Item Number: 1
City Council / Board of Directors
Public Hearing(s)
Meeting of: July 21, 2026
Submitted By:
Alex Jauregui, City Planner
Subject:
An Amendment to the Circulation Element of the Victorville General Plan with an Environmental Exemption to remove Valley Park Lane as a designated Collector roadway, located between Amargosa Road and Civic Drive and approximately 1,200 feet south of Roy Rogers Drive
Recommendation:
That the Honorable City Council:
(1) Open and conduct a Public Hearing to receive public testimony; (2) Close the Public Hearing;
(3) Find the General Plan Amendment exempt from the California Environmental Quality Action (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3); and (4) Adopt Resolution No. 26-067, approving General Plan Amendment Case No.
PLAN26-00008.
Fiscal Impact:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Approval of subject amendment to the Circulation Element of the General Plan will enable the City to further fulfill the following Goals outlined in the 2023-2026 Strategic Plan:
•Goal C: Community and Economic Development – The proposed General Plan Amendment will bring the Circulation Element into consistency with the adopted Civic Center Community Sustainability Plan by reclassifying Valley Park Lane from a Collector roadway to a local roadway. This action supports orderly development and preserves the intended character of the planning area, consistent with the City’s goal to support community vitality and economic well‑being. By ensuring planning documents are aligned, the amendment promotes predictable development patterns and reinforces a cohesive commercial environment
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•Goal E: Invest in Infrastructure – Reclassifying the Valley Park Lane roadway ensures that the Circulation Element accurately reflects the functional role of the roadway network within the Civic Center Community Sustainability Plan area and supports the City’s goal of creating a healthy and livable community through responsible infrastructure planning and investment. Additionally, maintaining accurate roadway classifications allows the City to accurately plan, fund, and preserve its roadway system in accordance with Goal E, which emphasizes the expansion, improvement, and preservation of transportation infrastructure.
Background:
General Plan / Circulation Element Overview
The City’s General Plan acts as the City’s long-term blueprint for future development in the City of Victorville and the Circulation Element of the General Plan (Attachment C) establishes the functional classification and general alignment of major roadways within the City and the City’s sphere of influence. While a General Plan and its various elements are designed to guide development for 20 years or more, intermittent updates are sometimes needed to reflect issues such as changing land use patterns, updated traffic analyses, current infrastructure priorities, and State mandates. In comparison to the City’s Development Code, which is intended to establish detailed land use and development standards, the General Plan guides development with broad goals and policies that are then implemented by the Development Code.
Proposed General Plan Amendment
At their regular meeting of June 10, 2026, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the subject General Plan Amendment to modify the Circulation Element (Planning Case No. PLAN26-00008) by a vote of 4-0 (with one commissioner absent). The proposed amendment to the Circulation Element would remove a segment of Valley Park Lane between Amargosa Road and Civic Drive from the Circulation Map (Attachment D) as a designated Collector roadway and reclassify existing and future improvements of Valley Park Lane as a local roadway. This update would also correct an existing inconsistency between the Circulation Element and the Civic Center Community Sustainability Plan (Attachment E), which does not identify Valley Park Lane as a master-planned Collector roadway. Additionally, the amendment aligns with recommendations from the City Engineer to ensure the Circulation Element accurately reflects current roadway function and long-term mobility needs in the area.
Discussion:
General Plan Amendment Synopsis
The proposed amendment to the Circulation Element of the Victorville General Plan would reclassify the segment of Valley Park Lane between Amargosa Road and Civic Drive from a designated Collector roadway to a local roadway, as illustrated in Attachment B. Valley Park Lane is currently designated as a Collector roadway on the City’s Circulation Map (Attachment C, Page C-5 & Attachment D); however, the Civic Center Community 4 7
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Sustainability Plan or the “Specific Plan” (Attachment E), adopted after the existing Circulation Element (Attachment C), identifies a circulation network that functions appropriately without the subject roadway being designated as a Collector roadway. The Specific Plan is supported by a January 2014 traffic study prepared by the City’s Engineering Department, which concluded that Valley Park Lane is not needed to meet long-term mobility needs within the Civic Center area. The study found that the roadway network identified in the Specific Plan is capable of achieving acceptable operational performance based on the standards of the General Plan.
A recent evaluation by the City Engineer (Attachment F) further supports of reclassification of Valley Park Lane as proposed, which notes that maintaining a Collector designation in this location would introduce operational conflicts, including the need for a traffic signal at Amargosa Road and Valley Park Lane that would interfere with a planned and warranted signal at Amargosa Road and Kimberly Drive. Reclassifying Valley Park Lane as a local roadway avoids these conflicts and better reflects how the corridor functions today.
Environmental Assessment
The proposed General Plan Amendment is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3), as there is no possibility that the update would result in a significant environmental effect. The action is administrative in nature and consists only of removing Valley Park Lane’s Collector designation and reclassifying it as a local roadway. It does not authorize construction, change roadway capacity, or alter land use intensity.
Because Valley Park Lane is already not identified as a master-planned Collector roadway in the Civic Center Community Sustainability Specific Plan, and the supporting circulation analysis confirms it is not needed to meet long-term mobility needs, the amendment merely reconciles existing policy documents. As no physical improvements are proposed or required, it can be determined with certainty that no environmental impacts would occur.
Resulting Impacts
Given that a portion of Valley Park Lane west of Civic Drive has been constructed and currently operates as a retrofit Collector roadway, approval of the proposed General Plan Amendment would not impact existing improvements, which would remain in place under the proposed reclassification. Future development along the corridor would continue to be subject to frontage improvement requirements consistent with Victorville Municipal Code Section 9.32.040, unless an alternative design is approved that results in the roadway terminating before its intersection with Amargosa Road.
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Prepared By:
Daisy Kawasaki, Senior Planner
Attachments: A. Resolution No. 26-067 – Amendment to Circulation Element of Victorville General Plan
B. Graphic of Proposed Roadway Change
C. Circulation Element of the Victorville General Plan
D. Existing Circulation Element Map
E. Circulation Chapter of Civic Center Community Sustainability Specific Plan with Jan. 2014 Traffic Study
F. Memorandum from City Engineer
G. Background Information from Planning Commission's June 10, 2026, Meeting - Executive Summary, Excerpt Minutes, and Staff Report