The City of San Diego hosted a scoping meeting in preparation of a Program EIR for the Balboa Avenue Station Area Specific Plan. The public scoping meeting was held by the City of San Diego’s Planning Department on Tuesday, July 18th, from 6:00 PM to 7:45 PM at the Pacific Beach Taylor Branch Library located at 4275 Cass Street, San Diego, CA, 92109. The scoping meeting was conducted in a workshop format where staff provided a brief PowerPoint presentation to the public about the project scope, and the environmental issues to be analyzed in the PEIR. Written public comments were accepted.

1. EIR Scoping Meeting – July 18, 2017

2. Planning Department
 Project Description
 Environmental Review Process
 Scoping Meeting Purpose
 How do I comment?
Scoping Meeting Overview

3. Specific Plan Study Area
210 Acres
Pacific Beach and
Clairemont Mesa
Planning Areas
Bisected by I-5 Freeway
Adjacent to Rose Creek

4. Specific Plan Context - Mid-Coast Rail Study Area / Nearby Planning Studies

5. Planning Department
 Identify multi-modal improvements to
increase bicycle, pedestrian and transit
access to station
 Establish goals and policies to guide future
public and private development to establish
transit-oriented development (TOD) near
station
 Identify strategies to fund infrastructure
improvements
Overarching Specific Plan Goals

6. Mobility Concepts – Roadway and Access Improvements
 Reconfigure Morena and
Balboa ramps
 Maintain roadway capacity
on Garnet and Mission Bay
Drive
 Provide comfortable and safe
bicycle facilities
 Connect missing sidewalks
and enhance wayfinding

7. Mission Bay Drive/Magnolia Avenue Intersection
Before
 Proposed Street Improvements
 Potential Redevelopment
After

8. Adopted Community Plan

9. Proposed Land Use – Scenario 1
Scenario 1

10. Proposed Land Use – Scenario 2
Scenario 2

11. Planning Department
 Discloses project impacts to public and
decision makers.
 Identifies ways to avoid or reduce
environmental impacts.
 Analyzes alternatives.
 Fosters interagency coordination and public
review/participation.
EIR Purpose

12. Planning Department
 Contains a brief description of the project, its
location, and where documents relating to the
project can be found.
 Notifies responsible agencies and other interested
parties that an EIR will be prepared.
 Solicits input regarding the scope, focus, and
content of the upcoming EIR.
 Distributed for a 30-day public review period.
Notice of Preparation

13. Planning Department
 California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
 Inform public and decision makers of potential
environmental impacts
 Encourage public involvement
 Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
 Analyze potential impacts and mitigation measures
 Analyze cumulative impacts and alternatives to the
proposed project
Environmental Review Process

14. Planning Department
Overview of the EIR and Public Hearing Process
Summer 2017 –
Project Description
Defined
July 5, 2017 –
Prepare / Distribute
Notice of Preparation
(30 Days)
July 18, 2017 -
EIR Scoping Meeting
Fall 2017 / Winter 2018 –
Prepare Draft EIR
Spring 2018 –
EIR Released for Public
Review
Spring 2018 –
Presentation for
recommendation by Pacific
Beach and Clairemont Mesa
Planning Groups
(Action item)
Summer 2018 –
Presentation for
Planning Commission
(Action Item)
Summer 2018 –
Presentation for
adoption by City Council
(Action Item)
Winter 2019 –
Presentation for
adoption by Coastal
Commission
(Action Item)
Navy Blue
signifies
Opportunity for
Formal Public
Comment on
the EIR
Dark Orange
signifies Public
Hearings

15. Planning Department
Receive public input on the scope of environmental
issues in the Draft EIR:
Purpose of Scoping Meeting
 Land Use
 Transportation/Circulation
 Air Quality
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
 Noise
 Biological Resources
 Historic Resources
 Visual Effects and
Neighborhood Character
 Human Health, Public Safety
and Hazardous Materials
 Hydrology and Water Quality
 Population and Housing
 Public Services and Facilities
 Public Utilities
 Energy
 Geology and Soils
 Paleontological Resources
 Agricultural Resources
 Mineral Resources
 Tribal Cultural Resources

16. Planning Department
 Consider range of reasonable alternatives
 Avoids or lessens an impact
 Feasible
 Meet most of the project’s objectives
 Mandatory alternatives
 No Project Alternative
 Identify Environmentally Superior Alternative
Alternatives

17. Planning Department
EIR Scoping Comments due by Friday, August 4
By Mail:
Rebecca Malone, Environmental Planner
City of San Diego Planning Department
1010 Second Avenue, Suite 1200
San Diego, CA 92101
By Email:
PlanningCEQA@sandiego.gov (include project
name in subject line)