DATE:
March 22, 2022
CATEGORY:
Consent
DEPT.:
Community Development
TITLE: 2021 General Plan Annual Progress
Report
RECOMMENDATION
Review and accept the 2021 General Plan Annual Progress Report (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
BACKGROUND
General Plan Action Annual Progress Report
In 2012, the City Council adopted the 2030 General Plan and the related General Plan Action Plan.
The 2030 General Plan Action Plan is a list of action items that carry out the General Plan’s goals and policies. These action items include programs, plans, studies, ordinance updates, and other measures.
Government Code Section 65400 requires cities to prepare an Annual Progress Report on General Plan implementation. The report must be reviewed and accepted by the City Council and the California Office of Planning Research (OPR) on an annual basis.
Environmental Planning Commission
The 2021 General Plan Annual Progress Report was presented to the Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) for review on March 2, 2022 . The EPC unanimously recommended that the City Council accept the Annual Progress Report. The EPC also expressed interest in providing input on the General Plan policies and programs still to be implemented and acknowledged the opportunity to do so through their role in recommending future actions as part of the Housing Element Update process and the City Council biannual goal-setting process.
2021 General Plan Annual Progress Report
March 22, 2022
ANALYSIS
General Plan Actions
The General Plan Annual Progress Report includes three tables of General Plan action items.
Table 1 includes items which have not started, are currently in progress, or were completed during 2021 (Exhibit A to Attachment 1). Table 2 includes items that were completed prior to 2021 (Exhibit B to Attachment 1). Table 3 includes items which are achieved through day-to-day operations, practices, and policies (Exhibit C to Attachment 1).
Since last year’s 2020 General Plan Action Item Update, several items have been completed and/or reclassified as ongoing practices:
• Adoption of new park land dedication standards to allow publicly accessible, privately owned park land wi th developments (POS 1.2.1 —Update Zoning Ordinance open space requirements).
• Creation of the North Bayshore District Sustainability Performance Monitoring webpage.
• Conversion of City streetlights and parking lot lights to LEDs (INC 13.1.2 —Efficient City infrastructure—Reclassified to “Ongoing”).
• Tracking of building permits finalized for renewable energy projects (INC 14.1.1—Track new renewable energy installations—Reclassified to “Ongoing”).
General Plan Action Plan Implementation
The purpose of this report is to provide a status update on General Plan Actions. If of interest, Council will have the option to reprioritize or modify General Plan Actions in the context of the development of the next two-year Council Work Plan cycle for the Fiscal Years 2023-25 Strategic Roadmap.
FISCAL IMPACT—None.
NEXT STEPS
Staff will submit the Annual Housing Progress Report to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research on March 28, 202 2 and will continue to implement General Plan actions that are ongoing or underway.
2021 General Plan Annual Progress Report
March 22, 2022
PUBLIC NOTICING—Agenda posting.
Prepared by:
Brittany Whitehill
Associate Planner
Eric Anderson
Advanced Planning Manager
Approved by:
Aarti Shrivastava
Assistant City Manager/
Community Development Director
Audrey Seymour Ramberg
Assistant City Manager/
Chief Operating Officer
BW-EA/BW/4/CAM
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Attachments: 1. 2021 Draft General Plan Annual Progress Report
2. EPC Staff Report, March 2, 2021