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General Plan Update Status Report

General Plan Update Status Report. Presentation to HOA Presidents January 29, 2008. Why Update the General Plan?. State Law – Housing Element must be updated every 5 years; due in July 2008.

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General Plan Update Status Report

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  1. General Plan UpdateStatus Report Presentation to HOA Presidents January 29, 2008

  2. Why Update the General Plan? • State Law – Housing Element must be updated every 5 years; due in July 2008. • State Law – Overall General Plan should be updated no less frequently than every 10 years; Current plan is 13 years old. • Some aspects of the 1995 General Plan have become obsolete. • Calabasas needed a plan for a brand new city in 1995; now it requires a plan for a city that is fully functional and continuing to innovate.

  3. What is GPAC? • City Council created the General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC) by Resolution on September 27, 2006. • The purpose of the GPAC is to serve as an ad hoc, temporary, advisory body to the Planning Commission and City Council in the preparation and adoption of an updated General Plan, consistently with the California Zoning and Planning Law.

  4. Who are GPAC? The 20 appointed members to GPAC are as follows: • 2 appointed by each Council member (10 total) • 2 appointed by Council at-large • 2 appointed by the Planning Commission • 1 each appointed by other City Commissions (6 total)

  5. Staff & Consultants Rincon Consultants City Planning Staff Maureen Tamuri Tom Bartlett Isidro Figueroa • Joe Power • Stephen Svete • Mike Gailketsis • Eric Justesen – RRM Design Group • Diane Bathgate - RRM Design Group Sub - Consultants • Scott Schell – ATE (Traffic) • Joyce Parker-Bozylinski (Code update) • Karen Warner (Housing)

  6. Progress Thus Far Four phases over 21 months (Jan. 2007-Sept. 2008): • Phase 1: Public outreach, assessment, and land use alternatives development • Phase 2: General Plan Policy/Element Development • Phase 3: General Plan Update Completion • Phase 4: Development Code Update

  7. Upcoming GPAC Meeting Schedule Jan. 17 Complete Land Use & Safety Elements Feb. 7 Open Space, Parks/Recreation, Conservation, & Cultural Resources Feb. 21 Circulation Element Mar. 6 Community Design Element Mar. 20 Housing& Services/Infrastructure/ Technology Elements Apr. 3 Review of complete draft General Plan NOTE: The Noise Element has already been completed

  8. Community Outreach • Ten GPAC meetings (to date) • Two public workshops • Two-day visioning charrette • Community telephone survey • Stakeholder discussions/interviews • 4th of July information booth • City website

  9. Follow Progress on City’s Web Site

  10. 1995 General Plan Build-out Analysis

  11. Current v. GPAC-Recommended Map Land Use Breakdown* * Breakdown within existing City limits

  12. What Have People Told Us? • Environmental policy deemed very important • Citizens prefer clearly understood rules for development (72%) • Limit City’s growth and live within established limits (more than 60%) • Protect a ‘rural lifestyle’ (79%), & protect existing neighborhoods (56%) • Most (65%) said they prefer a balanced development approach • Most citizens desire a ‘balanced’ transportation system (58%) • Affordable housing was generally not supported (just 42%) • Preserve open space (80%) * The complete detailed survey results are available via City’s web site.

  13. Housing Element:RHNA Compliance • Per State law, all cities must provide their fair share of future housing capacity and affordable housing programs (see CGC 65580 et. seq.) • In Southern CA, SCAG administered the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) process (for cycle covering 2006 – 2014) • The RHNA for Calabasas was originally 870 new housing units, but was appealed and reduced to 521 units.

  14. Regional Housing Needs (RHNA)

  15. RHNA and Densities

  16. Preliminary Land Use Map Remaining 2%: • More Open Space • More mixed-use • Mobile Home Park – unchanged, but rezone to match the Plan 98% Unchanged

  17. The Preliminary Draft Land Use Map

  18. Calabasas Road and Craftsman’s Corner

  19. Las Virgenes/Agoura Road Area

  20. General PlanEnvironmental Impact Report • Required under CEQA • Must analyze potential impacts to air quality, noise, aesthetics, historic & cultural resources, traffic, geology & soils, biology (flora & fauna), water availability and water quality • Must consider alternatives and compare potential impacts against impacts from the recommended alternative

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