Economic Development Committee
July 24, 2024

1 City of Rialto Focused General Plan Update
Economic Development Committee Hearing
JULY 2 4 , 2024PRESENTATION BY: DUDEK

2 Agenda
01 02
03 04
05 Introduction
Project Overview
Phases of Outreach
General Plan Update
Highlights
Discussion
06 Recommendation
3 01 Introduction
4  Rialto Community Development Department,
Planning Division
⎯ With input across departments
 Dudek
 Support
⎯ Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
Project T eam

5 02 Project Overview
Purpose and Regulatory Background
6 Project Overview
 The City is doing a Focused General Plan
Update (GPU) for the following elements:
⎯ Land Use
⎯ Safety
⎯ Environmental Justice
⎯ Circulation
 Timeline: January 2023 – Summer 2024

7 General Plan Overview
 Cities update their General Plans ~ every 20 – 30 years  Serves as a comprehensive policy document for informing future decisions.  Help shape and improve quality of life for residents and businesses.  General Plans are required to have the following elements:
 Land Use
 Circulation
 Housing
 Conservation
 Open Space
 Noise
 Safety
 Air Quality*
 Environmental Justice*
* Optional or conditionally required elements
8 Land Use, Safety, and Circulation Elements’ Purpose
 The Land Use Element is being updated to retain
consistency with the newly updated Housing
Element.
 The Safety Element is required to be updated to
meet certain laws related to climate change
projections, vulnerable populations, and
evacuation.
 The Circulation Element is updating
transportation data and truck route figure

9 Environmental Justice Element Overview
The Environmental Justice Element is brand new for Rialto. Environmental justice is the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.

Its requirements are shaped by Senate Bill 1000, and generally covers 6 pillars:

1. Access to Healthy Food

2. Promote Exercise
- Access to Parks
- Safe Walking and Biking

3. Reduce Pollution
- Air Pollution
- Hazardous Materials

4. Access to Public Facilities
- Public Transportation
- Libraries and Community Centers

5. Promote Safe and Sanitary Homes

6. Promote Civic Engagement
10 03 Outreach
11 Outreach Phases 1 and 2
 Where We’ve Been…

COLLECTING
DATA

DEFINING

COMMUNITY

PRIORITIES

DISCUSSING
POLICY
12 Outreach Phase 3
PLAN

PREPARATION
PUBLIC
REVIEW

ADDRESS

COMMENTS
PUBLIC

HEARINGS
 Where We Are Today…
13 Spreading the Word
 Project webpage
 Email blasts
 Publications, like the
Rialto Progress
magazine
 Social Media

14 Public Outreach Summary
 Citywide Survey
⎯ Mailed to 25,000 households
⎯ 205 respondents
 Community Outreach Events
⎯ Phase 1: 194 attendees
⎯ Phase 2: 24 attendees
Total: 218 attendees
 Community Advisory Committee
⎯ 10 members; 3 meetings covering each phase
 Public Review
⎯ Received comments from 2 residents and 1
agency

15 Engagement Schedule

16 04
General Plan Update
Highlights
17  Aligns Truck Routes in Element with
Ordinance 1684 (February 2023)
 Removed
⎯ Riverside Avenue
⎯ from Locust Avenue to Ayala Drive
⎯ Ayala Drive
⎯ From Casmalia Street to Riverside Avenue
⎯ From I-210 Freeway to Baseline Road
⎯ Baseline Road
⎯ From Cedar Avenue to East City Limits
⎯ Pepper Avenue
⎯ I-210 Freeway to Rialto Avenue
⎯ Santa Ana Avenue
⎯ Between West City Limits and East City Limits
Making Connections – Circulation Chapter
18  Introduction
 Land Use
⎯ Physical Context for the Land Use Policy
⎯ Vacant Land and Infill Opportunities
⎯ Land Use Plan
⎯ Development Opportunity Areas
⎯ Implications of Land Use Policy
 Community Design
⎯ Community Design Context
⎯ Creating a Sense of Place for Rialto
⎯ Public Realm – Gateways, Corridors, and Districts
⎯ Private Realm– Architecture, Landscaping, and Quality Development  Open Space and Recreation
⎯ Parks in Rialto
⎯ Park Needs
 Conservation
 Goals and Policies
Managing Our Land Supply
19 Managing Our Land Supply
• Updates/Additions include:
• An updated Land Use Map to reflect Housing
Element
• Additional opportunities for retail/commercial
uses to create vibrant centers within the City
• Emphasis on annexation of unincorporated
islands
• Addressing land use incompatibilities related to
industrials
• Enhancement of public gathering spaces
through temporary uses
• Allow more resident-serving facilities such as
grocery stores

20  Introduction
⎯ Relation to Other Planning Documents
⎯ Overview of Regulatory Requirements
 Safety Concerns in Rialto
⎯ Extreme Heat
⎯ Flooding
⎯ Geologic and Seismic Hazards
⎯ Hazardous Materials
⎯ Wildfires
⎯ Emergency Preparation and Response
⎯ Gangs
⎯ Noise
⎯ Wind Hazards
 Goals and Policies

21 • Updates/Additions include:
• Homeowner assistance and resources for
defensible space maintenance
• Tracking and enforcing overgrown vegetation
and landscaping
• Increasing public safety education
opportunities
• Incorporating evacuation strategies like an
emergency shuttle
• Coordinating with community leaders and
vulnerable populations to ensure two-way
communication

22  Introduction
⎯ Connection to Regulatory Requirements
⎯ Relation to Other Planning Documents
⎯ Disadvantaged Communities (DACs)
⎯ Community Engagement Efforts for
Development of the EJ Element
 Environmental Justice Issues in Rialto
⎯ Community Engagement
⎯ Pollution Exposure
⎯ Public Health and Physical Activity
⎯ Access to Public Facilities
⎯ Access to Healthy Food
⎯ Safe and Sanitary Homes
 Goals and Policies

23 • Updates/Additions to goals and policies
include:
• Providing additional opportunities and access
improvements for public engagement
• Offer a food assistance database
• Requiring bilingual (English-Spanish) outreach
materials and meeting support
• Reestablishing the Rialto Institute for Progress
• Including cultural sensitivity training for staff
and incentivize it for consultants

24 05 Discussion
25 06 Recommendation
26 Thank you! For more information:

Paul Gonzales
Community Development, Manager
909-301-3005
[email protected]
www.yourrialto.com