Review the Draft Community Engagement Report

The City has been working on General Plan updates in earnest for the last three years, starting with the Housing Element adopted in 2019, the Infill Market Study adopted in early 2020, and the release of various elements of the General Plan, beginning with the Gateway Area Plan in 2021. The Housing Element and Infill Market Study each included a summary of engagement. The current phase of General Plan updates will also include an engagement report. This draft Community Engagement Report includes a review of the engagement and decision-making process through June 2022.  Additional engagement data that has not yet been incorporated into the final engagement report is provided below for review.

The General Plan update process has involved several different engagement strategies to ensure broad participation. The engagement is ongoing. This is the initial draft report and a final report will be completed at the end of the process. This working draft collates engagement efforts and input to-date. The final report, along with a report of the recommendations, will inform the decision makers before adopting the General Plan updates.  

REVIEW THE WORKING DRAFT OF THE ENGAGEMENT REPORT HERE.

Engagement Report Attachments

•    Visioning Meetings - Notes by Group

•    Walking Tour Polling - Raw Export

•    Town Hall Notes by Group

Planning Commission Suggested Changes by General Plan Element

• 2023-03-27  Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Land Use and Vision Element (submitted prior to hearing)
• 2023-04-11 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Mobility, Public Facilities, Infrastructure and Circulation Element (submitted prior to hearing)
• 2023-04-11 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Mobility, Public Facilities, Infrastructure and Circulation Element pt.2
• 2023-04-22 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Public Facilities and Infrastructure Element (submitted prior to hearing)
• 2023-04-25 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Public Facilities and Infrastructure Element (submitted prior to hearing)
• 2023-04-27 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Vision Statement, Land Use Element, Circulation Element, Public Facilities and Infrastructure Element and Public Safety Element (submitted prior to hearing)
• 2023-05-09 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Historic Preservation Element, Vision Statement, Land Use Element, Circulation Element, Public Facilities and Infrastructure Element and Public Safety Element (submitted prior to hearing)
• 2023-05-09 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Historic Preservation Element, Vision Statement, Land Use Element, Circulation Element, Public Facilities and Infrastructure Element and Public Safety Element pt. 2
• 2023-05-23 Commissioner Recommended Changes to the Design Element, Health Element, Vision Statement, Land Use Element, Circulation Element, Public Facilities and Infrastructure Element and Public Safety Element (submitted prior to hearing)

Form-Based Code Workshop Results

Form-Based Code Public Workshops. 

These sessions covered design standards proposed to regulate building scale and massing, building heights by zone, parking, open space, and more. Older presentations in this series are now complete and can be viewed on the City's YouTube channel, here.   

Meeting 1, Part 1: Public Wokshop on Building and Roof Design, Open Space- January 19, 2023  6-8 pm via zoom:The first session focused on architectural and open space regulations utilizing a form-based code.

• A recording of the video can be found here.  
• Post-meeting survey results can be found here.
• Please refer to the Look Book when reviewing the survey . 

Meeting 1, Part 2: Planning Commission Study Session on Building and Roof Design, Open Space- Saturday, February 11th, 8:30am-12:30pm- (in-person at City Hall). 

• Materials for this session and the agenda for the Planning Commission Study Session can be accessed here.

Meeting 2: Public Workshop on Streetscape, Parking, and Open Space- Thursday, February 23rd, 6:-8: pm (via zoom)

• Post-meeting survey results can be found here
• Survey reference materials are embedded within the survey but can be downloaded seperately, here.
• A recording of the video can be found here.

Gateway Plan Policy Recommendations by City Committee

Please note, three City Committees (Parks and Recreation, Energy, and Historic Landmakrs Committees) adopted general recommendations while the remaining committees adopted policy-specific recommendations. 

• 2022-07-13 Parks and Recreation Committee Adopted Policy Recommendations
• 2022-07-18 Energy Committee Recommendations
• 2022-07-27 Historic Landmarks Committee Recommendations 
• 2022-08-02 Economic Development Committee Recommendations
• 2022-08-02 Transportation Safety Committee Recommendations
• 2022-08-11 Forest Management Committee Recommendations
• 2022-09-20 Wetlands and Creeks Committee Recommendations

Visioning Survey Results

• Open Answer Questions - Values
• Open Answer Questions-Big Ideas
• Open Answer Questions-Bonus Question

Additional Engagement Data

• Poll Results: August 16th Form-Based Code Workshop
• Poll Results: August 23 Planning Commission/City Coucnil Study Session (decision makers)
• Poll Results: August 23 Planning Commission/City Council Study Session (public)
• Poll Results: October 11 Planning Commisison Meeting (Gateway Height Concerns)
• Poll Results: October 25 Planning Commisison Meeting (Gateway Solutions)
• October 25 Planning Commission Concern/Solution Set (DRAFT)
• November 8 Planning Commission Concern/Solution Set (FINAL)

Open House Poster photos:

Public comment recvied on the Infill Program has been saved internally as part of the administrative record for this program. Based on community interest, comments recieved will be uploaded to this website in batches. Generally comments will be uploaded in chronological, monthly batches. 

Comments Received

Agency Comments