IV. NEIGHBORHOODS ELEMENT · 2019-06-19 · NH-73 (New Residential Areas) Add the missing word ... a designated portion of Canalways for beneficial reuse of dredge spoils for the

IX -

497

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

PC

3/23

/04

NH

-69

(Dom

inic

an

Uni

vers

ity H

illsi

de

Are

a)

Del

ete

first

cla

use,

last

sent

ence

“I

f sol

d fo

r priv

ate

sing

le-f

amily

re

side

ntia

l...”

E

dit:

Rev

ise

as sh

own.

If

sold

for p

rivat

e si

ngle

-fam

ily re

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t, tT

he p

erm

itted

den

sity

shou

ld re

flect

the

sign

ifica

nt si

te

cons

train

ts.

N

H-6

9a

(Dev

elop

men

t R

evie

w P

roce

ss)

Sugg

este

d ed

it: e

limin

ate

the

Mas

ter U

se P

erm

it re

fere

nce.

Edi

t: R

evis

e as

show

n.

Thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent r

evie

w p

roce

ss, a

men

d th

e M

aste

r Use

Per

mit

as n

eede

d. A

appl

y th

e H

illsi

de D

esig

n G

uide

lines

to d

esig

n of

hou

sing

at t

he si

te. I

nvol

ve th

e ne

ighb

orho

od in

the

plan

ning

and

revi

ew p

roce

ss o

f pr

opos

ed d

evel

opm

ent.

66-2

N

H-7

1 (F

reew

ay

Soun

d W

all

Land

scap

ing)

Incl

ude

“sou

nd d

eade

ning

m

ater

ials

” in

pol

icy.

Edi

t: R

evis

e as

show

n.

NH

-71.

Fre

eway

Sou

nd W

all L

ands

capi

ng.

Enco

urag

e C

altra

ns to

land

scap

e al

ong

the

free

way

soun

d w

all a

nd

to in

corp

orat

e so

und-

dead

enin

g te

chno

logy

. C

hang

e re

fere

nce

to P

rogr

am N

-6f (

due

to n

umbe

ring

chan

ge).

PC

3/23

/04

PH-5

9

NH

-71a

(Fre

eway

La

ndsc

apin

g)

Rev

ise

prog

ram

to d

elet

e re

fere

nce

to G

AP

clos

ure

proj

ect.

Su

gges

ted

edit

“In

revi

ewin

g pl

ans f

or th

e G

ap C

losu

re p

roje

ct

or o

ther

subs

eque

nt se

para

tely

fu

nded

pro

ject

, enc

oura

ge

adeq

uate

land

scap

ing.

”

Ed

it: R

evis

e as

show

n.

NH

-71a

. Fr

eew

ay Im

prov

emen

tsLa

ndsc

apin

g. I

n re

view

ing

plan

s for

the

Gap

Clo

sure

free

way

pro

ject

s, en

cour

age

adeq

uate

land

scap

ing

and

use

of so

und-

dead

enin

g m

ater

ials

on

the

soun

d w

all a

nd/o

r the

ro

adw

ay su

rfac

e.

PC 7

/8/0

4 N

H-7

3 (N

ew

Res

iden

tial A

reas

) A

dd th

e m

issi

ng w

ord

“den

sitie

s”

E

dit:

D

evel

op w

ell-d

esig

ned

new

resi

dent

ial a

reas

at m

ediu

m

to h

igh

dens

ities

in th

e ne

ighb

orho

od…

.

PC

2/29

/04

NH

-74

(Con

flict

ing

Use

s)

Stat

e ‘d

istri

ct’ i

nste

ad o

f ‘ar

ea.’

E

dit:

Prev

ent t

he e

ncro

achm

ent o

f new

resi

dent

ial

deve

lopm

ent i

nto

the

Ligh

t Iin

dust

rial/O

offic

e D

istri

ct

area

s to

min

imiz

e co

nflic

ts.

PC

3/23

/04

NH

-80

(Pos

sibl

e H

otel

Dev

elop

men

t) Id

entif

y lo

catio

n re

ferr

ed to

.

Resp

onse

: Th

e po

licy

is o

utda

ted,

and

ove

rlaps

with

LU

-21

(Hot

els,

Mot

els a

nd In

ns) w

hich

enc

oura

ges h

otel

dev

elop

men

t. T

he in

tent

st

atem

ent o

f thi

s pol

icy

has b

een

adde

d to

LU

-21

(see

Lan

d U

se

Elem

ent c

omm

ents

.)

Del

ete

polic

y N

H-8

0 (P

ossib

le H

otel

Dev

elop

men

t).

38-4

N

H-8

2 (C

anal

way

s)

Stat

emen

t abo

ut th

e ef

forts

by

som

e pa

rties

to p

urch

ase

the

Can

alw

ays p

rope

rty, a

nd a

bout

re

cent

dra

inag

e po

nd

impr

ovem

ents

.

Resp

onse

: Com

men

t not

ed.

IX -

498

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

46-3

N

H-8

2 (C

anal

way

s)

To th

e ex

tent

that

Can

alw

ays i

s pr

esen

tly w

et, i

t is o

nly

beca

use

of th

e C

ity’s

unl

awfu

l flo

odin

g of

our

pro

perty

resu

lting

from

th

e C

ity’s

failu

re to

repa

ir its

br

oken

dra

inag

e pu

mps

and

di

scha

rge

lines

.

Resp

onse

: Se

e at

tach

ed M

ay 2

5, 2

004

lette

r fro

m A

ssis

tant

City

A

ttorn

ey C

lark

Gui

nan.

96-1

N

H-8

2 (C

anal

way

s)

Re.

usi

ng th

e si

te fo

r dre

dge

spoi

ls:

“…

a de

sign

ated

por

tion

of

Can

alw

ays f

or b

enef

icia

l reu

se

of d

redg

e sp

oils

for t

he S

R c

reek

an

d ac

ross

the

flats

. Thi

s was

the

orig

inal

pla

n an

d it

shou

ld

rem

ain

a vi

able

solu

tion.

”

Resp

onse

: Th

ere

is n

o ap

prov

ed p

lan

to u

se a

por

tion

of C

anal

way

s fo

r dre

dge

spoi

ls.

100-

1 N

H-8

2 (C

anal

way

s)

1.

Who

was

invo

lved

in

draw

ing

the

map

ping

and

zo

ning

des

igna

tions

that

w

ere

appl

ied

to th

is

Orth

opho

to?

2.

Whe

n w

ere

the

draw

ings

and

de

sign

atio

ns u

nder

take

n an

d co

mpl

eted

? 3.

W

ere

the

Can

alw

ays

prop

erty

ow

ners

con

sulte

d on

how

the

land

s wer

e to

be

diss

ecte

d w

ith li

nes,

acre

age

size

s and

zon

ing

desi

gnat

ions

? 4.

W

hat s

cien

ce w

as u

sed

in

com

ing

to th

ese

draw

ing

and

map

ping

con

clus

ions

? 5.

W

hat o

ther

inpu

t was

use

d to

dr

aw th

ese

area

bre

akou

ts?

6.

Why

was

the

land

usa

ble

to

addr

ess c

omm

unity

nee

ds

redu

ced

from

25

acre

s in

Gen

eral

Pla

n 20

00 to

11.

5 ac

res i

n D

raft

Gen

eral

Pla

n 20

20?

7.

Was

an

econ

omic

impa

ct

repo

rt do

ne to

det

erm

ine

wha

t det

rimen

tal e

ffec

ts

redu

cing

dev

elop

men

tal

pote

ntia

l wou

ld d

o to

the

Resp

onse

: 1.

Th

e St

eerin

g C

omm

ittee

reco

mm

ende

d th

e la

nd u

se

desi

gnat

ions

; the

City

Cou

ncil

adop

ted

the

zoni

ng d

esig

natio

n.

The

‘orth

opho

to’ m

ap w

as p

repa

red

by C

ity st

aff.

2.

The

land

use

reco

mm

enda

tion

was

mad

e A

ugus

t 4, 2

003,

and

zo

ning

was

ado

pted

Sep

tem

ber 1

992.

The

‘orth

opho

to’ m

ap

was

pre

pare

d ea

rly M

arch

200

4.

3.

In 1

992,

all

prop

erty

ow

ners

wer

e se

nt a

not

ice

of th

e Pu

blic

H

earin

gs fo

r the

new

Zon

ing

Ord

inan

ce.

A re

pres

enta

tive

of

the

prop

erty

ow

ners

rece

ived

not

ices

of a

ll m

eetin

gs o

f the

St

eerin

g C

omm

ittee

, whi

ch w

ere

open

to th

e pu

blic

.

4.

Staf

f use

d th

e C

ity’s

GIS

/aut

ocad

map

ping

pro

gram

to p

repa

re

the

Mar

ch 2

004

map

. The

lot l

ine

and

prop

erty

ow

ner

info

rmat

ion

is fr

om th

e M

arin

Cou

nty’

s Ass

esso

r’s O

ffic

e; th

e ac

reag

e si

zes i

s cal

cula

ted

usin

g th

e co

mpu

ter m

appi

ng

prog

ram

. 5.

O

ther

info

rmat

ion

incl

ude

the

City

’s d

igiti

zed

aeria

l pho

tos.

6.

See

resp

onse

to N

H-8

2, fo

r com

men

ts 2

4-1,

53-

9, e

tc.

7.

No.

8.

Y

es.

See

resp

onse

to N

H-8

2, c

omm

ents

PH

091

and

185-

1.

IX -

499

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

Can

al C

omm

unity

, San

R

afae

l or t

he p

rope

rty

owne

rs?

8.

Was

any

con

side

ratio

n gi

ven

durin

g th

is d

raw

ing

and

map

ping

pro

cess

to

desi

gnat

ing

porti

ons o

f the

si

te fo

r the

com

mun

ity c

ost

effe

ctiv

e be

nefic

ial r

euse

of

dred

ge m

ater

ials

, as c

alle

d fo

r in

the

Fede

ral

Gov

ernm

ent’s

long

term

m

anag

emen

t stu

dy fo

r the

pl

acem

ent o

f dre

dge

mat

eria

l in

the

San

Fran

cisc

o B

ay?

PH-1

29

NH

82

(Can

alw

ays)

H

ow c

an th

e de

velo

pmen

t po

tent

ial b

e re

duce

d fr

om 2

5 ac

res t

o 11

acr

es w

hen

the

staf

f re

port

indi

cate

d th

at it

is n

ot

poss

ible

to m

ake

the

final

de

term

inat

ion

betw

een

upla

nd

and

wet

land

hab

itat w

ithou

t ha

ving

a w

etla

nd d

elin

eatio

n co

nduc

ted?

Resp

onse

: The

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

reco

mm

ende

d la

nd u

ses f

or th

e si

te u

sing

info

rmat

ion

from

the

Back

grou

nd R

epor

t (20

01),

and

topo

grap

hic

info

rmat

ion.

In th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

Dis

trict

stat

es th

at th

e C

ity w

ill c

onsi

der s

ome

leve

l of i

nten

sity

and

den

sity

of d

evel

opm

ent

upon

evi

denc

e (i.

e., a

wet

land

s del

inea

tion

subm

itted

by

the

prop

erty

ow

ner)

that

such

use

is a

ppro

pria

te.

PH-1

19

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

1.

R

aise

the

leve

e of

C

anal

way

s at l

east

thre

e fe

et.

2.

Ker

ner B

lvd.

Gap

Clo

sure

ha

s bee

n ov

erlo

oked

. 3.

C

reat

e th

e I-

580/

101

expr

essw

ay

4.

Cro

ss I-

580

at A

nder

sen

to

prov

ide

a do

uble

loop

and

tra

ffic

relie

f 5.

Pr

eser

ve so

me

wet

land

s and

al

so b

uild

aff

orda

ble

hous

ing

in C

anal

way

s. 6.

B

uild

a p

edes

trian

/bic

ycle

br

idge

ove

r the

can

al a

t San

R

afae

l Hig

h Sc

hool

Resp

onse

: 1.

Th

e de

gree

of l

evee

impr

ovem

ents

at C

anal

way

s wou

ld b

e de

term

ined

in c

onsu

ltatio

n w

ith P

ublic

Wor

ks a

nd g

eote

chni

cal

eval

uatio

n.

2.

Con

nect

ing

Ker

ner B

lvd.

was

a n

eces

sary

impr

ovem

ent f

or th

e G

ener

al P

lan

2000

traf

fic m

itiga

tion

of Ir

ene

over

cros

sing

. W

ith

the

alte

rnat

ive

impr

ovem

ent o

f the

580

con

nect

ion

at

Shor

elin

e/A

nder

sen,

the

Ker

ner B

lvd.

gap

clo

sure

is n

o lo

nger

ne

eded

. 3.

C

omm

ent n

oted

. 4.

A

con

nect

ion

acro

ss I-

580

at A

nder

sen

is p

ropo

sed

at S

hore

line

Driv

e.

5.

Com

men

t not

ed.

6.

A p

edes

trian

/bic

ycle

brid

ge o

ver t

he C

anal

is re

com

men

ded

as a

ci

rcul

atio

n im

prov

emen

t in

the

draf

t Pla

n.

IX -

500

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

136-

3 N

H-8

2 (C

anal

way

s)

Can

alw

ays

desi

gnat

ions

1.

How

did

staf

f com

e to

the

conc

lusi

on th

at o

nly

the

sele

cted

11.

5 ac

res i

s de

velo

pabl

e?

2.

Did

the

Live

Oak

con

sulta

nt

dete

rmin

e th

e 11

.5 a

cre

choi

ce?

3.

Did

a c

omm

ittee

redu

ce th

e ac

reag

e 11

.5 a

nd c

hoos

e th

e pa

rcel

s of l

and?

4.

W

ho p

artic

ipat

ed in

or m

ade

this

dec

isio

n?

5.

On

wha

t sci

ence

is th

is 1

1.5

acre

LI/O

dec

isio

n ba

sed?

Resp

onse

: 1.

Th

e la

nd u

se re

com

men

datio

n ha

s bee

n m

ade

by th

e St

eerin

g C

omm

ittee

, not

by

staf

f. 2.

N

o.

3.

The

Map

ping

Sub

com

mitt

ee m

ade

a la

nd u

se re

com

men

datio

n fo

r Can

alw

ays t

o th

e G

ener

al P

lan

2020

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

, w

hich

dis

cuss

ed a

nd c

onfir

med

the

Subc

omm

ittee

’s

reco

mm

enda

tion.

4.

Th

e M

appi

ng S

ubco

mm

ittee

, the

Ste

erin

g C

omm

ittee

, and

the

publ

ic.

5.

See

resp

onse

to N

H-8

2, fo

r com

men

ts 2

4-1,

53-

9, e

tc.v

PH-1

40

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

Th

e C

anal

way

s site

is a

wet

land

ha

bita

t tha

t inc

lude

s mor

e th

an

wet

land

s. B

irds a

nd a

nim

als u

se

the

wes

tern

side

for r

estin

g,

hunt

ing

and

feed

ing.

Site

shou

ld

be p

rese

rved

. The

Cor

ps o

f En

gine

ers p

revi

ousl

y de

nied

de

velo

pmen

t pro

ject

. It w

ould

be

very

diff

icul

t to

build

due

to th

e im

porta

nce

of th

e ha

bita

t.

Com

men

t not

ed.

PH-1

31

NH

82

(Can

alw

ays)

M

any

peop

le b

elie

ve th

at

Can

alw

ays i

s a w

etla

nd si

te, b

ut

the

lang

uage

shou

ld n

ot b

e in

clud

ed in

pol

icy

until

stud

ies

are

cond

ucte

d.

Resp

onse

: Th

e Ba

ckgr

ound

Rep

ort (

2001

) ide

ntifi

ed a

sign

ifica

nt

porti

on o

f the

site

as w

etla

nds.

The

site

-spe

cific

impl

emen

ting

prog

ram

reco

gniz

es th

at a

wet

land

s del

inea

tion

will

ass

ist i

n id

entif

ying

app

ropr

iate

are

a(s)

for d

evel

opm

ent.

PC

3/23

/04

108-

1 10

9-1

11

3-1

11

5-1

11

6-1

11

7-1

153-

1 18

4-1

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

Le

ave

as is

. Cha

nge

the

wor

ding

to

“pr

ovid

e ha

bita

t for

rare

, en

dang

ered

and

oth

er sp

ecie

s.

Ed

it: R

evis

e as

show

n.

Rec

ogni

ze th

e hi

gh re

sour

ce v

alue

of t

he si

te’s

wet

land

s th

at p

rovi

de h

abita

t to

man

y sp

ecie

s, w

hich

may

incl

ude

rare

and

end

ange

red

spec

ies.

IX -

501

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

22-2

23

-1

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

In

clud

e la

ngua

ge st

atin

g th

at if

de

velo

pmen

t is a

llow

ed, s

peci

al

tax

asse

ssm

ents

and

dev

elop

men

t ar

rang

emen

ts a

re to

be

mad

e fo

r C

anal

way

s res

tora

tion

and

park

co

mpl

etio

n/m

aint

enan

ce.

Resp

onse

: The

site

is z

oned

PD

-WO

(Pla

nned

Dis

trict

– W

etla

nds

Ove

rlay)

. Th

e W

etla

nds O

verla

y zo

ning

requ

ires d

elin

eatio

n of

w

etla

nds b

y th

e A

rmy

Cor

ps o

f Eng

inee

rs, a

nd a

Wet

land

s M

anag

emen

t Pla

n fo

r the

pro

tect

ion,

rest

orat

ion

and/

or c

reat

ion

of si

te

wet

land

s as d

eter

min

ed n

eces

sary

. B

ond

fund

ing

may

be

requ

ired

if ne

cess

ary

to im

plem

ent t

he W

etla

nds M

anag

emen

t Pla

n.

St

aff r

ecom

men

ds n

o ch

ange

to th

e po

licy.

22-3

11

4-1

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

A

dd la

ngua

ge to

pre

vent

cur

rent

ab

use

and

degr

adat

ion

of th

e C

anal

way

s pro

perty

.

Resp

onse

: Abu

se a

nd d

egra

datio

n of

the

site

can

be

repo

rted

to th

e Po

lice

Dep

artm

ent o

r the

Cod

e En

forc

emen

t Div

isio

n. T

he C

ity h

as

in th

e pa

st ta

ken

actio

n to

evi

ct h

omel

ess e

ncam

pmen

ts a

nd re

port

mow

ing

of P

ickl

ewee

d ve

geta

tion.

Staf

f rec

omm

ends

no

chan

ge to

the

polic

y.

24-1

53

-9

65-1

13

7-1

138-

2

PH-5

7 PH

-63

PH

-64

PH-9

0 PH

-120

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

1.

St

ate

the

fact

s abo

ut th

is

prop

erty

in th

e G

ener

al P

lan.

U

se h

elpf

ul v

erbi

age

inst

ead

of u

nfai

rly b

urde

nsom

e la

ngua

ge.

2.

Can

alw

ays i

s one

of t

he la

st

maj

or in

fill s

ites i

n Sa

n R

afae

l. Ev

iden

ce h

as n

ever

be

en su

ppor

ted

that

C

anal

way

s is a

thriv

ing

wet

land

s sup

porti

ng

enda

nger

ed sp

ecie

s. Su

gges

ted

wai

ting

until

a

deve

lopm

ent p

lan

is

subm

itted

and

let t

he E

IR

dete

rmin

e th

e ou

tcom

e.

3.

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

redu

ctio

n in

per

mitt

ed

deve

lopm

ent f

rom

25

to 1

1.5

acre

s. 4.

In

supp

ort o

f job

s and

ho

usin

g on

Can

alw

ays s

ite.

5.

Con

cern

ed a

bout

the

elim

inat

ion

of re

side

ntia

l ho

usin

g as

an

antic

ipat

ed

perm

itted

use

. 6.

In

appr

opria

te to

des

igna

te

entir

e si

te a

s Con

serv

atio

n.

Resp

onse

: 1.

G

ener

al P

lan

Exhi

bits

26

(Geo

logy

and

Sta

bilit

y), 2

8 (F

lood

H

azar

d A

reas

), 34

(Bio

tic H

abita

t), 3

5 (B

ayla

nds)

, 36

(Wat

ersh

ed

Bou

ndar

ies a

nd S

igni

fican

t Hyd

rolo

gic

Feat

ures

) and

37

(Thr

eate

ned

and

Enda

nger

ed S

peci

es) p

rovi

de th

e ba

ckgr

ound

en

viro

nmen

tal i

nfor

mat

ion

in su

ppor

t of t

he d

raft

polic

y.

2.

As n

oted

in th

e co

mm

ent,

an E

IR p

repa

red

for p

ropo

sed

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

site

wou

ld id

entif

y th

e ex

tent

of w

etla

nds a

nd

the

exis

tenc

e of

end

ange

red

spec

ies o

n th

e si

te.

3.

The

sout

hwes

t cor

ner o

f the

site

is d

esig

nate

d Li

ght

Indu

stria

l/Off

ice,

con

sist

ent w

ith th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ar

ea a

long

K

erne

r Blv

d, a

nd a

llow

ing

for s

ome

deve

lopm

ent t

hat w

ould

pr

ovid

e jo

bs.

4.

R

esid

entia

l use

is n

ot re

com

men

ded

for t

he si

te g

iven

the

envi

ronm

enta

l and

traf

fic c

onst

rain

ts.

Bec

ause

resi

dent

ial u

se is

a

24-h

our u

se, w

ith p

ets t

hat c

ould

hav

e a

nega

tive

impa

ct o

n sp

ecie

s in

the

habi

tat a

reas

, it i

s not

a re

com

men

ded

for t

his s

ite.

5.

The

rem

aind

er o

f the

site

is d

esig

nate

d C

onse

rvat

ion,

indi

catin

g th

at th

e si

te h

as “

visu

al o

r oth

er n

atur

al re

sour

ce si

gnifi

canc

e th

at

shou

ld b

e pr

otec

ted

thro

ugh

the

deve

lopm

ent r

evie

w p

roce

ss.”

Th

e C

onse

rvat

ion

land

use

cat

egor

y is

pro

pose

d to

be

amen

ded

(see

com

men

ts u

nder

Exh

ibit

10 a

bove

) to

indi

cate

that

de

velo

pmen

t pot

entia

l in

the

Con

serv

atio

n di

stric

t wou

ld b

e id

entif

ied

once

env

ironm

enta

l and

oth

er re

sour

ces h

ave

been

id

entif

ied.

6.

It’

s not

pos

sibl

e at

this

poi

nt to

iden

tify

the

size

of t

he a

rea

avai

labl

e fo

r dev

elop

men

t. O

nly

with

a th

orou

gh si

te-s

peci

fic

envi

ronm

enta

l ass

essm

ent,

as w

ould

be

cond

ucte

d if

a de

velo

pmen

t pro

posa

l wer

e su

bmitt

ed, c

ould

the

City

iden

tify

the

appr

opria

te e

xten

t of d

evel

opm

ent o

n th

e si

te.

IX -

502

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

PH-1

16

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

Ea

st/w

est o

verc

ross

ing

coul

d co

nnec

t Ker

ner B

lvd.

to

And

erse

n th

roug

h C

anal

way

s. Th

is c

ould

be

an a

ltern

ativ

e co

nnec

tion.

Resp

onse

: The

Tra

ffic

Eng

inee

r has

reco

mm

ende

d an

eas

t/wes

t cr

ossi

ng u

nder

Hig

hway

580

as a

n al

tern

ativ

e co

nnec

tion

to th

e Ir

ene

Stre

et o

verc

ross

ing

liste

d in

Gen

eral

Pla

n 20

00.

The

unde

rcro

ssin

g is

less

exp

ensi

ve th

an a

n ov

ercr

ossi

ng, a

nd it

wou

ld h

ave

the

leas

t im

pact

on

surr

ound

ing

land

use

s.

96-1

18

5-1

PH-9

1

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

Su

gges

ted

esta

blis

hing

dre

dged

sp

oils

to C

anal

way

s pro

perty

su

ch a

s tho

se e

stab

lishe

d at

Bay

Po

inte

.

Resp

onse

: A U

se P

erm

it w

ould

be

requ

ired

for w

etla

nds r

esto

ratio

n,

incl

udin

g fo

r a p

roje

ct u

sing

dre

dged

spoi

ls.

Envi

ronm

enta

l and

pr

ojec

t rev

iew

wou

ld d

eter

min

e th

e ap

prop

riate

ness

of t

his u

se a

t the

si

te.

110-

1 11

4-1

173-

1 17

9-1

151-

1 15

4-1

155-

1 15

6-1

158-

1 15

9-1

160-

1 16

1-1

162-

1 16

3-1

164-

1 16

5-1

166-

1 16

7-1

168-

1 16

9-1

170-

1 17

1-1

172-

1 17

4-1

181-

1 PH

-65

PH-1

25

NH

-82

(Can

alw

ays)

O

ppos

ed to

any

dev

elop

men

t to

Can

alw

ays s

ite. T

raff

ic, a

ir qu

ality

and

wet

land

s iss

ues.

In su

ppor

t of t

he c

urre

nt

wor

ding

on

NH

-82.

C

anal

way

s site

is u

sefu

l as a

se

ason

al w

etla

nds s

ite. S

ite h

as

over

100

spec

ies o

f wild

life.

Le

ave

in c

urre

nt d

raft

wor

ding

. C

anal

way

s is t

he la

st re

mai

ning

un

deve

lope

d Sa

n R

afae

l sh

orel

ine

habi

tat a

rea.

It sh

ould

be

pre

serv

ed in

per

petu

ity fo

r th

e lo

cal c

itize

ns to

enj

oy.

Resp

onse

: The

Pla

nnin

g C

omm

issi

on h

as re

com

men

ded

no c

hang

e to

th

e dr

aft p

olic

y.

IX -

503

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

Staf

f N

H-8

3 (C

oord

inat

ed

City

, Can

alw

ays,

and

Win

dwar

d W

ay

Res

iden

tial S

ite

Des

ign)

This

pol

icy

is th

e sa

me

as E

SR-

24 fr

om G

ener

al P

lan

2000

; it

addr

esse

s a d

esig

n is

sue

conc

erni

ng h

ousi

ng d

evel

opm

ent

on th

e no

rther

n en

d of

C

anal

way

s, an

d th

e ac

cess

issu

es

invo

lvin

g th

e th

ree

site

s.

How

ever

, in

Gen

eral

Pla

n 20

20

deve

lopm

ent o

n C

anal

way

s will

no

long

er b

e co

ntig

uous

with

th

ese

two

site

s. T

his p

olic

y is

no

long

er n

eede

d.

Map

of t

he a

rea:

Edit:

D

elet

e po

licy

NH

-83

(Coo

rdin

ated

City

, Can

alw

ays a

nd

Win

dwar

d W

ay R

esid

entia

l Des

ign)

41-1

N

H-8

4 (W

indw

ard

Way

) Th

e G

ener

al P

lan

and

Zoni

ng

Ord

inan

ce sh

ould

be

clea

r abo

ut

allo

win

g ho

usin

g as

a u

se o

n th

is

site

.

Resp

onse

: Sta

ff d

oes n

ot re

com

men

d th

at th

e pr

opos

ed P

ark

land

use

de

sign

atio

n be

cha

nged

to a

hou

sing

des

igna

tion.

Pol

icy

PR9a

co

ntai

ns la

ngua

ge th

at w

ould

allo

w c

onsi

dera

tion

of d

evel

opin

g a

porti

on o

f the

site

to fa

cilit

ate

crea

tion

of th

e pa

rk.

This

site

has

bee

n de

sign

ated

for d

evel

opm

ent o

f a p

ark

due

to th

e in

suff

icie

nt a

mou

nt

of p

ark

acre

age

com

pare

d to

pop

ulat

ion

with

in th

e su

rrou

ndin

g ne

ighb

orho

od.

It sh

ould

be

note

d th

at th

e si

te h

as li

mite

d de

velo

pmen

t pot

entia

l due

to e

xist

ing

wet

land

s, lim

ited

traff

ic

capa

city

and

the

cost

of b

uild

ing

on fo

rmer

land

fill.

IX -

504

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

25-1

78

-4

89-1

PC

3/

23/0

4 PH

-121

5/

25/0

4

NH

-87

(Cal

-Pox

Si

te)

Any

dev

elop

men

t sho

uld

incl

ude

spec

ial t

axes

to c

ompl

ete

adjo

inin

g w

etla

nds r

esto

ratio

n,

build

ing

heig

ht li

mits

, pla

ntin

g of

tree

s to

prov

ide

priv

acy.

Se

nten

ce in

ital

ics s

houl

d be

de

lete

d. It

is n

ot a

ppro

pria

te, o

r sa

fe, f

or re

side

ntia

l use

. O

n be

half

of th

e ow

ners

of C

al-

Pox,

supp

ort r

ecom

men

datio

n th

at h

otel

and

/or r

esid

entia

l use

s be

con

side

red

for t

he si

te.

Title

27

of th

e C

alifo

rnia

Cod

e of

regu

latio

ns re

gula

tes p

ost-

clos

ure

deve

lopm

ent o

n la

ndfil

ls, a

nd a

llow

s hou

sing

and

ho

tel d

evel

opm

ent s

ubje

ct to

sc

rutin

y. T

here

are

exa

mpl

es

whe

re fo

rmer

land

fill s

ites h

ave

been

use

d fo

r res

iden

tial a

nd

land

use

. H

otel

s and

seni

or h

ousi

ng a

re

beni

gn u

ses i

n te

rms o

f pea

k ho

ur tr

affic

.

Resp

onse

: On

May

25,

the

Plan

ning

Com

mis

sion

con

side

red

the

bene

fits a

nd c

onst

rain

ts to

resi

dent

ial d

evel

opm

ent o

n th

is si

te.

As a

si

te w

ith k

now

n ha

zard

ous m

ater

ials

, the

env

ironm

enta

l con

stra

ints

m

ay b

e pr

ohib

itive

of r

esid

entia

l use

. Add

ition

ally

, the

site

is a

n is

olat

ed lo

catio

n fo

r res

iden

tial u

se, b

eing

a c

onsi

dera

ble

dist

ance

for

neig

hbor

hood

serv

ices

or t

rans

it. O

n th

e ot

her h

and,

ther

e is

a

pres

sing

nee

d fo

r hou

sing

site

s, an

d se

nior

hou

sing

and

hot

els d

o ha

ve fe

wer

traf

fic im

pact

s tha

n ot

her p

ossi

ble

uses

. Th

e Pl

anni

ng

Com

mis

sion

reco

mm

ende

d th

at re

side

ntia

l not

be

allo

wed

at t

he si

te.

Edit:

A

llow

ligh

t ind

ustri

al/o

ffic

e an

d sp

ecia

lty re

tail

uses

. Tr

affic

con

gest

ion

in th

e ar

ea, p

rior t

o ne

eded

road

way

im

prov

emen

ts, m

ay li

mit

deve

lopm

ent o

n th

e si

te to

low

tra

ffic

-gen

erat

ing

uses

. R

esid

entia

l and

/or H

hote

l use

m

ay b

e co

nsid

ered

for t

he si

te p

rovi

ded

that

en

viro

nmen

tal a

naly

sis d

emon

stra

tes t

hat p

oten

tially

ha

zard

ous s

oils

con

ditio

ns a

re in

com

plia

nce

with

Sta

te

and

Fede

ral l

aws a

nd th

at g

eo-s

eism

ic c

ondi

tions

and

co

mm

erci

al u

se c

onfli

cts h

ave

been

miti

gate

d

78-2

PC

3/

23/0

4

NH

-90

(Par

ks a

nd

Rec

reat

ion)

A

dd B

ella

m/W

indw

ard

Way

Pa

rk to

this

pol

icy.

Ed

it: R

evis

e as

show

n.

Com

plet

e pl

anne

d Pi

ckle

wee

d Pa

rk a

nd S

tark

wea

ther

Sh

orel

ine

Park

impr

ovem

ents

, and

pla

n an

d im

plem

ent

park

impr

ovem

ents

at t

he B

ella

m/W

indw

ard

Way

site

. C

hang

e/ad

d re

fere

nces

: PR

-8a

(Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d Pa

rk Im

prov

emen

ts) a

nd P

R-9

a (B

ella

m/W

indw

ard

Way

site

)

Staf

f N

H-9

6 (S

hore

line

Emba

nkm

ents

) Th

ere

is th

e po

tent

ial f

or th

e lo

ss

of so

il re

sour

ces d

ue to

ero

sion

as

wel

l as t

he p

oten

tial f

or th

e ex

posu

re o

f im

prov

emen

ts to

er

osio

n-re

late

d da

mag

e.

Add

ition

al w

ordi

ng sh

ould

be

adde

d.

E

dit t

he p

olic

y by

add

ing

the

sent

ence

: R

equi

re ri

prap

on

the

outs

ide

face

of l

evee

s fac

ing

the

Bay

. Afte

r lar

ge st

orm

s, in

spec

t exi

stin

g rip

rap

on le

vee

face

s. R

epai

r and

repl

ace

as n

eces

sary

to p

rovi

de

adeq

uate

wav

e er

osio

n pr

otec

tion.

PC

1/13

/04

NH

-97

(Fill

Hei

ghts

) D

uplic

ativ

e w

ith S

-15

(see

be

low

)

Edi

t: D

elet

e po

licy

and

prog

ram

. A

dd re

fere

nce

to S

-15

.

IX -

505

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

PC

6/29

/04

NH

-99

(Env

ironm

enta

l R

esou

rces

)

Say

“enc

oura

ge th

e pr

eser

vatio

n an

d co

nser

vatio

n” in

stea

d of

“p

rote

ct a

nd c

onse

rve”

Resp

onse

: O

rigin

al w

ordi

ng is

in 1

988

plan

. The

pol

icy

shou

ld b

e de

lete

d as

it is

re

dund

ant w

ith o

ther

pol

icie

s and

pro

gram

s.

Edit:

Del

ete

polic

y.

NH

-99.

Env

iron

men

tal R

esou

rces

. Pr

otec

t and

con

serv

e th

e fo

llow

ing

sign

ifica

nt

envi

ronm

enta

l res

ourc

es in

the

Can

al:

•Wet

land

s/B

ayla

nds i

nclu

ding

the

San

Raf

ael C

anal

. •T

hrea

tene

d an

d en

dang

ered

spec

ies a

nd th

eir h

abita

ts.

Such

hab

itats

incl

ude

but a

re n

ot li

mite

d to

Eas

t San

R

afae

l pon

ds, m

arsh

land

s and

bay

land

s, an

d (p

oten

tially

) San

Que

ntin

Rid

ge.

•The

Bay

shor

elin

e.

•San

Que

ntin

Rid

ge/h

illsi

de.

• A

rcha

eolo

gica

l res

ourc

es o

n up

land

site

s. PC

7/8

/04

NH

-105

(New

D

evel

opm

ent)

Del

ete

redu

ndan

t phr

ase

in

seco

nd b

ulle

t

Edit:

A

ssur

ing

that

new

dev

elop

men

t and

sign

ifica

nt

rem

odel

ing

resp

ect a

nd e

nhan

ce th

e ch

arac

ter o

f su

rrou

ndin

g ho

usin

g in

term

s of d

ensi

ty a

nd d

esig

n,

and…

Staf

f N

H-1

09 (E

xist

ing

Ret

ail C

ente

rs

Upg

rade

)

Add

refe

renc

e to

rede

velo

pmen

t in

cent

ive

in F

AR

pol

icy.

Edi

t: A

dd re

fere

nce

See

LU-L

U-9

(Int

ensi

ty o

f Non

resi

dent

ial D

evel

opm

ent).

PC

3/23

/04

57-1

2

NH

-110

(Unu

sed

Porti

ons o

f the

Fo

rmer

NW

P R

ight

-of

-Way

)

Rev

ise

to c

larif

y.

Use

s of t

his r

ight

-of-

way

shou

ld

ensu

re p

rote

ctio

n of

any

adj

acen

t w

etla

nd h

abita

ts.

Ed

it: R

evis

e as

show

n.

Unu

sed

Port

ions

of t

he F

orm

er N

WP

SMA

RT

Rig

ht-

of-W

ay. E

ncou

rage

use

, whi

le e

nsur

ing

prot

ectio

n of

any

ad

jace

nt w

etla

nd h

abita

t, of

the

unus

ed p

ortio

ns o

f the

fo

rmer

Nor

thw

est P

acifi

c R

ailro

ad ri

ght -

of-w

ay th

at is

no

t par

t of t

he n

ew S

MA

RT

right

-of-

way

incl

udin

g th

e se

ctio

n be

twee

n D

ownt

own

and

the

Lark

spur

ferr

y te

rmin

al, t

o fa

cilit

ate

desi

red

rede

velo

pmen

t of a

djac

ent

parc

els a

nd a

n ea

sem

ent f

or th

e N

orth

-Sou

th b

ikew

ay.

IX -

506

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

69-1

PH

-45

Ger

stle

Par

k V

isio

n A

sugg

este

d re

visi

on o

f the

V

isio

n w

as su

bmitt

ed.

E

dit:

Rev

ise

Vis

ion

Stat

emen

t as s

how

n.

Ger

stle

Par

k is

a u

niqu

e, h

isto

ric a

nd w

alka

ble

neig

hbor

hood

in c

lose

pro

xim

ity to

Dow

ntow

n. I

t is

esse

ntia

lly b

uilt-

out a

nd w

ill re

mai

n a

very

div

erse

and

ac

tive

resi

dent

ial n

eigh

borh

ood

with

rela

tivel

y lit

tle

chan

ge.

Futu

re d

evel

opm

ent w

ill b

e lim

ited

to sm

all

scal

e in

fill r

esid

entia

l pro

ject

s. O

ppor

tuni

ties s

houl

d be

ta

ken

to v

isua

lly u

pgra

de o

r rep

lace

apa

rtmen

t bui

ldin

gs

to b

e m

ore

com

patib

le w

ith th

e hi

stor

ic n

eigh

borh

ood

desi

gn c

hara

cter

, pre

serv

e hi

stor

ic st

ruct

ures

and

ar

chite

ctur

al c

hara

cter

, red

uce

impa

cts o

f thr

ough

-traf

fic

on n

eigh

borh

ood

stre

ets a

nd to

rest

ore

adeq

uate

par

king

on

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d st

reet

s.Edi

t: R

evis

e V

isio

n St

atem

ent

as sh

own.

69-2

PH

-48

Ger

stle

Par

k In

trodu

ctio

n Su

gges

ted

wor

ding

“G

erst

le

Park

has

thre

e di

stin

ctly

uni

que

neig

hbor

s on

thre

e si

des t

hat

vary

in te

rms o

f fee

l, zo

ning

, us

e, a

nd c

onge

stio

n/tra

ffic

ge

nera

tion,

plu

s the

ne

ighb

orho

od’s

Nor

ther

n B

ound

ary

is a

maj

or

Tran

spor

tatio

n C

orrid

or.”

La

st se

nten

ce a

dd su

gges

ted

wor

ding

“no

n-ne

ighb

orho

od

rela

ted

pass

-thru

and

co

mm

erci

al tr

affic

”

Resp

onse

: The

tran

sitio

n be

twee

n G

erst

le P

ark

and

the

Dow

ntow

n is

m

entio

ned

in th

e de

scrip

tive

text

due

to it

s im

porta

nce

in th

e po

licy

stat

emen

ts w

hich

follo

w.

It is

not

an

atte

mpt

to d

escr

ibe

all t

he

boun

darie

s of t

he n

eigh

borh

ood.

Edi

t: R

evis

e te

xt (n

eigh

borh

ood

desc

riptio

n, P

age

109)

as

follo

ws:

N

eigh

borh

ood

issu

es th

at n

eed

to b

e ad

dres

sed

are

traff

ic

prob

lem

s suc

h as

lack

of p

arki

ng a

nd ,e

xces

sive

spee

d an

d pr

otec

tion

of n

eigh

borh

ood

stre

ets f

rom

the

impa

cts

of th

roug

h-tra

ffic

, ade

quat

e dr

aina

ge, a

nd m

aint

enan

ce o

f st

reet

s, si

dew

alks

, his

toric

pre

serv

atio

n, a

nd p

rivat

e pr

oper

ty m

aint

enan

ce.

PH-1

37

Ger

stle

Par

k C

onsi

der t

he im

prov

emen

ts fo

r G

erst

le P

ark

Nei

ghbo

rhoo

d se

ctio

n. C

hang

e is

goo

d, b

ut it

m

ust b

e te

mpe

red

and

reba

lanc

ed. S

ugge

sted

to

proc

eed

caut

ious

ly.

Com

men

t not

ed.

122-

1 G

erst

le P

ark

Mor

e de

finiti

ve la

ngua

ge

prov

idin

g ac

know

ledg

emen

t and

pr

otec

tion

need

s to

be in

clud

ed

in th

e G

ener

al P

lan.

Resp

onse

: The

lette

r com

men

ts in

gen

eral

term

s abo

ut c

ondi

tions

in

Ger

stle

Par

k bu

t doe

s not

requ

est s

peci

fic c

hang

es to

dra

ft po

licie

s an

d pr

ogra

ms.

IX -

507

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

69-3

PH

-121

A

NH

-116

. (N

ew

Dev

elop

men

t)-la

st

bulle

t

Sugg

este

d w

ordi

ng. “

Req

uirin

g th

at a

djac

ent D

ownt

own

land

us

e de

sign

atio

ns a

nd

deve

lopm

ents

are

com

patib

le

with

and

pro

vide

ade

quat

e tra

nsiti

on o

r gat

eway

ther

eby

not

infr

ingi

ng u

pon

Ger

stle

Par

k’s

dist

inct

cha

ract

er o

r qua

lity

of

life

do n

ot n

egat

ivel

y af

fect

the

neig

hbor

hood

.”

E

dit:

Rev

ise

as sh

own.

R

equi

ring

that

adj

acen

t Dow

ntow

n la

nd u

se d

esig

natio

ns

and

deve

lopm

ents

are

com

patib

le w

ith a

nd d

o no

t ne

gativ

ely

affe

ct th

e ne

ighb

orho

od a

nd th

at se

nsiti

ve

trans

ition

s occ

ur w

here

Dow

ntow

n de

velo

pmen

t abu

ts

neig

hbor

hood

resi

denc

es.

Add

refe

renc

e to

CD

-11b

. (C

ompa

tibili

ty o

f Pat

tern

s),

revi

sed

as fo

llow

s: A

dopt

des

ign

guid

elin

es to

ens

ure

com

patib

ility

of n

onre

side

ntia

l bui

ldin

g pa

ttern

s.

Gui

delin

es m

ay a

ddre

ss se

tbac

k pa

ttern

s, pa

rkin

g an

d dr

ivew

ay p

atte

rns,

build

ing

scal

e, h

eigh

t and

bui

ldin

g st

epba

cks,

trans

ition

s bet

wee

n co

mm

erci

al a

nd

resi

dent

ial d

istri

cts,

sign

age

and

land

scap

ing.

Staf

f N

H-1

16. (

New

D

evel

opm

ent)-

seco

nd b

ulle

t

Con

firm

that

land

use

de

sign

atio

ns in

Ger

stle

Par

k do

no

t con

flict

with

pol

icie

s lim

iting

resi

dent

ial d

ensi

ty a

nd

proh

ibiti

ng a

dditi

onal

no

nres

iden

tial d

evel

opm

ent.

Ed

it: R

evis

e as

show

n:

• Pr

ohib

iting

add

ition

al n

onre

side

ntia

l dev

elop

men

t in

Ger

stle

Par

k co

nsis

t ent

with

exce

pt a

s allo

wed

in

zoni

ng re

gula

tions

.

69-4

N

H-1

16a

(Dev

elop

men

t R

evie

w P

roce

ss)

Sugg

este

d w

ordi

ng. “

Use

the

deve

lopm

ent r

evie

w p

roce

ss to

en

cour

age

desi

gn a

nd u

se

cons

iste

nt w

ith th

is p

olic

y, a

nd

prov

ide

spec

ial a

ttent

ion,

no

tific

atio

n an

d/or

requ

ired

DR

B fo

r gat

eway

or c

orrid

or

proj

ects

adj

acen

t to

Ger

stle

Pa

rk.”

Resp

onse

: Not

e pr

opos

ed m

odifi

catio

ns a

bove

whi

ch sp

ecifi

cally

re

fer t

o de

sign

tran

sitio

ns b

etw

een

Ger

stle

Par

k an

d D

ownt

own

deve

lopm

ent a

nd th

e ch

ange

to P

rogr

am C

D-1

1b w

hich

cal

ls fo

r cr

eatio

n of

des

ign

guid

elin

es to

iden

tify

desi

red

desi

gn so

lutio

ns fo

r re

side

ntia

l/com

mer

cial

inte

rfac

e.

57-1

3 N

H-1

18 (A

lber

t Pa

rk)

Polic

ies s

houl

d re

quire

the

Cre

ek

in th

is a

rea

to b

e pr

otec

ted

and

enha

nced

.

E

dit:

Add

a n

ew p

olic

y an

d re

fere

nces

as s

how

n.

NH

-X.

Mah

on C

reek

. Pr

eser

ve a

nd e

nhan

ce M

ahon

C

reek

. Se

e C

ON

-8a

(Cre

ek R

esto

ratio

n), C

ON

-8c

(Tre

e R

eten

tion)

and

LU

-2a

(Dev

elop

men

t Rev

iew

)

IX -

508

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

69-5

Su

gges

ted

New

Po

licy.

Ger

stle

Par

k.

Sugg

est w

ordi

ng fo

r new

pol

icy

“Ger

stle

Par

k. C

omm

it to

im

prov

emen

ts th

at e

nhan

ce th

e co

mm

unity

’s u

se o

f thi

s ne

ighb

orho

od p

ark.

E.g

. re

surf

ace

the

tenn

is c

ourts

, re

pair

the

bask

etba

ll co

urts

, get

th

e w

ater

foun

tain

s wor

king

, up

grad

e th

e re

dwoo

d gr

ove

faci

litie

s, an

d pe

rhap

s co

nsol

idat

ed si

gnag

e to

impr

ove

appe

aran

ce, a

s wel

l as e

ncou

rage

so

lutio

ns/p

olic

ing

of h

omel

ess

enca

mpm

ents

.”

Resp

onse

: Pol

icy

PR-7

a ca

lls fo

r pre

para

tion

of a

new

mas

ter p

lan

for G

erst

le P

ark.

The

se sp

ecifi

c is

sues

shou

ld b

e br

ough

t up

and

addr

esse

d w

hen

such

a m

aste

r pla

n is

pre

pare

d an

d pu

blic

inpu

t so

ught

.

69-6

PH

-48

Sugg

este

d N

ew

Polic

y Su

gges

ted

wor

ding

“Pr

omot

e an

d pl

an fo

r Gat

eway

at

neig

hbor

hood

ent

ranc

es th

at

mig

ht in

clud

e si

gnag

e or

la

ndsc

ape,

traf

fic c

alm

ing

or

othe

r mea

ns to

tran

sitio

n to

G

erst

le P

ark

as a

resi

dent

ial

neig

hbor

hood

at m

ain

stre

ets o

f B

, C, E

, and

Woo

dlan

d.

Resp

onse

: Sev

eral

ass

ocia

tions

had

ver

y sp

ecifi

c su

gges

tions

for

entry

poi

nts i

nto

thei

r nei

ghbo

rhoo

ds.

Ther

efor

e, a

com

mon

pol

icy

rega

rdin

g N

eigh

borh

ood

Iden

tity

and

Land

mar

ks (N

H-7

) was

pr

epar

ed.

Spec

ifics

wou

ld b

e de

term

ined

dur

ing

prep

arat

ion

of a

ne

ighb

orho

od p

lan.

Pol

icy

CD

-8 d

iscu

sses

City

-iden

tifie

d ga

tew

ays

show

n on

Exh

ibits

17

and

18.

The

gate

way

of W

olfe

Gra

de is

id

entif

ied

in th

e G

erst

le P

ark

neig

hbor

hood

for f

urth

er c

onsi

dera

tion

and

enha

ncem

ent.

69-7

PH

-48

Sugg

este

d N

ew

Polic

y. S

hort

Scho

ol

Site

.

Sugg

este

d w

ordi

ng. “

Shor

t Sc

hool

Site

. Enc

oura

ge a

nd

surv

ey p

oten

tial f

or c

omm

unity

us

e fir

st b

efor

e co

nsid

erat

ion

for

hous

ing

and

even

then

onl

y in

ke

epin

g w

ith c

urre

nt sc

ale,

de

nsity

and

arc

hite

ctur

e of

pr

edom

inan

t nei

ghbo

rhoo

d ch

arac

ter.”

Resp

onse

: Thi

s is a

noth

er is

sue

whi

ch w

as a

ddre

ssed

in se

vera

l ne

ighb

orho

od p

lans

and

was

con

solid

ated

in P

olic

y N

H-1

1 Sc

hool

s, w

hich

says

: “R

etai

n lo

cal s

choo

ls w

here

pos

sibl

e, b

ut w

hen

reus

e is

ne

cess

ary,

hou

sing

dev

elop

men

t at p

reva

iling

den

sitie

s in

the

imm

edia

te a

rea

shou

ld b

e th

e ap

prop

riate

land

use

. W

here

it is

in th

e co

mm

unity

’s in

tere

st to

reta

in p

ublic

recr

eatio

n, o

n-si

te d

ensi

ty

trans

fers

will

be

allo

wed

to th

e re

mai

ning

scho

ol si

te a

crea

ge,

prov

ided

the

resu

lting

hou

sing

des

ign

is c

ompa

tible

with

the

neig

hbor

hood

cha

ract

er.”

(em

phas

is a

dded

)

75-7

75

-13

Vis

ion

of L

inco

ln/

San

Raf

ael H

ill

Com

men

ts re

gard

ing

traff

ic

cong

estio

n, tr

affic

spee

d, sa

fety

an

d pa

rkin

g.

Resp

onse

: G

ener

al c

omm

ents

and

obs

erva

tions

are

not

ed.

Com

men

ts a

re to

o sp

ecifi

c to

be

incl

uded

in a

gen

eral

pla

n

IX -

509

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

75-1

3 V

isio

n of

Li

ncol

n/Sa

n R

afae

l H

ill

Prop

osed

revi

sion

s to

the

visi

on

stat

emen

t, in

clud

ing

issu

es

rela

ted

to re

tent

ion

of lo

w-

dens

ity h

illsi

de li

mita

tions

, se

cond

uni

ts, p

rivac

y im

pact

s of

new

dev

elop

men

t, en

forc

emen

t of

par

king

rest

rictio

ns, n

ot

cons

ider

ing

Linc

oln

as a

“c

orrid

or”,

rete

ntio

n of

the

nurs

ery

and

mot

els,

elim

inat

ion

of p

oten

tial f

or h

eigh

t and

de

nsity

bon

uses

, miti

gatio

n of

no

ise

impa

cts,

unde

rgro

undi

ng

of u

tiliti

es, p

arki

ng e

nfor

cem

ent

and

new

traf

fic si

gnal

in

stal

latio

n.

Resp

onse

: Th

e pr

opos

ed v

isio

n la

ngua

ge is

muc

h m

ore

deta

iled

than

ot

her n

eigh

borh

ood

visi

ons.

No

chan

ges a

re p

ropo

sed

in th

e lo

w

dens

ity a

llow

ance

s for

the

hills

ide

area

s. Is

sues

rela

ted

to se

cond

un

its h

ave

been

pre

empt

ed b

y st

ate

law

. R

eten

tion

of e

xist

ing

mot

els

and

nurs

ery

is a

ddre

ssed

in C

omm

ent 7

5-10

abo

ve.

The

heig

ht b

onus

co

ncer

n is

add

ress

ed in

Com

men

t 98-

2. D

ensi

ty b

onus

es a

re re

quire

d to

be

offe

red

by st

ate

law

.

PC

3/23

/04

NH

-119

(Ped

estri

an

Link

ages

) A

dd b

ikes

to th

is o

r a re

fere

nce

to th

e B

icyc

le/P

ed. M

aste

r Pla

n

E

dit:

Rev

ise

as sh

own.

Im

prov

e bi

cycl

e an

d pe

dest

rian

linka

ges a

nd la

ndsc

ape

treat

men

t of m

ajor

ent

ry ro

ads f

rom

the

Dow

ntow

n ar

ea,

such

as B

, C, a

nd D

Stre

ets.

Add

refe

renc

e to

Pro

gram

C-2

6a (B

icyc

le a

nd P

edes

trian

Pl

an Im

plem

enta

tion)

74-1

74

-5

PH-4

5 PH

-48

NH

-119

(Ped

estri

an

Link

ages

) Su

gges

ted

edits

to p

olic

y “I

mpr

ove

pede

stria

n lin

kage

s an

d la

ndsc

ape

treat

men

t of a

t m

ajor

ent

ry ro

ads f

rom

the

Dow

ntow

n ar

ea, s

uch

a s B

, C,

and

D S

treet

s. Pr

omot

e an

d pl

an

for g

atew

ays a

t nei

ghbo

rhoo

d en

tranc

es th

at w

ould

incl

ude

sign

age

or la

ndsc

ape

desi

gn to

tra

nsiti

on to

Ger

stle

Par

k as

a

resi

dent

ial n

eigh

borh

ood

at th

e m

ain

stre

ets o

f B, C

, E,,

and

Woo

dlan

d.”

Resp

onse

: Sam

e su

gges

tions

as C

omm

ent 6

9-6

abov

e.

74-2

N

H-1

19a

(Ped

estri

an

Impr

ovem

ents

) N

o ed

it su

gges

ted.

N

o re

spon

se n

eede

d.

74-3

74

-7

PH-4

5 PH

-46

Sugg

este

d N

ew

Prog

ram

. NH

-119

b.

Bic

ycle

Im

prov

emen

ts.

Sugg

este

d w

ordi

ng “

Bic

ycle

Im

prov

emen

ts. P

rom

ote

plan

ning

to a

ffor

d G

erst

le P

ark

bein

g a

safe

pla

ce to

bic

ycle

…”

Resp

onse

: Thi

s is a

n is

sue

that

was

cov

ered

in se

vera

l nei

ghbo

rhoo

d pl

ans a

nd w

as th

eref

ore

craf

ted

into

Pol

icy

NH

-6 B

icyc

le a

nd

Pede

stria

n-Fr

iend

ly S

treet

s.

IX -

510

IV.

NE

IGH

BO

RH

OO

DS

EL

EM

EN

T

Com

men

t #

Polic

y/Pr

ogra

m

Com

men

t R

espo

nse

Rec

omm

enda

tion

74-4

74

-8

PH-4

7

Sugg

este

d N

ew

Prog

ram

. NH

-119

c.

Traf

fic

Impr

ovem

ents

.

Sugg

este

d w

ordi

ng. “

Impl

emen

t tra

ffic

cal

min

g an

d re

desi

gn o

f tra

ffic

to m

inim

ize

conf

lict

betw

een

vehi

cles

, ped

estri

ans,

and

bicy

cles

…”

Resp

onse

: Thi

s is a

n is

sue

that

was

cov

ered

in se

vera

l nei

ghbo

rhoo

d pl

ans a

nd w

as th

eref

ore

craf

ted

into

Pol

icy

NH

-5 S

afe

Stre

ets.

69-8

PH

-44

Sugg

este

d N

ew

Polic

y. N

H-1

19X

Su

gges

ted

wor

ding

“N

eigh

borh

ood

Park

ing.

Im

prov

e pa

rkin

g in

the

neig

hbor

hood

, con

duct

a p

arki

ng

surv

ey to

furth

er e

valu

ate

spec

ific

park

ing

prob

lem

s and

id

entif

y po

ssib

le so

lutio

ns th

at

allo

w fo

r stre

et p

arki

ng th

at d

oes

not d

omin

ate

the

neig

hbor

hood

…”

Resp

onse

: Thi

s is a

n is

sue

that

was

cov

ered

in se

vera

l nei

ghbo

rhoo

d pl

ans a

nd w

as th

eref

ore

craf

ted

into

Pol

icy

NH

-8 P

arki

ng a

nd

Prog

ram

s NH

-8a,

NH

-8b,

NH

-8c

and

NH

-8d.

98-2

PC

7/8

/04

NH

-120

(Lin

coln

A

venu

e)

LSR

HN

A o

ppos

es a

ny a

ttem

pt

to a

llow

bui

ldin

gs th

at e

xcee

d th

ree

stor

ies t

o be

bui

lt al

ong

Linc

oln

Ave

nue.

O

ppos

ed to

bus

ines

s use

s lar

ger

than

five

full-

time

empl

oyee

s w

ithou

t maj

or ju

stifi

catio

n an

d fu

ll pu

blic

hea

rings

. A

dd re

fere

nce

to L

U-1

4 (H

eigh

t B

onus

es).

Resp

onse

: The

hei

ght b

onus

for a

ffor

dabl

e ho

usin

g al

ong

Linc

oln

Ave

nue

is c

urre

nt p

olic

y, a

nd p

ropo

sed

to b

e ca

rrie

d fo

rwar

d in

to

Gen

eral

Pla

n 20

20.

The

curr

ent p

olic

y al

so st

ates

that

hei

ght b

onus

es

may

be

gran

ted

only

if th

e si

te is

mor

e th

an 1

50 fe

et in

wid

th a

nd a

t le

ast 2

0,00

0 sq

. ft.

in si

ze.

The

Stee

ring

Com

mitt

ee d

id n

ot

reco

mm

end

thes

e de

tails

in k

eepi

ng w

ith a

mor

e ge

nera

l app

roac

h to

he

ight

bon

uses

in p

olic

y LU

-14

and

Exhi

bit 9

(pag

e 32

of t

he d

raft

Plan

). H

owev

er, t

hese

spec

ifics

are

reco

mm

ende

d to

be

incl

uded

in

the

zoni

ng o

rdin