HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 2025-04-22_09e General Plan Update Progress Report - April 2025Item 9.e.
MEMORANDUM
TO: City Council
FROM: Brian Pedrotti, Director of Community Development
BY: Andrew Perez, Planning Manager
SUBJECT: General Plan Update Progress Report – April 2025
DATE: April 22, 2025
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file a progress report on the Comprehensive General Plan Update .
IMPACT ON FINANCIAL AND PERSONNEL RESOURCES:
The financial and personnel impacts associated with this progress report are included in
the budget for the Comprehensive General Plan Update.
BACKGROUND:
The most recent progress report was provided for the City Council on March 25, 20251.
That report described the methodology for obtaining public input on the four land use
scenarios, including the community workshop, online survey, and meetings with the
General Plan Citizen’s Advisory Group.
On April 8, 20252, the City Council adopted a preferred land use scenario for the General
Plan Update. The adopted land use scenario will be used to establish the new land use
map and assign a land use designation for every parcel within city boundaries. This
designation will identify the type, intensity, and general distribution of uses of land for
housing, business, industry, open space, education, public facilities, and other categories
of public and private uses. The map becomes the general framework and road map to
allow the drafting of the various policy elements of the General Plan.
ANALYSIS OF ISSUES:
The adopted land use scenario will increase residential densities across all land use
designations and introduce a new land use designation for E. Grand Avenue to encourage
revitalization of the corridor. The next phase of the project consists of drafting and
1 https://pub-arroyogrande.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=14175
2 https://pub-arroyogrande.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=14309
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updating the individual elements. The goals, policies, and implementation strategies will
serve as the City’s blueprint for growth and development for the duration of the General
Plan.
A minimum of three (3) public engagement events are planned during this phase. An
economic development workshop will be held to better understand the existing conditions
from the perspective of local small businesses, identify obstacles to their continued
operation in the City, discuss opportunities for growth, and define specific policies or
programs the City can implement to foster small business development. A pop-up booth
at local community events will allow staff to solicit input on the drafting of the
Environmental Justice Element, as required by the State. The third planned public
engagement will be an open house style community workshop to present the preliminary
public review draft of the General Plan. This will be an opportunity for the public to provide
comments that will be compiled and provided for the Planning Commission and City
Council adoption hearings. All opportunities for public engagement will be publicized
through the City’s social media accounts, City website3, and project website4, at a
minimum. The new land use map will also enable staff and the consultants to begin
circulation and evacuation analysis, which will inform the Safety Element update and
environmental analysis for the project.
ALTERNATIVES:
The following alternatives are provided for the Council’s consideration:
1. Receive and file this progress report on the Comprehensive General Plan Update;
or
2. Provide other direction to staff.
ADVANTAGES:
Regular updates to the City Council will inform decision -makers and the community on
the status of the project.
DISADVANTAGES:
None identified.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
No environmental review is required to receive and file this progress report on the General
Plan Update because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or reason ably
foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State CEQA Guidelines, Cal.
Code Regs., tit. 14, §§ 15060, subd. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.).
3 https://www.arroyogrande.org/
4 https://planarroyogrande.com/
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PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND COMMENTS:
The Agenda was posted at City Hall and on the City’s website in accor dance with
Government Code Section 54954.2.
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