19E - RECEIVE AND FILE GENERAL PLAN

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City of Santa Ana General Plan Update July 7, 2020 Page 3 Table 1: General Plan Topics Mandatory Topics Optional Topics Land Use Health and Wellness Circulation Historic Preservation Housin 2 Urban Design Environmental Justices Economic Prosperity Open Space Community Services Conservation Safety Noise Notes: 1. The topic of circulation includes transportation facilities and public utilities, although these two topics can be addressed in any element. 2. The updated General Plan will incorporate the current 2014-2021 Housing Element and no substantive changes are anticipated as part of the comprehensive general plan update. The topic of housing will be addressed as a separate effort in late 2021 in accordance with state law. 3. The topic of environmental justice will be incorporated throughout the General Plan, with goals and policies incorporated into multiple elements. Throughout the General Plan Update process, one prime objective has been to refine the organization of the General Plan structure and topics to be more streamlined and user-friendly. The draft General Plan will be organized into three volumes to cover all content required by state law, plus optional topics, important to the Santa Ana community. The three volumes will consist of Services and Infrastructure, Natural Environment, and Built Environment as indicated in Table 2 below. Within these volumes, twelve (12) elements will serve to replace the existing 16 elements that were last revised comprehensively in 1982. Table 2: General Plan Structure Vol I: Services and Infrastructure Vol II: Natural Environment Vol III: Built Environment Community Element Conservation Element Land Use Element Mobility Element Open Space Element Housing Element Economic Prosperity Element Noise Element Historic Preservation Element Public Services Element Safety Element Urban Design Element The elements themselves will also be streamlined, consisting of a purpose and introductory statement, a summary of community considerations and a set of individual goals and policies. The information on related context and conditions will be provided as series of background reports. This approach will decrease the overall size of the General Plan, ensuring that the most important content (Goals and Policies) is able to be accessed quickly and easily. This is not only important for the printed version of the General Plan, but also for the web -based version that may be viewed on a computer or a mobile device. Each element will also have a separate hard cover and made 19E-3