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- 1. GENERAL PLAN UPDATE Citizen Planning Academy September 19, 2015
- 2. WELCOME! • Be sure to sign in • Grab some breakfast • Sit with new people • No cell phones • Share ideas • Be respectful • Have fun!
- 3. CITIZEN PLANNING ACADEMY GOALS • Learn the basic language of planning • Understand the role of planning in balancing civic tradeoffs • Gain tools to contribute effectively to the planning process • Be ready to serve as ambassadors to help engage additional residents
- 4. THIS MORNING’S AGENDA • What Is a General Plan? – Brief history of planning in Elk Grove – Project overview and expectations – Review key planning terms – Role of the City and community members – Group activities • 15-Minute Break • Balancing Future Goals – Discuss key issues and tradeoffs – How should the City grow? • Lunch
- 5. THIS AFTERNOON’S AGENDA • Economic Vitality & Regional Influence – Local opportunities – How can Elk Grove support regional goals? • Taking Action in Your Community – Why participation is so important – Upcoming events – How to stay informed • Presentation of Certificates
- 6. WHAT IS A GENERAL PLAN? • Christopher Jordan City of Elk Grove • Jeff Henderson Special Projects Manager • Nora De Cuir Outreach Specialist
- 7. What Is a General Plan? • Overarching policy document • Guides City actions • Identifies expectations – the Vision • Implemented through both private development and public projects • Living document
- 8. State General Plan Requirements Required Elements Circulation Conservation Housing Land Use Noise Open Space Safety
- 9. Elk Grove’s General Plan
- 10. Why Update the General Plan? • General Plan adopted in November 2003 • Numerous developer- and City- initiated amendments adopted • Upcoming amendments in process • Changes in State law
- 11. City’s Role in Implementation • The City’s role is to: – Promote the City and its goals – Enforce the City’s policies and development standards – Process development applications in a timely manner • The City’s role is NOT to: – Develop projects or complete private improvements
- 12. Topic City Does NOT Control City Does Control Jobs Available Economic demand for specific businesses or stores. Approve construction of nonresidential structures and allowable floor space. Housing Affordability The regional housing market, which drives housing costs. Zone land for certain housing structures, specify the number of dwellings allowed per acre, and approve proposed housing projects. Job Density How many people work in a given space and the space a business needs. Approve construction of nonresidential structures and allowable floor space. Desire to Live or Work in Elk Grove Numerous factors (e.g., regional, national, familial, economic, social) play a part. Provide amenities and resources to make a more desirable place to live and/or work. Businesses That Want to Locate Here Numerous factors (e.g., access to workers, climate, proximity to other businesses or higher education, housing) play a part. Accommodate (or not) the needs of specific businesses using zoning. Provide limited incentives, including fee deferrals, financial incentives, and transit considerations.
- 13. Key Issues • Economic Vitality – Encourage development – Encourage growth – Focus on retention • Rural Area – Reinforce the commitment – Publicize the role of the rural area
- 14. Key Issues • Regional Goals and Influence – Development – Employment potential – Publicize the role of Elk Grove in the region • Infill and Outward Expansion – Achieve density through infill – Expansion with purpose
- 15. Key Issues • Neighborhood, District, and Community Identity – Define Elk Grove’s identity – Differentiate between neighborhoods • Multimodal and Active Transportation – Connect trails – Invest in transit
- 16. Key Issues • Sustainable and Healthy Community – Clean jobs and transit – Encourage sustainable practices • Coordinated Services, Technology, and Infrastructure – Plan for a wireless future – Diversify youth and senior services • Open Space and Resource Management – Encourage open space use – Focus on water management
- 17. General Plan Goals • Up-to-Date, Forward- Thinking Plan – Accessible and searchable online – Fiscally viable – Flexibility is key • Active and Engaged Community – Start with a shared citywide vision – Broad engagement – Use multiple formats – Education on process first
- 18. Project Timeline
- 19. Other Active Planning Projects • Comprehensive Transit Analysis • Rural Area Mobility, Access, and Intersection Improvements • Old Town Streetscape Improvements (Phase 2) • Community Survey • Railroad Property
- 20. Useful Planning Terms • Visioning • Annexation • Multimodal • Buffer zone • Density • Carrying capacity • Infill development • Sphere of Influence • Mobility • Connectivity • Infrastructure • Resource management • Jobs/Housing balance • Land use • Zoning • Parcel • Open space • Rezoning • Underdeveloped • Element
- 21. Small Group Activity: Crossword Puzzle • With your tablemates, complete a crossword puzzle using the key terms we just reviewed. • Reference the glossary from the last General Plan Update, as needed. • First group to finish the puzzle wins a PRIZE!
- 22. What Is Civic Engagement? Decision making or governance over how and by whom a community’s resources should be allocated and rules made. It can range from individual volunteerism to organizational involvement to electoral participation (civic, electoral, and/or political).
- 23. Why Should You Be Civically Engaged? • Humans have a basic desire to participate in decisions that affect them • People who face issues daily may have the best instincts about how to solve them
- 24. Role of the Citizen • Provide input to aid decision-makers in making sustainable decisions • Share information from “the field” to prevent unintended consequences of decisions
- 25. Public Participation Opportunities www.elkgrovecity.net/generalplan • Pop-Up Workshops – Kick off at Neighborhood Summit! (September 30) – More locations in Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 • Community-Wide Visioning Workshop on November 7 • Key Topics Workshops, Winter 2016 • Council/Commission Study Sessions and Hearings
- 26. Younger Community Members Are Less Civically Involved 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% Baby Boomers Millenials Contact with Electeds Annually Contact with Electeds Annually
- 27. Large Group Activity: Live Polling • Use a clicker (on your table) to participate • Key in your answer after each question prompt • Green light means it’s working • The last thing you press is what will be recorded
- 28. How many times this year have you contacted your council person? 1. So many times I have lost track 2. More than 10 3. 6-10 4. 3-5 5. 1-2 6. Not this year 7. I have never contacted an elected official So m anytim esIhave lost... M ore than 10 6-10 3-5 1-2 Notthisyear Ihave nevercontacted a... 8% 8% 10% 23%23%23% 8%
- 29. How many City-led meetings or events have you attended in the last year? 1. More than 10 2. 6-10 3. 3-5 4. 1-2 5. Zero this year 6. This is the first City event I’ve attended M ore than 10 6-10 3-5 1-2 Zero thisyear ThisisthefirstCity event... 10% 10% 15% 8% 38% 20%
- 30. Do you belong to a neighborhood organization? 1. Yes, an HOA 2. Yes, a neighborhood watch group 3. Yes, a neighborhood- based social group 4. No Yes,an HOA Yes,aneighborhood w a... Yes,aneighborhood-ba... No 27% 41% 22% 10%
- 31. Are you part of an online neighborhood group? A. Yes B. No C. I’d like to be, but haven’t joined yet Yes No I’d like to be,buthaven’t... 53% 15% 33%
- 32. Do you volunteer in your community? 1. Yes 2. No 3. I’d like to, but haven’t yet Yes No I’d like to,buthaven’tyet 73% 16% 11%
- 33. Do you follow the City of Elk Grove on social media? 1. Yes 2. No Yes No 61% 39%
- 34. What Is a General Plan? • Audience Q&A • The project team will now take up to five (5) questions from the audience.
- 35. BREAK • Return at 11:00 AM
- 36. BALANCING FUTURE GOALS • Dave Robinson, Multimodal Transportation Planner • Mike McKeever, SACOG • Julia Lave Johnston, Institute for Local Government • Bob Chase, State of California
- 37. Balancing Future Goals • The City of Elk Grove is estimated to grow by 30,000 people over the next 20 years • Choice in how to grow: outward expansion or infill
- 38. Balancing Future Goals • What are some of the benefits and/or challenges of growing outward?
- 39. Balancing Future Goals • What are some of the benefits and/or challenges of infill?
- 40. Balancing Future Goals • How can the GPU ensure that key community assets such as conservation areas and open spaces are preserved? • What other types of amenities may be considered community assets and should be developed or preserved?
- 41. Balancing Future Goals • How can Elk Grove enhance its jobs/housing balance?
- 42. Balancing Future Goals • What is placemaking and how can it help Elk Grove prioritize tradeoffs?
- 43. Balancing Future Goals • Audience Q&A • The panel will now take up to five (5) questions from the audience.
- 44. Small Group Activity: Matching Cards • Read each statement on the deck of cards out loud • Discuss as a group which General Plan Element would best address that concern or topic
- 45. LUNCH • Return at 12:30 PM
- 46. THIS AFTERNOON’S AGENDA • Economic Vitality & Regional Influence – Local opportunities – How can Elk Grove support regional goals? • Taking Action In Your Community – Why participation is so important – Upcoming events – How to stay informed • Presentation of Certificates
- 47. ECONOMIC VITALITY & REGIONAL INFLUENCE • Darrell Doan, City of Elk Grove • Mike McKeever, SACOG • Chris Worden, Metro Chamber
- 48. Economic Vitality and Regional Influence • Jobs growth may require upfront investment • Retaining and recruiting talented employees can’t be done without attention to quality of life • Economic vitality may require tradeoffs
- 49. Economic Vitality and Regional Influence • What is Elk Grove’s role in achieving these regional priorities?
- 50. Economic Vitality and Regional Influence • How can Elk Grove attract new businesses and retain existing businesses?
- 51. Economic Vitality and Regional Influence • What economic sectors are a priority for the region? • How can Elk Grove support their growth?
- 52. Economic Vitality and Regional Influence • How can Elk Grove enhance arts and entertainment through the GPU? • Are there other amenities Elk Grove should pursue for increased regional benefit?
- 53. Economic Vitality and Regional Influence • Audience Q&A • The panel will now take up to five (5) questions from the audience.
- 54. Small Group Activity: Elevator Pitch • Write down your one (1) minute elevator pitch about what Elk Grove has to offer to a potential resident. • Share with your table. • Develop a final, collaborative draft on the easel pad to share with everyone.
- 55. TAKING ACTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY • Nora De Cuir, Outreach Specialist • Abby Woods, Outreach Specialist
- 56. What Is a “Citizen Planner”? • Take note of key dates • Spread the word • Visit the website regularly or sign up for email updates • Comment on social media • Help those with questions or concerns get connected to City staff • PARTICIPATE!
- 57. CERTIFICATE PRESENTATION • THANK YOU! • Please wear your badges proudly. • We hope to see you at the Neighborhood Summit – September 30, 6-8 PM in Council Chambers, Elk Grove City Hall. PLEASE RSVP! • Complete a comment card while you wait
- 58. Be sure to visit us online! www.elkgrovecity.org/generalplan
Editor's Notes
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- Amendments adopted: Laguna Ridge (2004), Safety Element (2005), Laguna West (2005), Housing Element (2009, 2014), Sustainability Element (2103), SEPA (2014) Upcoming amendments: Safety Element (200 year floodplain), Sports Complex State law changes: Complete streets, 200 year floodplain, Climate change, Tribal consultation
- Economic Vitality. Maximize the potential of Elk Grove’s social and physical infrastructure to attract employers and create economic destinations. Rural Area. Affirm or enhance the City’s policy to maintain the character of Elk Grove’s rural areas as a foundation for the plan.
- Regional Goals and Influence. Consider and describe Elk Grove’s role in achieving regional growth, economic opportunities, and sustainability goals while protecting the ability to grow or evolve as we choose. Infill and Outward Expansion. Identify appropriate infill strategies and plan for future growth in expansion areas outside the current City limits.
- Neighborhood, District, and Community Identity. Create and stronger sense of plane, preserve and enhance neighborhoods, and design dynamic places for social and cultural activities and connect them to neighborhoods, districts, and employment centers with distinct identities. Multimodal and Active Transportation. Plan for a long-term transportation system that provides multiple ways to get around within the community and the region while supporting economic growth and community health.
- Sustainable and Healthy Community. Reduce Greenhouse gas emissions, adapt to a changing climate, and improve community health. Coordinated Services, Technology, and Infrastructure. Consider relationships and the City’s future role in providing community services and infrastructure. Leverage technology to improve infrastructure, City services, and economic development. Open Space and Resource Management. Expand and categorize open spaces and manage changing habitat, energy, and water resources.
- Up-to-Date, Forward Thinking Plan. Update and refresh to address changed conditions and chart a long-range course for the future. Provide both clarity and flexibility. Policies and programs should be supported by existing ad forseeable funding. Active and Engaged Community. Unify the community around shared opportunities and solutions.
- The 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Civics found that only 27 percent, 22 percent, and 24 percent of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfthgrade students, respectively, performed at proficiency, and a significant civic achievement gap persists between racial and ethnic groups. Even more troubling, NAEP documented recent declines in the overall civic knowledge of high school seniors between 2006 and 2010 (NCES 2011). And while America’s democratic ideals remain a model for the world, democratic participation in the United States is far from exceptional. For example, on a 2007 international ranking of 172 democracies, the United States ranked 139th in voter participation (McCormick Tribune Foundation 2007). From: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary and Office of Postsecondary Education, Advancing Civic Learning and Engagement in Democracy: A Road Map and Call to Action, Washington, D.C., 2012.
- Civic engagement is a community builder. When civic engagement is done properly, you begin to build the community and the participation within the local side of government. Civic engagement and community work is basically a side by side concurrence that together can each help to grow your community and help start off with a strong foundation for the role of government.
- “Citizen” anyone who lives and works in our community (not talking about legal status). Sustainable decisions aren’t decisions about sustainability, but rather decisions that will hold up in the long run, that the community will accept and support. The role of the citizen is not to “vote” on specific policies—that is what our Council will decide—but rather to help decision makers understand the pros and cons, preferences and different perspectives on the adoption of specific plans.
- Reiterate the current projects being processed through the City (SEPA, Sports Complex) (3 minutes) Panelists to introduce themselves and role and provide a brief answer to: “What is one opportunity or challenge that Elk Grove can address in the General Plan update?”
- Moderator follow-up question: “How can the GPU specifically address tradeoffs between outward expansion and infill development?”
- Elk Grove’s jobs housing ratio is 0.58 as of 2008 (there is 0.58 jobs for each household). The regional goal is currently 1.18 (there is 1.18 jobs for each household). Follow-up question by moderator: “The City has taken the initiative to master plan a major employment center (SEPA). Beyond simple marketing strategies, what other things can/should the City be doing to address the jobs/housing ratio?”
- (3 minutes) Panelists to introduce themselves and role and provide a brief answer to: “What is your understanding of the regional economic development priorities?”
- The 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in Civics found that only 27 percent, 22 percent, and 24 percent of fourth-, eighth-, and twelfthgrade students, respectively, performed at proficiency, and a significant civic achievement gap persists between racial and ethnic groups. Even more troubling, NAEP documented recent declines in the overall civic knowledge of high school seniors between 2006 and 2010 (NCES 2011). And while America’s democratic ideals remain a model for the world, democratic participation in the United States is far from exceptional. For example, on a 2007 international ranking of 172 democracies, the United States ranked 139th in voter participation (McCormick Tribune Foundation 2007). From: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Under Secretary and Office of Postsecondary Education, Advancing Civic Learning and Engagement in Democracy: A Road Map and Call to Action, Washington, D.C., 2012.