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HomeMy WebLinkAboutprojobjdft1107051_gr PROJECT OBJECTIVES The project seeks to achieve the objectives identified by GPAC and the community during the extensive public outreach and public information process. The project objectives are consistent with the Visioning Statement developed by GPAC and approved by both the Planning Commission and the City Council. The overall Project objective is to create a blueprint for land use and related decisions for a period of 20 years beginning on the date the General Plan amendments are approved by the voters. The overall Project objective includes the following specific Project objectives that, when combined, represent the blueprint for the future. 1. Establish land use and related policies and implementation measures that will preserve and enhance the unique charm, beauty and character of our residential neighborhoods. and the well deserved reputation as world class residential community with a diversity of coastal and upland neighborhoods. These policies include development standards, including design principles, that enable individual neighborhoods to maintain their own “village” character and public infrastructure policies that protect public views while ensuring that trees and landscaping are preserved except in those areas where private views are of paramount importance to the neighborhood. When appropriate, such as in the case of Banning Ranch, reduce existing entitlement and provide a mechanism for the purchase of some or all of the property for open space purposes. 2. Modify land uses, densities and intensities only in those areas, such as the Airport Area and Fashion Island, where different land uses and intensities are consistent with a conservative growth strategy that avoids any adverse impact on our natural resources and our recreational opportunities, reduces, in comparison to the existing General Plan, the peak hour trips that could be generated by permitted development and are beneficial to both the economy and the character of the City. 3. Establish policies and implementation measures that protect and enhance the resource value of, the recreational opportunities in and public access to all of our open space and natural resources including Upper Newport Bay, Newport Harbor, Crystal Cove State Park, beaches and recreation areas. The policies and implementation measures must include means and mechanisms for ensure that adequate resources are devoted to achieving objectives – such as outstanding water quality – necessary to the preservation and enhancement of our recreational and natural resources. The policies and implementation should also ensure that public parking, bicycle trails and pedestrian facilities are sized and located in a manner that will serve visitors in a manner that minimize impacts on residents. The natural resource policies shall also ensure opportunities and facilities for first-hand natural resource related learning experiences for children and adults to augment the excellent education provided by Newport Mesa Unified School District and the numerous private schools such as Sage Hill School. 4. Modify land uses, densities and intensities so that, during the next twenty years, the traffic generated by land uses in Newport Beach is reduced in comparison to the existing General Plan and consider traffic improvements that will improve traffic flow without providing for massive circulation system improvements that would change the character of the City and provide additional capacity only for regional traffic. – trips with no origin or destination in Newport Beach. The Ninfrastru20 year Traffic flows smoothly throughout the community. The transportation and circulation system is safe and convenient for automobiles and public transportation, and friendly to pedestrians and bicycles. 5. Adopt land use, community service and recreation policies that ensure preservation and enhancement of those community services, facilities and programs that contribute to the quality of life. The policies and implementation measures should confirm the importance of our libraries, parks and cultural facilities and identify means by which the high quality of those facilities and programs will be maintained if not enhanced. The policies should also identify the means by which the City can improve facilities, services and programs at OASIS while building on the cooperative agreement between the City and the Friends of OASIS. The policies should also encourage resident access to high quality health care and ensure that facilities such as Hoag Hospital have the ability to construct and maintain the facilities necessary to provide first class health care to all Newport Beach residents. 6. Ensure the City continues to provide first rate municipal services, such as police, fire, lifeguard, refuse collection/recycling, street/sidewalk maintenance and tree trimming through its own forces or through contracts with the private sector so that streets are both clean and safe. 7. Identify and implement policies that will allow Newport Beach to continue to attract visitors to its harbor, beaches, restaurants and shops with as little impact as possible on residents and the natural resources. Establish policies and implementation measures designed to encourage revitalization of older and economically challenged commercial areas. such as West Newport and Balboa Village so that the areas become a community resource and have a positive rather than a negative impact on the value of nearby property. 8. Identify and implement policies and implementation measures that will maintain Newport Harbor as one of the premier small boat recreational boating harbors in the world. Establish means by which necessary harbor improvements and facilities, such as dredging of navigational channels and shore berthing facilities can be accomplished with little or no overall impact on the environment. Ensure that the recreational boating community has adequate berthing/mooring areas, access to the vessel servicing facilities and waterways that are free of debris and navigational hazards. 9. Continue with on-going efforts to control and contain noise and traffic impacts associated with operation of aircraft at John Wayne Airport so that those impacts do not significant impact our quality of life and property value. These efforts include preserving and extending when appropriate the JWA Settlement Agreement and the pursuit of other means and methods to ensure that JWA impacts on the community are minimized in light of the political realities and regional transportation needs of the area. 10. Modify the Land Use Element and other elements to reflect changes in the law and planning practices that have occurred in the 17 years since the last comprehensive amendments were approved. 11. Provide effective means to ensure compliance with Section 423 of the Charter.