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Home My WebLink About4 - WS CURRENT PLANNING UPDATECURRENT PLANNING Section overview & update April 23, 2018 OVERVIEW •Who are we? – Meet the planners •What do we do? – Covering it all •Why do we do it? – Purpose and goals •When does it happen? – Timelines •What are we working on? •Questions WHO ARE WE? •Escarlet Mar, Planning Technician •Jerry Guevara, Assistant Planner I •Ivan Orozco, Assistant Planner II •Selena Kelaher, AICP Associate Planner •Ali Pezeshkpour, AICP Senior Planner •Vince Fregoso, AICP Acting Planning Manager/Principal Planner WHAT DO WE DO? •Development projects & entitlements •Planning counter management •Counter projects •Line support to other City staff •Commercial cannabis •Ordinance amendments •Other efforts (database features, procedure manuals, etc.) WHY DO WE DO IT? •The City adopts and maintains various documents that spell out the community’s goals and visions •General Plan, Zoning Code, Citywide Design Guidelines, Strategic Plan, etc. •Using these documents, Planning staff evaluates proposed projects and makes decisions or recommendations •One (or several) project at a time, we can improve the City and/or maintain character WHEN DOES IT HAPPEN? •Current Planning is what it sounds like – the implementation of codes and policies through projects •Counter planning – day-to- day •Project review – more complex •Some efforts are longer-term, like project area zone changes or internal tasks WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? •Major entitlement projects: •2525 N. Main – Fall 2018 •2700 N. Main – Winter 2019 •3rd & Broadway – Summer/Fall 2018 •Elan by Wermers (1660 E. First) – Summer 2018 •First Point by AMG (2110 & 2114 E. First) – Spring 2018 •Tapestry by Hilton (Brookhollow) – Winter 2019 •Russell Fischer Commercial Dev’t (4 th & Tustin) – Summer 2018 •Long-term projects: •Metro East Mixed Use (MEMU) expansion – Summer 2018 •Zoning Code cleanups – Ongoing First Point 2525 N. Main Elan WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON? •Other public efforts: •Commercial Cannabis: ordinances and implementation •Development review streamlining: process and thresholds •Additional administrative efforts: •Database (SAPIN) streamlining •Standard comments/corrections letters •Enhanced interdepartmental coordination (Code Enforcement, Finance & fees, etc.) QUESTIONS Thank you.