Corcoran General Plan Update

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Corcoran General Plan Update

• City Council/Planning Commission
• Kick-Off
• October 12, 2005

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Meeting Objectives

• Background Information and Growth Assumptions
• State Required Issues to Address
• General Plan Consistency (Land Use, Circulation,
  etc.)
• Conformity of Circulation with Land Use
• Adequacy of Fee Mechanism to Mitigate Impacts
• Housing Element Already Adopted
• Schedule, Work Program and Decision Points
• Obtain Input Regarding Issues
• Planning Area Boundary
• Expansion Area Options
• Planning Horizon
• General Plan Features to Retain
• Wrap Up and Next Steps

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Significant Local Issues to Address

• Community Character
• Balance of Jobs and Housing
• Commercial in conformance with growth in
  residential
• Residential proportional to increase in job
  creation
• Fiscal Balance of Land Uses
• Ensuring a mix of commercial, office and
  industrial
• Future Circulation System Components
• Design Guidelines for SH 43 Corridor and Major
  Gateways
• Neighborhood Traffic Calming
• Downtown Preservation and Viability
• Mix of land uses to support downtown
• Residential, office, entertainment and
  institutional

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Significant Local Issues to Address

• Accommodation of local population growth and
  reasonable share of regional growth
• Address infrastructure and resource constraints
• Ensure that traffic does not exceed capacity
• Preserve prime farmland
• Address fiscal and environmental constraints
• Pace development with infrastructure and service
  demands

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State Requirements to Address

• Conformity of Land Use and Circulation Elements
• Ability of circulation system to support land
  uses
• Maintenance of specified level of service
• Access to properties adjacent to railroad
  corridors

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State Requirements to Address

• Adequacy of General Plan
• Consistency of all elements
• Consistency of General Plan and Zoning
• Zoning must be consistent with General Plan map
  and policies
• Must be possible to make a consistent
  interpretation and application under the same set
  of facts (not arbitrary)
• Establishment of Goals, Policies and Programs
  hierarchy
• Policies and programs to implement longer term
  goals
• Simplify and consolidate where possible clarify
  where necessary

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Work Program

• Joint PC/CC Meeting to Identify Issues
• Background (Existing Conditions) Report
• Community Visioning Workshop
• Development of Alternatives by Consultant and
  GPAC
• Draft General Plan
• Community Review (Newsletter) of Draft General
  Plan
• PC/CC Joint Meeting to Review
• Revised Draft General Plan
• Environmental Impact Report
• Final Adoption by PC and CC

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Schedule
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Existing Vacant/Undeveloped Land
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Existing General Plan
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Community Development Needs2005-2025
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Needed Residential by 2025 (160 Acre Increments)
2,900 People
2,900 People
2,900 People

approx. 9,651 people
Needed Commercial by 2025 (40 Acre Increments)
Needed industrial by 2025 (40 Acre Increments)
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Comments From PC CC

• Community and Urban Design Issues
• Narrower streets with landscaping strip and
  sidewalk
• Front porches, variety of elevations and siding
• Garages recessed or detached
• Neighborhoods within walking distance to retail,
  employment, school, recreation, etc.
• Pedestrian and bike paths in new neighborhoods
  that connect to city-wide paths

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Comments From PC CC

• Appropriateness of geographic extent of the
  Planning (Study) Area?
• Nevada/Tulare County Border/Redding/9th?
• What is the Planning Horizon for the Project? 20
  years?
• What are the Desired Outcomes of the General Plan
  Update?
• Commercial Development?
• Industrial Development?
• Residential Development?
• Quality of Life?
• What Do You Like About the Community That You
  Want to Preserve?
• What Would You Like to Change?

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Next Steps, Schedule

• October 12, 2005 PC/CC Study Session on GP
  Update
• October 19, 2005 Community Vision Workshop
• October 26, 2005 Joint PC/CC/GPAC Mtg. Review
  Community Workshop and Preliminary Data Give
  Direction Planning Principles
• November, 2005 GPAC Meeting, Review Completed
  Reports Elements
• December, 2005 GPAC Meeting, Review Remaining
  Elements
• January, 2006 GPAC Meeting, Review Draft General
  Plan
• January, 2006 PC/CC Joint Meeting on Draft
  General Plan
• February, 2006 Draft EIR Prepared
• March, 2006 Program EIR Circulated
• May, 2006 End of EIR Review Period
• May, 2006 PC Hearing On GP, Zoning and Sphere
  Amendments
• June, 2006 CC Public Hearing on GP, EIR and
  Zoning