
City of Sacramento Planning Department, Natomas Joint Vision: Access to related documents by the City of Sacramento.
http://www.cityofsacramento.org/planning/projects/natomas-joint-vision/index.cfm
Sacramento County Planning Department
Julie Car, Project Manager, (916) 874-6141, carj@saccounty.net
City of Sacramento Planning Department
Scot Mende, New Growth Manager, (916) 808-4756, smende@cityofsacramento.org
Helen Selph, Open Space Program, (916) 808-7852, hselph@cityofsacramento.org
Arwen Wacht, Annexations, (916) 808-1964, awacht@cityofsacramento.org
Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo)
Don Lockhart, Asst. Executive Officer, (916) 874-2937, donald.lockhart@saclafco.org
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