Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
City Council
October 22, 2024
Item 8.1
Presenters:
Martina Davis, Division Manager, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement
Citywide Planning Overview
• General Plan
• Housing/Housing Element
• Ordinance and Policy
• Urban Village and Station Area
Planning
• Data and Analytics
• Special Projects
• Destination Home
• 19 staff + Deputy Director (vacant)
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2 Major Initiatives
• Tri-Element Update
• Safety, Open Space, and Environmental
Justice
• General Plan Four-Year Review (2026)
• Update housing capacity for next Housing
Element
• Evaluate planned job and J/ER goals,
implementation of the Urban Village
concept, environmental indicators,
affordable housing needs, etc.
• Preparation for 7th Cycle Housing Element
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3 7-Year Work Plan
• Update to PBCE Customer Service Charter
• Workload estimates by Citywide staff hours to complete • CEQA team workload not included
• Work required/committed through adoption of the 7th
Cycle Housing Element – FY 30-31
• State-mandated vs. City Priorities categories
• State-mandated: Required by state law, Housing Element commitments, response to litigation
• City Priorities: Projects directed by Council, other ongoing work such as coordination with IGR on state laws, data and analytics, etc.
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4 www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
Citywide Planning Dashboard
5 www.sanjoseca.gov/planning
Workload by Fiscal Year
General Fund Yearly
Projected Hours: 7,100
YEARLY PRODUCTIVE
HOURS: 19,608
6 FY 24-25 FY 25-26 FY 26-27 FY 27-28 FY 28-29 FY 29-30 Housing
Element
Action Items
Urban Village Planning
Other State
Mandates
Housing
Element Action
Items HE Action Items HE Action Items
City-Initiated
Ordinance
and Policies
HE Action Items
City-Initiated
Ordinance and
Policies
Other State
Mandates
Other Policy &
Admin Work
City-Initiated
Ordinance and
Policies Other Policy &
Admin Work
Other Policy &
Admin Work
Other Policy &
Admin Work
102%
Committed
72%
Committed
62%
Committed
42%
Committed
54%
Committed
54%
Committed
7th Cycle Housing Element
9/2027 - 6/2030
General Plan Major Review
& Housing Capacity EIR
3/2026 – 10/2027
Safety, Open Space,
Environmental Justice
Elements Update
3/2024 - 1/2026
7 Current and Upcoming Fiscal Years
• FY 2024-2025: 102% staff hours committed
• 87% State-mandated, 15% City Priorities
• City Priorities include Billboard Policy 6-4 updates, Pleasant Hills Guiding Principles, Supergraphics update, Coyote Monterey Corridor, and more. • FY 2025-2026: 72% staff hours committed
• 54% State-mandated, 18% City Priorities
• City Priorities include zoning updates for smoke and vape shops, special event permitting, aligning agriculture zoning with the County. • Additional priorities may arise such as Transit Oriented Communities planning • FY 2026-2027: 62% staff hours committed
• 57% State-mandated, 5% City Priorities
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8 Staff Recommendation
1. Accept the semi-annual status report on Citywide
planning activities, including Urban Village
planning and aligning zoning with the General
Plan.
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9 Citywide Planning
Activities Status Report
City Council
October 22, 2024
Item 8.1
Presenters:
Martina Davis, Division Manager, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Ruth Cueto, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement Jerad Ferguson, Principal Planner, Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement