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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
APRIL 19, 2016
TITLE:
CITY OF SANTA ANA GENERAL PLAN
UPDATE - STATUS REPORT
{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 3, 2A}
CITY MANAGER
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Receive and file update of the City of Santa Ana General Plan.
DISCUSSION
In March 2014 the City Council adopted the Santa Ana Strategic Plan. The Strategic Plan was
the result of an extensive community outreach process and established specific goals, objectives
and strategies to guide the City's major efforts during the next five years. The Strategic Plan
identified seven key goals, which served as the focus for the development of the objectives and
strategies. Strategies were developed to implement the policies in each of these goal areas.
One of the key strategies is to complete a comprehensive update of the City's General Plan
including the development of policies and implementation measures that directly relate to the
goal of equitable economic development.
The General Plan Update was initiated in November 2015. The City's Planning Division in
collaboration with the Community Engagement and Neighborhood Initiatives Program conducted
five community meetings between December 2015 and January 2016. Staff solicited community
input on issues pertaining to their overall perceptions of the city. Each group, from senior citizens
to the members of our business community, described their individual perspectives on these key
issues. In addition, a brief update and discussion with the Communication Linkage Forum (Com-
Link) group of neighborhood association leaders was held in February 2016.
In light of the overwhelming demand from additional interest groups for more information related
to the General Plan update program, staff conducted six additional community meetings
throughout the entire city which occurred during the last two weeks of March 2016. A total of 13
General Plan Update meetings have been conducted in the community thus far. While previous
General Plan community meetings were focused on citywide issues and opportunities, these
neighborhood -based meetings were specifically designed to solicit input from individual areas of
the city (Exhibit 1).
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Further, one -on -one interviews with City Councilmembers have been initiated to solicit input from
the City's elected officials. Updates will be provided to various boards, commissions and general
public at community outreach events such as Celebrate Santa Ana which occurred in early April
2016 and future events scheduled through summer 2016.
In November 2015 the Planning Division initiated the recruitment for additional City staff who
would be specifically assigned to the General Plan update. It was anticipated that these new
staff members would be hired by January 2016. However, the first full -time new hire joined City
staff on April 1, 2016. As shown on the schedule, with some adjustments to the work schedule,
staff is committed to meeting the original February 2018 deadline and completing the General
Plan draft (Exhibit 2).
Staff has initiated review of existing General Plan documents and identified the resources needed
by specialized consulting services to successfully update the General Plan. Key consultants
have been identified with expertise in the areas of web design, outreach for the creation of a
smartphone- compatible website and marketing materials specific to the General Plan Update. In
addition, consultants selected will provide technical assistance to develop computerized mapping
systems and demographic analysis. Future consulting services will also be necessary to perform
specialized work related to water conservation and sustainability, noise, seismic safety.
Following the workshops and initial community feedback, the City will extract key principles from
existing documents and work towards the preparation of the first working draft of the General
Plan framework. In the next six to nine months, staff will be preparing the first detailed draft
General Plan along with corresponding graphics, maps, charts and other supporting
documentation to will be discussed with the Advisory Group, Planning Commission, Development
and Transportation Committee before the City Council for further direction. Staff is working
diligently towards completion of the General Plan to be consistent with the goals established as
part of the City's Strategic Plan.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #3 — Economic Development,
Objective #2 (Create new opportunities for business /job growth and encourage private
development through new General Plan and Zoning Ordinance Policies), Strategy A (Complete a
comprehensive update of the City's General Plan including the development of policies and
implementation measures that directly relate to equitable economic development).
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FISCAL IMPACT
There Is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
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Exhibit 1. General Plan Community Meeting Flyer
2. General Plan Update Schedule Overview
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UPCOMING
COMMUNITY MEETINGS
MARCH 22 - MARCH 31,
TUESDAY, MARCH 22ND
1. Tell us what you enjoy most about
Santa Ana City Public Works Yard,
your neighborhood. 220 South Daisy Avenue, 92703
2. Tell us your top 3 concerns about
your neighborhood.
3. Tell us what you are most con-
cerned about citywide.
4. Tell us what you love most about
the City of Santa Ana.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD
Santa Ana Senior Center,
424 West Third Street, 92701
THURSDAY, MARCH 24TH
Madison Elementary School,
1124 East Hobart Street, 92707
TUESDAY, MARCH 29TH
Newhope Library,
122 North Newhope Street, 92703
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30TH
Carr Intermediate School,
2120 West Edinger Avenue, 92704
EXHIBIT 1
Visit Santa- ana.org /genera!p!an for more info!
THURSDAY, MARCH 31sT
Santiago Elementary School,
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REUNIONS DE
LA COMUNIDAD
DE 6:00 PM To 5:00 PM
MARTES, 22 DE MARZO
1. Diganos to que mas le gusta de su Santa Ana City Public Works Yard,
vecindario.
2. Cuentenos sus 3 mayores pre-
ocupaciones acerca de su vecin-
dario.
3. Cuentenos to que ma's le procupa
de toda la Ciudad.
4. Cuentenos to que ma's le gusta de
la Ciudad de Santa Ana .
iVisite la pagina santa-ana.org/generalplanl
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220 South Daisy Avenue, 92703
MIERCOLES, 23 DE MARZO
Santa Ana Senior Center,
424 West Third Street, 92701
1UEVES, 24 DE MARZO
Madison Elementary School,
11.24 East Hobart Street, 92707
MARTES, 29 DE MARZO
Newhope Library,
122 North Newhope Street, 92703
MIERCOLES, 30 DE MARZO
Carr Intermediate School,
2120 West Edinger Avenue, 92704
1UEVES, 31 DE MARZO
Santiago Elementary School,
2212 North Baker
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