The document discusses the City of San Diego's process for implementing and monitoring its General Plan through an Action Plan and Monitoring Report. It provides an overview of the city and its General Plan. The Action Plan identifies specific actions to implement each General Plan policy, while the Monitoring Report assesses progress, tracks results, and informs the public and city leaders. The Monitoring Report format includes sections on key actions, progress, grants, flood maps, and housing. Case studies showcase urban agriculture and economic development programs.

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Nancy Bragado, City of San Diego

2.  Discuss the role of the Action Plan and Monitoring
Report in furthering General Plan implementation
 Review the format and content of the City of San
Diego’s Monitoring Report
 Present case studies of implementation programs
 Lessons learned/conclusions

3.  8th largest city in U.S. - Population
of 1.37 million
 U.S./Mexico Border
 342 square miles – 50 community
planning areas
 39,737 acres of parks and open
spaces
 70 miles of coastline
 Built on a canyon system

5. .
General Pan - 2008 Action Plan – 2009
 City of Villages strategy  GP Implementation Plan
 Relies on infill  Identifies actions for every
development to meet General Plan policy
City’s needs
 Organized by GP Element
 Includes Guiding Principles and timeframe
and 10 elements
 Includes 8 key
 Sustainability policies implementation priorities
integrated throughout
plan

6.  Assesses overall results
 Tracks progress
 Informs the public, city council and
others
 Sparks communication among
departments
 Increases institutional knowledge
 Maintains relevance of General Plan

7.  Section 1: Overview
 Section 2: Key Implementation Actions
 Section 3: Action Plan Progress Matrix
 Section 4: Planning Grants
 Section 5: Flood Maps
 Section 6: Housing Element Annual Report

8.  Provides an overview of the contents of the
Monitoring Report.
 Substantial progress made through a wide variety of
actions and programs throughout City departments.
 Short term actions: 25 underway and 22 completed
 Mid-term actions: 9 underway and 1 completed.
 Long-term actions: 3 underway and 1 completed.
 Ongoing work programs: 235 actions.
 Reports on State monitoring requirements and new
legislation affecting the General Plan

9. Reports progress on the Key Implementation Actions
that the City Council identified in the Action Plan.
 Community Plan Updates
 Major initiative: ten updates are underway
 Climate Initiatives
 Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Plan
 Updates to the City’s Sustainable Building Council Policies
 Water Conservation & Supply Efforts
 Regulations including drought and water submeter ordinances
 Rebates programs, public outreach
 Long range planning including the Urban Water Management
Plan

10.  Land Development Code Amendments
 Part of community plan update implementation
program
 Specific amendments such as affordable housing
parking and urban agriculture
 Public Facilities Financing Strategy
 Work program impacted by budget cuts
 Economic Development Strategic Plan
 Provide information to potential investors
 Help prioritize and coordinate efforts of city
departments

11.  Parks Master Plan
 Work program impacted by budget cuts
 Work proceeding where possible through plan
updates and grant projects
 Historic Preservation Incentives
 Work program impacted by budget cuts
 Historic preservation fund established
 Relationship to community plan updates

12. Format:
 Links each policy to an implementation measure
 Identifies Departments responsible for implementation
 Categories correlate to the General Plan elements
 Organized by timeframe

13. No .
Description of the
General Plan Implementation
Action
Policy Number Status
Number of the Action
within the Table Department(s) to
carry out action

14.  Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Plan
 Companion document to General Plan
 Implements multiple General Plan
Policies

15.  Includes GHG inventory, identifies measures
to reach targets, establishes thresholds,
commits to monitoring.
 Identifies adaptation actions to address
potential sea level rise, wildfire, public health,
and water supply impacts.
 Environmental document will be prepared to
allow for subsequent CEQA streamlining

17.  General Plan amendment to
Case strengthen policy base
 Implementation through code
Study #2 amendments
 New uses: Retail Farms and
Farmers Markets
 Easing of regulations for the
keeping of chickens, goats, and
bees
 Code amendment to facilitate
community gardens
 Informational brochures

18.  Multi-year CIP budget shall be primarily
based upon the adopted General Plan,
community plans, and growth strategies.
 Capital Improvements Program Review
and Advisory Committee (CIPRAC):
 Responsible for Capital Improvements
Program (CIP) budget development
 Identification and prioritization of capital
improvement projects.
 Relies on planning staff review of all CIP
projects for conformance with General and
Community Plans

19.  Provide Indicator Measures
 Update Sustainable Communities Indicators
 Follow-through on economic indicators
 Investigate tiering off of Regional
Comprehensive Plan Monitoring
 Link to climate plan monitoring
 Consider new measures as needed
 Prime industrial lands tracking?
 Other factors of interest to community

20.  Action Plans guide implementation of
general plans
 Monitoring benefits
 Helps maintain relevance of General Plan
 Creates accountability
 Informs budget process
 Fosters institutional knowledge
 Challenges
 Time consuming to prepare
 Lack of resources for data collection and analysis

21. General Plan Home Page:
www.sandiego.gov/planning/genplan
Nancy Bragado
Principal Planner
City of San Diego
nsbragado@sandiego.gov
(619) 533-4549