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Home My WebLink About4d_General Plan and State Mandates_Additional MaterialsGeneral Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item Nos. 3, 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d Additional Materials Received From: Zdeba, Benjamin To: Lee. Amanda Cc: Ramirez, Brittany Subject: FW: Written comments on GPU Steering Committee agenda items (4/3/2019) Date: Tuesday, April 02, 2019 4:05:57 PM Attachments: 2019ADr03 GPU Steerina Committee Aaenda Comments JimMosher.Ddf image001.pnno Hi Amanda, Please see attached comments received on Item Nos. III, IV.a, IV.b, IV.c, and IV.d for the GPUSC meeting tomorrow evening. Thanks, Ben Z. BENJAMIN M. ZDEBA, AICP Community Development Department Associate Planner bzdeba(a)newoortbeachca. aov 949-644-3253 From: Jim Mosher <jimmosher@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2019 3:40 PM To: Campbell, Jim <JCampbell@newportbeachca.gov>; Zdeba, Benjamin <bzdeba@new portbeachca.gov> Subject: Written comments on GPU Steering Committee agenda items (4/3/2019) Please find attached some comments I have BCC'd to the Newport Beach General Plan Update Steering Committee members for their consideration at their April 3, 2019, meeting. Yours sincerely, Jim Mosher General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item Nos. 3, 4a, 4b, 4c and 4d Additional Materials Received April 3, 2019, GPU SC agenda comments from Jim Mosher Page 4 of 4 Item IV.b. Housing Element and Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) - Status and Schedule One might have hoped some background information would have been posted to assist committee members and the public in preparing for this item, including the City's annual Housing Element status report reviewed by the City Council at its March 26 meeting, as well as the staff report for that meeting. Links to the SCAG RHNA page and the HCD RHNA page (including the latter's Public Participation requirements and advice) would also have been helpful. Item IV.c. Circulation Element and City's Traffic Model As with Item IV.b, it would have been helpful to provide some background information for review in advance of the meeting. Item IV.d. General Plan and State Mandates This agenda heading is so terse that it likely does not meet the Brown Act requirement of meaningfully informing the public of what will be discussed in advance of the meeting, with enough detail that they can decide whether they should attend, or not. ? �P Q 2 x �•rr f w u • A } a•�' r �� rCt,#d KA � ovorl PR General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates NEWPORT BEACH GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Es GP Update Steering Committee April 3, 2019 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates ✓ General Plan Requirements provided in Government Code Section 65300-65303.4 ✓ Comprehensive, integrated, internally consistent and compatible policies ✓ Development policies with a diagram ■ land use map(s) ✓ Extensive update to State preparation guidelines published in20J-7 Community Development Department - Planning Division 2 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Mandatory Elements: • Land Use • Circulation 0 Housing (regular updates required) • Conservation • Open -space • Noise • Safety • Environmental Justice Community Development Department - Planning Division 3 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Additional City Elements: • Harbor and Bay • Historical Resources • Recreation • Arts and Cultural Internal consistency required Community Development Department - Planning Division 4 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Land Use — general distribution of land uses, population density, building intensity, areas subject to flooding, timber production, and consider growth on military readiness. — no mandate to update Circulation — general location and extent of major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, military airports and ports, and local utilities — all correlated with the general plan. No mandate to update, but a substantive revision today must include a plan for balanced, multi -modal transportation network for all users of streets, roads, and highways for safe convenient travel — 11complete streets" Community Development Department - Planning Division 5 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Housing — assessment existing and future housing needs, analysis of population and employment trends, analysis of household characteristics, inventory of suitable and available housing sites, an analysis of constraints, special needs housing, etc. Policies must accommodate City's share of regional housing needs for all income levels. Update required by October 2021 Draft RHNA - Winter 2020 Final RHNA — October 2020 Community Development Department - Planning Division 6 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Conservation - conservation, development and utilization of natural resources that may cover: land reclamation, prevention and control of pollution and erosion, regulation of streams, protection of watersheds, and the location/quantity of rock, sand and gravel resources. No mandate to update, but next revision must identify rivers, streams, flood corridors, riparian habitats, and land to accommodate floodwater for groundwater recharge. Open -space - land for preservation of natural resources, managed for production of resources (agriculture, timber, etc.), outdoor recreation, public health and safety, military installations. Plan must contain an action program. No mandate to update." �11 Community Development Department - Planning Division 7 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Noise — appraisal of current and future noise problems from: Major local streets, arterials, highways and freeways, railroads, ground rapid transit, aviation, industrial plants, other stationary sources Noise contours are required Purpose is to guide land uses and develop possible solutions. No mandate to update Community Development Department - Planning Division General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Safety — protection from unreasonable risks from earthquakes, landslides, tsunami, flooding, fire and climate change. More recent areas for increased focus: Flooding (required with HE update after Zoog) • Wildland and urban fire (required with HE update after 2013) • Climate change adaptation (required with LHMP update after 2016) Includes a vulnerability assessment, adaptation and resilience goals, implementation measures, methods to avoid or minimize impacts to new uses and essential public facilities, identification of natural sy ems that may be used to increase resiliency. SAFETY FIRST Community Development Department - Planning Division 9 General Plan Update Steering Committee - April 3, 2019 Item No. 4d Additional Materials Presented At Meeting General Plan and State Mandates Environmental Justice - Identify "disadvantaged communities" and ways to reduce compounded health risks to pollution exposure Promotion of public facilities, food access, safe and sanitary homes, and physical activity. It must promote civil engagement in the public decision- making process and prioritize improvements/programs that address the needs of disadvantaged communities. No mandate to update, but required with the adoption or revision of two or more elements concurrently. Coastal Act Community Development Department - Planning Division io