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Home My WebLink About65G - GENERAL PLAN UPDATEREQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 5, 2018 TITLE: CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN UPDATE -STATUS REPORT {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3,2A) I Lf2 CI ANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1a' Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2"d Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Receive and file City of Santa Ana General Plan Update status report. DISCUSSION City Council adopted the Santa Ana Strategic Plan in 2014 which was the result of an extensive community outreach process and established specific goals, objectives, and strategies to guide the City's major efforts during the next five years. The Strategic Plan identified seven key goals that served as the focus for the development of the objectives and strategies. One of the key strategies is to complete a comprehensive update of the City's General Plan including the development of policies and implementation measures that directly relate to the goal of equitable economic development. The General Plan Update was initiated in November 2015. The Planning Division in collaboration with the Community Engagement and Neighborhood Initiatives Program conducted an extensive community outreach effort between December 2015 and July 2016. Designed to define the character of our city, the first outreach effort asked community members what they enjoyed most about their neighborhood and their city and to describe their greatest concerns about their neighborhood and city. Participants included residents, local leaders, the business community, community stakeholders, advocacy group representatives, and a summer program led by local youth focused on youth concerns. In all, over 40 public meetings or events were held with 457 people participating. The results were summarized in the Santa Ana General Plan Update Community Outreach Executive Summary distributed to City Council in October 2016. In order to guaranty the community's stated goals and vision are embodied in the new plan, a General Plan Advisory Group (GPAG) was formed in January 2017 to extrapolate the issues and incorporate the input from the community outreach effort. The 18 individuals invited to participate in the General Plan Advisory Group reflected our diverse community with senior, youth, business, neighborhood, and other community representatives. The General Plan Advisory Group also 65G-1 City of Santa Ana General Plan Update June 5, 2018 Page 2 included members of City Boards and Commissions and the Santa Ana Unified School District. Initially, the group refined the issues. The group then produced a draft vision statement for the City. For each of the General Plan elements, the GPAG refined draft goals and policies and produced a conceptual Land Use Map. This work effort will become the basis for the policy framework as part of the General Plan document. In December 2017, the City Council approved the Memorandum of Understanding with Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) and contract agreements for planning consultants to provide technical support as part of a Sustainability Planning Grant for $325,000 by SCAG. Staff has commenced technical work coordination with consultants in preparation of the draft document and evaluation of land use focus areas. Currently, staff is preparing 'a draft General Plan policy framework for future City Council consideration. In addition, a second community outreach will be initiated. Based on the initial community outreach effort and the GPAG work, the policy document will include a vision statement, goals, policies, and land use map alternatives. Staff anticipates completion of the General Plan Policy Framework by the end of 2018 and completion of second community outreach effort during the first half of 2019. The following are key milestones and next steps towards completion of the General Plan: • Secure funding for General Plan Environmental (EIR)/Technical Studies (Summer 2018) • Vision, Core Values and Land Use Study Areas — Council Study Session (Summer 2018) • Kick Off Community Outreach Program Phase 2 (Summer 2018) • RFP for EIRlfechnical studies consultant — (Fall 2018) • Draft General Plan Policy Framework completed (Winter 2018) • EIR Complete (Spring 2020) • Adoption of General Plan Update (Spring 2020) The total cost for the comprehensive update to the City's General Plan is estimated at approximately 3 million dollars with a projected completion date of March 2020. FY2015-16, PBA was appropriated 1 million dollars through the Addressing Maintenance Enhancing Services (AMES) Plan. At the conclusion of FY2017-18, total expenditures from the AMES Plan are projected to be $850,000 and the remaining balance of $150,000 will carry forward to FY2018-19. Projected expenditures for FY2018-19 and FY2019-20 are $2,155,570. Of this amount, approximately $475,000 will be sourced from grant dollars from SCAG and the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD); $150,000 AMES Plan balance carry forward; $30,570 from PBA's operational accounts; and anticipated $1.5 Million in General Funds. 65G-2 City of Santa Ana General Plan Update June 5, 2018 Page 3 STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT The General Plan Update supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #3 — Economic Development, Objective #2 (Create new opportunities for business/job growth and encourage private development through new General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Policies), Strategy A (Complete a comprehensive update of the City's General Plan including the development of policies and implementation measures that directly relate to equitable economic development). FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact with this action. Minh Thai Executive Director Planning and Building Agency VC:rb S:RFCAIOB-05-1 B\GenemIPlanUpdate CC 6 5 18 65G-3 65G-4