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IX - 497 IV. NEIGHBORHOODS ELEMENT Comment # Policy/Program Comment Response Recommendation PC 3/23/04 NH-69 (Dominican University Hillside Area) Delete first clause, last sentence “If sold for private single-family residential...” Edit: Revise as shown. If sold for private single - family residential development, t T he permitted density should reflect the significant site constraints. NH-69a (Development Review Process) Suggested edit: eliminate the Master Use Permit reference. Edit: Revise as shown. Through the development review process, amend the Master Use Permit as need ed. A a pply the Hillside Design Guidelines to design of housing at the site. Involve the neighborhood in the planning and review process of proposed development. 66-2 NH-71 (Freeway Sound Wall Landscaping) Include “sound deadening materials” in policy. Edit: Revise as shown. NH-71. Freeway Sound Wall Landscaping . Encourage Caltrans to landscape along the freeway sound wall and to incorporate sound-deadening technology . Change reference to Program N-6f (due to numbering change). PC 3/23/04 PH-59 NH-71a (Freeway Landscaping) Revise program to delete reference to GAP closure project. Suggested edit “In reviewing plans for the Gap Closure project or other subsequent separately funded project , encourage adequate landscaping.” Edit: Revise as shown. NH-71a. Freeway Improvements Landscaping . In reviewing plans for the Gap Closure freeway projects , encourage adequate landscaping and use of sound- deadening materials on the sound wall and/or the roadway surface . PC 7/8/04 NH-73 (New Residential Areas) Add the missing word “densities” Edit: Develop well-designed new residential areas at medium to high densities in the neighborhood…. PC 2/29/04 NH-74 (Conflicting Uses) State ‘district’ instead of ‘area.’ Edit: Prevent the encroachment of new residential development into the Light I i ndustrial/O o ffice District areas to minimize conflicts. PC 3/23/04 NH-80 (Possible Hotel Development) Identify location referred to. Response: The policy is outdated, and overlaps with LU-21 (Hotels, Motels and Inns) which encourages hotel development. The intent statement of this policy has been added to LU-21 (see Land Use Element comments.) Delete policy NH-80 (Possible Hotel Development). 38-4 NH-82 (Canalways) Statement about the efforts by some parties to purchase the Canalways property, and about recent drainage pond improvements. Response: Comment noted.

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  • IX -

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    3/23

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    inic

    an

    Uni

    vers

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    ew

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    reas

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    igh

    dens

    ities

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    ighb

    orho

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    .

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    2/29

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    ea.’

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    nto

    the

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    istri

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    area

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    min

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    nflic

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    3/23

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    -80

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    sibl

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    otel

    Dev

    elop

    men

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    entif

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    catio

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    .

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    ove

    rlaps

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    -21

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    els a

    nd In

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    hich

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    oura

    ges h

    otel

    dev

    elop

    men

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    he in

    tent

    st

    atem

    ent o

    f thi

    s pol

    icy

    has b

    een

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    d to

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    -21

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    Lan

    d U

    se

    Elem

    ent c

    omm

    ents

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    Del

    ete

    polic

    y N

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    ossib

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    otel

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    elop

    men

    t).

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    N

    H-8

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    anal

    way

    s)

    Stat

    emen

    t abo

    ut th

    e ef

    forts

    by

    som

    e pa

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    to p

    urch

    ase

    the

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    rope

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    re

    cent

    dra

    inag

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    nd

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    ovem

    ents

    .

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    men

    t not

    ed.

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    H-8

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    anal

    way

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    e ex

    tent

    that

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    alw

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    s pr

    esen

    tly w

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    t is o

    nly

    beca

    use

    of th

    e C

    ity’s

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    awfu

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    our

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    from

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    br

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    dra

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    e pu

    mps

    and

    di

    scha

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    lines

    .

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    onse

    : Se

    e at

    tach

    ed M

    ay 2

    5, 2

    004

    lette

    r fro

    m A

    ssis

    tant

    City

    A

    ttorn

    ey C

    lark

    Gui

    nan.

    96-1

    N

    H-8

    2 (C

    anal

    way

    s)

    Re.

    usi

    ng th

    e si

    te fo

    r dre

    dge

    spoi

    ls:

    “…

    a de

    sign

    ated

    por

    tion

    of

    Can

    alw

    ays f

    or b

    enef

    icia

    l reu

    se

    of d

    redg

    e sp

    oils

    for t

    he S

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    reek

    an

    d ac

    ross

    the

    flats

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    s was

    the

    orig

    inal

    pla

    n an

    d it

    shou

    ld

    rem

    ain

    a vi

    able

    solu

    tion.

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    onse

    : Th

    ere

    is n

    o ap

    prov

    ed p

    lan

    to u

    se a

    por

    tion

    of C

    anal

    way

    s fo

    r dre

    dge

    spoi

    ls.

    100-

    1 N

    H-8

    2 (C

    anal

    way

    s)

    1.

    Who

    was

    invo

    lved

    in

    draw

    ing

    the

    map

    ping

    and

    zo

    ning

    des

    igna

    tions

    that

    w

    ere

    appl

    ied

    to th

    is

    Orth

    opho

    to?

    2.

    Whe

    n w

    ere

    the

    draw

    ings

    and

    de

    sign

    atio

    ns u

    nder

    take

    n an

    d co

    mpl

    eted

    ? 3.

    W

    ere

    the

    Can

    alw

    ays

    prop

    erty

    ow

    ners

    con

    sulte

    d on

    how

    the

    land

    s wer

    e to

    be

    diss

    ecte

    d w

    ith li

    nes,

    acre

    age

    size

    s and

    zon

    ing

    desi

    gnat

    ions

    ? 4.

    W

    hat s

    cien

    ce w

    as u

    sed

    in

    com

    ing

    to th

    ese

    draw

    ing

    and

    map

    ping

    con

    clus

    ions

    ? 5.

    W

    hat o

    ther

    inpu

    t was

    use

    d to

    dr

    aw th

    ese

    area

    bre

    akou

    ts?

    6.

    Why

    was

    the

    land

    usa

    ble

    to

    addr

    ess c

    omm

    unity

    nee

    ds

    redu

    ced

    from

    25

    acre

    s in

    Gen

    eral

    Pla

    n 20

    00 to

    11.

    5 ac

    res i

    n D

    raft

    Gen

    eral

    Pla

    n 20

    20?

    7.

    Was

    an

    econ

    omic

    impa

    ct

    repo

    rt do

    ne to

    det

    erm

    ine

    wha

    t det

    rimen

    tal e

    ffec

    ts

    redu

    cing

    dev

    elop

    men

    tal

    pote

    ntia

    l wou

    ld d

    o to

    the

    Resp

    onse

    : 1.

    Th

    e St

    eerin

    g C

    omm

    ittee

    reco

    mm

    ende

    d th

    e la

    nd u

    se

    desi

    gnat

    ions

    ; the

    City

    Cou

    ncil

    adop

    ted

    the

    zoni

    ng d

    esig

    natio

    n.

    The

    ‘orth

    opho

    to’ m

    ap w

    as p

    repa

    red

    by C

    ity st

    aff.

    2.

    The

    land

    use

    reco

    mm

    enda

    tion

    was

    mad

    e A

    ugus

    t 4, 2

    003,

    and

    zo

    ning

    was

    ado

    pted

    Sep

    tem

    ber 1

    992.

    The

    ‘orth

    opho

    to’ m

    ap

    was

    pre

    pare

    d ea

    rly M

    arch

    200

    4.

    3.

    In 1

    992,

    all

    prop

    erty

    ow

    ners

    wer

    e se

    nt a

    not

    ice

    of th

    e Pu

    blic

    H

    earin

    gs fo

    r the

    new

    Zon

    ing

    Ord

    inan

    ce.

    A re

    pres

    enta

    tive

    of

    the

    prop

    erty

    ow

    ners

    rece

    ived

    not

    ices

    of a

    ll m

    eetin

    gs o

    f the

    St

    eerin

    g C

    omm

    ittee

    , whi

    ch w

    ere

    open

    to th

    e pu

    blic

    .

    4.

    Staf

    f use

    d th

    e C

    ity’s

    GIS

    /aut

    ocad

    map

    ping

    pro

    gram

    to p

    repa

    re

    the

    Mar

    ch 2

    004

    map

    . The

    lot l

    ine

    and

    prop

    erty

    ow

    ner

    info

    rmat

    ion

    is fr

    om th

    e M

    arin

    Cou

    nty’

    s Ass

    esso

    r’s O

    ffic

    e; th

    e ac

    reag

    e si

    zes i

    s cal

    cula

    ted

    usin

    g th

    e co

    mpu

    ter m

    appi

    ng

    prog

    ram

    . 5.

    O

    ther

    info

    rmat

    ion

    incl

    ude

    the

    City

    ’s d

    igiti

    zed

    aeria

    l pho

    tos.

    6.

    See

    resp

    onse

    to N

    H-8

    2, fo

    r com

    men

    ts 2

    4-1,

    53-

    9, e

    tc.

    7.

    No.

    8.

    Y

    es.

    See

    resp

    onse

    to N

    H-8

    2, c

    omm

    ents

    PH

    091

    and

    185-

    1.

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    al C

    omm

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    afae

    l or t

    he p

    rope

    rty

    owne

    rs?

    8.

    Was

    any

    con

    side

    ratio

    n gi

    ven

    durin

    g th

    is d

    raw

    ing

    and

    map

    ping

    pro

    cess

    to

    desi

    gnat

    ing

    porti

    ons o

    f the

    si

    te fo

    r the

    com

    mun

    ity c

    ost

    effe

    ctiv

    e be

    nefic

    ial r

    euse

    of

    dred

    ge m

    ater

    ials

    , as c

    alle

    d fo

    r in

    the

    Fede

    ral

    Gov

    ernm

    ent’s

    long

    term

    m

    anag

    emen

    t stu

    dy fo

    r the

    pl

    acem

    ent o

    f dre

    dge

    mat

    eria

    l in

    the

    San

    Fran

    cisc

    o B

    ay?

    PH-1

    29

    NH

    82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    H

    ow c

    an th

    e de

    velo

    pmen

    t po

    tent

    ial b

    e re

    duce

    d fr

    om 2

    5 ac

    res t

    o 11

    acr

    es w

    hen

    the

    staf

    f re

    port

    indi

    cate

    d th

    at it

    is n

    ot

    poss

    ible

    to m

    ake

    the

    final

    de

    term

    inat

    ion

    betw

    een

    upla

    nd

    and

    wet

    land

    hab

    itat w

    ithou

    t ha

    ving

    a w

    etla

    nd d

    elin

    eatio

    n co

    nduc

    ted?

    Resp

    onse

    : The

    Ste

    erin

    g C

    omm

    ittee

    reco

    mm

    ende

    d la

    nd u

    ses f

    or th

    e si

    te u

    sing

    info

    rmat

    ion

    from

    the

    Back

    grou

    nd R

    epor

    t (20

    01),

    and

    topo

    grap

    hic

    info

    rmat

    ion.

    In th

    e C

    onse

    rvat

    ion

    Dis

    trict

    stat

    es th

    at th

    e C

    ity w

    ill c

    onsi

    der s

    ome

    leve

    l of i

    nten

    sity

    and

    den

    sity

    of d

    evel

    opm

    ent

    upon

    evi

    denc

    e (i.

    e., a

    wet

    land

    s del

    inea

    tion

    subm

    itted

    by

    the

    prop

    erty

    ow

    ner)

    that

    such

    use

    is a

    ppro

    pria

    te.

    PH-1

    19

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    1.

    R

    aise

    the

    leve

    e of

    C

    anal

    way

    s at l

    east

    thre

    e fe

    et.

    2.

    Ker

    ner B

    lvd.

    Gap

    Clo

    sure

    ha

    s bee

    n ov

    erlo

    oked

    . 3.

    C

    reat

    e th

    e I-

    580/

    101

    expr

    essw

    ay

    4.

    Cro

    ss I-

    580

    at A

    nder

    sen

    to

    prov

    ide

    a do

    uble

    loop

    and

    tra

    ffic

    relie

    f 5.

    Pr

    eser

    ve so

    me

    wet

    land

    s and

    al

    so b

    uild

    aff

    orda

    ble

    hous

    ing

    in C

    anal

    way

    s. 6.

    B

    uild

    a p

    edes

    trian

    /bic

    ycle

    br

    idge

    ove

    r the

    can

    al a

    t San

    R

    afae

    l Hig

    h Sc

    hool

    Resp

    onse

    : 1.

    Th

    e de

    gree

    of l

    evee

    impr

    ovem

    ents

    at C

    anal

    way

    s wou

    ld b

    e de

    term

    ined

    in c

    onsu

    ltatio

    n w

    ith P

    ublic

    Wor

    ks a

    nd g

    eote

    chni

    cal

    eval

    uatio

    n.

    2.

    Con

    nect

    ing

    Ker

    ner B

    lvd.

    was

    a n

    eces

    sary

    impr

    ovem

    ent f

    or th

    e G

    ener

    al P

    lan

    2000

    traf

    fic m

    itiga

    tion

    of Ir

    ene

    over

    cros

    sing

    . W

    ith

    the

    alte

    rnat

    ive

    impr

    ovem

    ent o

    f the

    580

    con

    nect

    ion

    at

    Shor

    elin

    e/A

    nder

    sen,

    the

    Ker

    ner B

    lvd.

    gap

    clo

    sure

    is n

    o lo

    nger

    ne

    eded

    . 3.

    C

    omm

    ent n

    oted

    . 4.

    A

    con

    nect

    ion

    acro

    ss I-

    580

    at A

    nder

    sen

    is p

    ropo

    sed

    at S

    hore

    line

    Driv

    e.

    5.

    Com

    men

    t not

    ed.

    6.

    A p

    edes

    trian

    /bic

    ycle

    brid

    ge o

    ver t

    he C

    anal

    is re

    com

    men

    ded

    as a

    ci

    rcul

    atio

    n im

    prov

    emen

    t in

    the

    draf

    t Pla

    n.

  • IX -

    500

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    136-

    3 N

    H-8

    2 (C

    anal

    way

    s)

    Can

    alw

    ays

    desi

    gnat

    ions

    1.

    How

    did

    staf

    f com

    e to

    the

    conc

    lusi

    on th

    at o

    nly

    the

    sele

    cted

    11.

    5 ac

    res i

    s de

    velo

    pabl

    e?

    2.

    Did

    the

    Live

    Oak

    con

    sulta

    nt

    dete

    rmin

    e th

    e 11

    .5 a

    cre

    choi

    ce?

    3.

    Did

    a c

    omm

    ittee

    redu

    ce th

    e ac

    reag

    e 11

    .5 a

    nd c

    hoos

    e th

    e pa

    rcel

    s of l

    and?

    4.

    W

    ho p

    artic

    ipat

    ed in

    or m

    ade

    this

    dec

    isio

    n?

    5.

    On

    wha

    t sci

    ence

    is th

    is 1

    1.5

    acre

    LI/O

    dec

    isio

    n ba

    sed?

    Resp

    onse

    : 1.

    Th

    e la

    nd u

    se re

    com

    men

    datio

    n ha

    s bee

    n m

    ade

    by th

    e St

    eerin

    g C

    omm

    ittee

    , not

    by

    staf

    f. 2.

    N

    o.

    3.

    The

    Map

    ping

    Sub

    com

    mitt

    ee m

    ade

    a la

    nd u

    se re

    com

    men

    datio

    n fo

    r Can

    alw

    ays t

    o th

    e G

    ener

    al P

    lan

    2020

    Ste

    erin

    g C

    omm

    ittee

    , w

    hich

    dis

    cuss

    ed a

    nd c

    onfir

    med

    the

    Subc

    omm

    ittee

    ’s

    reco

    mm

    enda

    tion.

    4.

    Th

    e M

    appi

    ng S

    ubco

    mm

    ittee

    , the

    Ste

    erin

    g C

    omm

    ittee

    , and

    the

    publ

    ic.

    5.

    See

    resp

    onse

    to N

    H-8

    2, fo

    r com

    men

    ts 2

    4-1,

    53-

    9, e

    tc.v

    PH-1

    40

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    Th

    e C

    anal

    way

    s site

    is a

    wet

    land

    ha

    bita

    t tha

    t inc

    lude

    s mor

    e th

    an

    wet

    land

    s. B

    irds a

    nd a

    nim

    als u

    se

    the

    wes

    tern

    side

    for r

    estin

    g,

    hunt

    ing

    and

    feed

    ing.

    Site

    shou

    ld

    be p

    rese

    rved

    . The

    Cor

    ps o

    f En

    gine

    ers p

    revi

    ousl

    y de

    nied

    de

    velo

    pmen

    t pro

    ject

    . It w

    ould

    be

    very

    diff

    icul

    t to

    build

    due

    to th

    e im

    porta

    nce

    of th

    e ha

    bita

    t.

    Com

    men

    t not

    ed.

    PH-1

    31

    NH

    82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    M

    any

    peop

    le b

    elie

    ve th

    at

    Can

    alw

    ays i

    s a w

    etla

    nd si

    te, b

    ut

    the

    lang

    uage

    shou

    ld n

    ot b

    e in

    clud

    ed in

    pol

    icy

    until

    stud

    ies

    are

    cond

    ucte

    d.

    Resp

    onse

    : Th

    e Ba

    ckgr

    ound

    Rep

    ort (

    2001

    ) ide

    ntifi

    ed a

    sign

    ifica

    nt

    porti

    on o

    f the

    site

    as w

    etla

    nds.

    The

    site

    -spe

    cific

    impl

    emen

    ting

    prog

    ram

    reco

    gniz

    es th

    at a

    wet

    land

    s del

    inea

    tion

    will

    ass

    ist i

    n id

    entif

    ying

    app

    ropr

    iate

    are

    a(s)

    for d

    evel

    opm

    ent.

    PC

    3/23

    /04

    108-

    1 10

    9-1

    11

    3-1

    11

    5-1

    11

    6-1

    11

    7-1

    153-

    1 18

    4-1

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    Le

    ave

    as is

    . Cha

    nge

    the

    wor

    ding

    to

    “pr

    ovid

    e ha

    bita

    t for

    rare

    , en

    dang

    ered

    and

    oth

    er sp

    ecie

    s.

    Ed

    it: R

    evis

    e as

    show

    n.

    Rec

    ogni

    ze th

    e hi

    gh re

    sour

    ce v

    alue

    of t

    he si

    te’s

    wet

    land

    s th

    at p

    rovi

    de h

    abita

    t to

    man

    y sp

    ecie

    s, w

    hich

    may

    incl

    ude

    rare

    and

    end

    ange

    red

    spec

    ies.

  • IX -

    501

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    22-2

    23

    -1

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    In

    clud

    e la

    ngua

    ge st

    atin

    g th

    at if

    de

    velo

    pmen

    t is a

    llow

    ed, s

    peci

    al

    tax

    asse

    ssm

    ents

    and

    dev

    elop

    men

    t ar

    rang

    emen

    ts a

    re to

    be

    mad

    e fo

    r C

    anal

    way

    s res

    tora

    tion

    and

    park

    co

    mpl

    etio

    n/m

    aint

    enan

    ce.

    Resp

    onse

    : The

    site

    is z

    oned

    PD

    -WO

    (Pla

    nned

    Dis

    trict

    – W

    etla

    nds

    Ove

    rlay)

    . Th

    e W

    etla

    nds O

    verla

    y zo

    ning

    requ

    ires d

    elin

    eatio

    n of

    w

    etla

    nds b

    y th

    e A

    rmy

    Cor

    ps o

    f Eng

    inee

    rs, a

    nd a

    Wet

    land

    s M

    anag

    emen

    t Pla

    n fo

    r the

    pro

    tect

    ion,

    rest

    orat

    ion

    and/

    or c

    reat

    ion

    of si

    te

    wet

    land

    s as d

    eter

    min

    ed n

    eces

    sary

    . B

    ond

    fund

    ing

    may

    be

    requ

    ired

    if ne

    cess

    ary

    to im

    plem

    ent t

    he W

    etla

    nds M

    anag

    emen

    t Pla

    n.

    St

    aff r

    ecom

    men

    ds n

    o ch

    ange

    to th

    e po

    licy.

    22-3

    11

    4-1

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    A

    dd la

    ngua

    ge to

    pre

    vent

    cur

    rent

    ab

    use

    and

    degr

    adat

    ion

    of th

    e C

    anal

    way

    s pro

    perty

    .

    Resp

    onse

    : Abu

    se a

    nd d

    egra

    datio

    n of

    the

    site

    can

    be

    repo

    rted

    to th

    e Po

    lice

    Dep

    artm

    ent o

    r the

    Cod

    e En

    forc

    emen

    t Div

    isio

    n. T

    he C

    ity h

    as

    in th

    e pa

    st ta

    ken

    actio

    n to

    evi

    ct h

    omel

    ess e

    ncam

    pmen

    ts a

    nd re

    port

    mow

    ing

    of P

    ickl

    ewee

    d ve

    geta

    tion.

    Staf

    f rec

    omm

    ends

    no

    chan

    ge to

    the

    polic

    y.

    24-1

    53

    -9

    65-1

    13

    7-1

    138-

    2

    PH-5

    7 PH

    -63

    PH

    -64

    PH-9

    0 PH

    -120

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    1.

    St

    ate

    the

    fact

    s abo

    ut th

    is

    prop

    erty

    in th

    e G

    ener

    al P

    lan.

    U

    se h

    elpf

    ul v

    erbi

    age

    inst

    ead

    of u

    nfai

    rly b

    urde

    nsom

    e la

    ngua

    ge.

    2.

    Can

    alw

    ays i

    s one

    of t

    he la

    st

    maj

    or in

    fill s

    ites i

    n Sa

    n R

    afae

    l. Ev

    iden

    ce h

    as n

    ever

    be

    en su

    ppor

    ted

    that

    C

    anal

    way

    s is a

    thriv

    ing

    wet

    land

    s sup

    porti

    ng

    enda

    nger

    ed sp

    ecie

    s. Su

    gges

    ted

    wai

    ting

    until

    a

    deve

    lopm

    ent p

    lan

    is

    subm

    itted

    and

    let t

    he E

    IR

    dete

    rmin

    e th

    e ou

    tcom

    e.

    3.

    Con

    cern

    ed a

    bout

    the

    redu

    ctio

    n in

    per

    mitt

    ed

    deve

    lopm

    ent f

    rom

    25

    to 1

    1.5

    acre

    s. 4.

    In

    supp

    ort o

    f job

    s and

    ho

    usin

    g on

    Can

    alw

    ays s

    ite.

    5.

    Con

    cern

    ed a

    bout

    the

    elim

    inat

    ion

    of re

    side

    ntia

    l ho

    usin

    g as

    an

    antic

    ipat

    ed

    perm

    itted

    use

    . 6.

    In

    appr

    opria

    te to

    des

    igna

    te

    entir

    e si

    te a

    s Con

    serv

    atio

    n.

    Resp

    onse

    : 1.

    G

    ener

    al P

    lan

    Exhi

    bits

    26

    (Geo

    logy

    and

    Sta

    bilit

    y), 2

    8 (F

    lood

    H

    azar

    d A

    reas

    ), 34

    (Bio

    tic H

    abita

    t), 3

    5 (B

    ayla

    nds)

    , 36

    (Wat

    ersh

    ed

    Bou

    ndar

    ies a

    nd S

    igni

    fican

    t Hyd

    rolo

    gic

    Feat

    ures

    ) and

    37

    (Thr

    eate

    ned

    and

    Enda

    nger

    ed S

    peci

    es) p

    rovi

    de th

    e ba

    ckgr

    ound

    en

    viro

    nmen

    tal i

    nfor

    mat

    ion

    in su

    ppor

    t of t

    he d

    raft

    polic

    y.

    2.

    As n

    oted

    in th

    e co

    mm

    ent,

    an E

    IR p

    repa

    red

    for p

    ropo

    sed

    deve

    lopm

    ent o

    f the

    site

    wou

    ld id

    entif

    y th

    e ex

    tent

    of w

    etla

    nds a

    nd

    the

    exis

    tenc

    e of

    end

    ange

    red

    spec

    ies o

    n th

    e si

    te.

    3.

    The

    sout

    hwes

    t cor

    ner o

    f the

    site

    is d

    esig

    nate

    d Li

    ght

    Indu

    stria

    l/Off

    ice,

    con

    sist

    ent w

    ith th

    e su

    rrou

    ndin

    g ar

    ea a

    long

    K

    erne

    r Blv

    d, a

    nd a

    llow

    ing

    for s

    ome

    deve

    lopm

    ent t

    hat w

    ould

    pr

    ovid

    e jo

    bs.

    4.

    R

    esid

    entia

    l use

    is n

    ot re

    com

    men

    ded

    for t

    he si

    te g

    iven

    the

    envi

    ronm

    enta

    l and

    traf

    fic c

    onst

    rain

    ts.

    Bec

    ause

    resi

    dent

    ial u

    se is

    a

    24-h

    our u

    se, w

    ith p

    ets t

    hat c

    ould

    hav

    e a

    nega

    tive

    impa

    ct o

    n sp

    ecie

    s in

    the

    habi

    tat a

    reas

    , it i

    s not

    a re

    com

    men

    ded

    for t

    his s

    ite.

    5.

    The

    rem

    aind

    er o

    f the

    site

    is d

    esig

    nate

    d C

    onse

    rvat

    ion,

    indi

    catin

    g th

    at th

    e si

    te h

    as “

    visu

    al o

    r oth

    er n

    atur

    al re

    sour

    ce si

    gnifi

    canc

    e th

    at

    shou

    ld b

    e pr

    otec

    ted

    thro

    ugh

    the

    deve

    lopm

    ent r

    evie

    w p

    roce

    ss.”

    Th

    e C

    onse

    rvat

    ion

    land

    use

    cat

    egor

    y is

    pro

    pose

    d to

    be

    amen

    ded

    (see

    com

    men

    ts u

    nder

    Exh

    ibit

    10 a

    bove

    ) to

    indi

    cate

    that

    de

    velo

    pmen

    t pot

    entia

    l in

    the

    Con

    serv

    atio

    n di

    stric

    t wou

    ld b

    e id

    entif

    ied

    once

    env

    ironm

    enta

    l and

    oth

    er re

    sour

    ces h

    ave

    been

    id

    entif

    ied.

    6.

    It’

    s not

    pos

    sibl

    e at

    this

    poi

    nt to

    iden

    tify

    the

    size

    of t

    he a

    rea

    avai

    labl

    e fo

    r dev

    elop

    men

    t. O

    nly

    with

    a th

    orou

    gh si

    te-s

    peci

    fic

    envi

    ronm

    enta

    l ass

    essm

    ent,

    as w

    ould

    be

    cond

    ucte

    d if

    a de

    velo

    pmen

    t pro

    posa

    l wer

    e su

    bmitt

    ed, c

    ould

    the

    City

    iden

    tify

    the

    appr

    opria

    te e

    xten

    t of d

    evel

    opm

    ent o

    n th

    e si

    te.

  • IX -

    502

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    PH-1

    16

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    Ea

    st/w

    est o

    verc

    ross

    ing

    coul

    d co

    nnec

    t Ker

    ner B

    lvd.

    to

    And

    erse

    n th

    roug

    h C

    anal

    way

    s. Th

    is c

    ould

    be

    an a

    ltern

    ativ

    e co

    nnec

    tion.

    Resp

    onse

    : The

    Tra

    ffic

    Eng

    inee

    r has

    reco

    mm

    ende

    d an

    eas

    t/wes

    t cr

    ossi

    ng u

    nder

    Hig

    hway

    580

    as a

    n al

    tern

    ativ

    e co

    nnec

    tion

    to th

    e Ir

    ene

    Stre

    et o

    verc

    ross

    ing

    liste

    d in

    Gen

    eral

    Pla

    n 20

    00.

    The

    unde

    rcro

    ssin

    g is

    less

    exp

    ensi

    ve th

    an a

    n ov

    ercr

    ossi

    ng, a

    nd it

    wou

    ld h

    ave

    the

    leas

    t im

    pact

    on

    surr

    ound

    ing

    land

    use

    s.

    96-1

    18

    5-1

    PH-9

    1

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    Su

    gges

    ted

    esta

    blis

    hing

    dre

    dged

    sp

    oils

    to C

    anal

    way

    s pro

    perty

    su

    ch a

    s tho

    se e

    stab

    lishe

    d at

    Bay

    Po

    inte

    .

    Resp

    onse

    : A U

    se P

    erm

    it w

    ould

    be

    requ

    ired

    for w

    etla

    nds r

    esto

    ratio

    n,

    incl

    udin

    g fo

    r a p

    roje

    ct u

    sing

    dre

    dged

    spoi

    ls.

    Envi

    ronm

    enta

    l and

    pr

    ojec

    t rev

    iew

    wou

    ld d

    eter

    min

    e th

    e ap

    prop

    riate

    ness

    of t

    his u

    se a

    t the

    si

    te.

    110-

    1 11

    4-1

    173-

    1 17

    9-1

    151-

    1 15

    4-1

    155-

    1 15

    6-1

    158-

    1 15

    9-1

    160-

    1 16

    1-1

    162-

    1 16

    3-1

    164-

    1 16

    5-1

    166-

    1 16

    7-1

    168-

    1 16

    9-1

    170-

    1 17

    1-1

    172-

    1 17

    4-1

    181-

    1 PH

    -65

    PH-1

    25

    NH

    -82

    (Can

    alw

    ays)

    O

    ppos

    ed to

    any

    dev

    elop

    men

    t to

    Can

    alw

    ays s

    ite. T

    raff

    ic, a

    ir qu

    ality

    and

    wet

    land

    s iss

    ues.

    In su

    ppor

    t of t

    he c

    urre

    nt

    wor

    ding

    on

    NH

    -82.

    C

    anal

    way

    s site

    is u

    sefu

    l as a

    se

    ason

    al w

    etla

    nds s

    ite. S

    ite h

    as

    over

    100

    spec

    ies o

    f wild

    life.

    Le

    ave

    in c

    urre

    nt d

    raft

    wor

    ding

    . C

    anal

    way

    s is t

    he la

    st re

    mai

    ning

    un

    deve

    lope

    d Sa

    n R

    afae

    l sh

    orel

    ine

    habi

    tat a

    rea.

    It sh

    ould

    be

    pre

    serv

    ed in

    per

    petu

    ity fo

    r th

    e lo

    cal c

    itize

    ns to

    enj

    oy.

    Resp

    onse

    : The

    Pla

    nnin

    g C

    omm

    issi

    on h

    as re

    com

    men

    ded

    no c

    hang

    e to

    th

    e dr

    aft p

    olic

    y.

  • IX -

    503

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    Staf

    f N

    H-8

    3 (C

    oord

    inat

    ed

    City

    , Can

    alw

    ays,

    and

    Win

    dwar

    d W

    ay

    Res

    iden

    tial S

    ite

    Des

    ign)

    This

    pol

    icy

    is th

    e sa

    me

    as E

    SR-

    24 fr

    om G

    ener

    al P

    lan

    2000

    ; it

    addr

    esse

    s a d

    esig

    n is

    sue

    conc

    erni

    ng h

    ousi

    ng d

    evel

    opm

    ent

    on th

    e no

    rther

    n en

    d of

    C

    anal

    way

    s, an

    d th

    e ac

    cess

    issu

    es

    invo

    lvin

    g th

    e th

    ree

    site

    s.

    How

    ever

    , in

    Gen

    eral

    Pla

    n 20

    20

    deve

    lopm

    ent o

    n C

    anal

    way

    s will

    no

    long

    er b

    e co

    ntig

    uous

    with

    th

    ese

    two

    site

    s. T

    his p

    olic

    y is

    no

    long

    er n

    eede

    d.

    Map

    of t

    he a

    rea:

    Edit:

    D

    elet

    e po

    licy

    NH

    -83

    (Coo

    rdin

    ated

    City

    , Can

    alw

    ays a

    nd

    Win

    dwar

    d W

    ay R

    esid

    entia

    l Des

    ign)

    41-1

    N

    H-8

    4 (W

    indw

    ard

    Way

    ) Th

    e G

    ener

    al P

    lan

    and

    Zoni

    ng

    Ord

    inan

    ce sh

    ould

    be

    clea

    r abo

    ut

    allo

    win

    g ho

    usin

    g as

    a u

    se o

    n th

    is

    site

    .

    Resp

    onse

    : Sta

    ff d

    oes n

    ot re

    com

    men

    d th

    at th

    e pr

    opos

    ed P

    ark

    land

    use

    de

    sign

    atio

    n be

    cha

    nged

    to a

    hou

    sing

    des

    igna

    tion.

    Pol

    icy

    PR9a

    co

    ntai

    ns la

    ngua

    ge th

    at w

    ould

    allo

    w c

    onsi

    dera

    tion

    of d

    evel

    opin

    g a

    porti

    on o

    f the

    site

    to fa

    cilit

    ate

    crea

    tion

    of th

    e pa

    rk.

    This

    site

    has

    bee

    n de

    sign

    ated

    for d

    evel

    opm

    ent o

    f a p

    ark

    due

    to th

    e in

    suff

    icie

    nt a

    mou

    nt

    of p

    ark

    acre

    age

    com

    pare

    d to

    pop

    ulat

    ion

    with

    in th

    e su

    rrou

    ndin

    g ne

    ighb

    orho

    od.

    It sh

    ould

    be

    note

    d th

    at th

    e si

    te h

    as li

    mite

    d de

    velo

    pmen

    t pot

    entia

    l due

    to e

    xist

    ing

    wet

    land

    s, lim

    ited

    traff

    ic

    capa

    city

    and

    the

    cost

    of b

    uild

    ing

    on fo

    rmer

    land

    fill.

  • IX -

    504

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    25-1

    78

    -4

    89-1

    PC

    3/

    23/0

    4 PH

    -121

    5/

    25/0

    4

    NH

    -87

    (Cal

    -Pox

    Si

    te)

    Any

    dev

    elop

    men

    t sho

    uld

    incl

    ude

    spec

    ial t

    axes

    to c

    ompl

    ete

    adjo

    inin

    g w

    etla

    nds r

    esto

    ratio

    n,

    build

    ing

    heig

    ht li

    mits

    , pla

    ntin

    g of

    tree

    s to

    prov

    ide

    priv

    acy.

    Se

    nten

    ce in

    ital

    ics s

    houl

    d be

    de

    lete

    d. It

    is n

    ot a

    ppro

    pria

    te, o

    r sa

    fe, f

    or re

    side

    ntia

    l use

    . O

    n be

    half

    of th

    e ow

    ners

    of C

    al-

    Pox,

    supp

    ort r

    ecom

    men

    datio

    n th

    at h

    otel

    and

    /or r

    esid

    entia

    l use

    s be

    con

    side

    red

    for t

    he si

    te.

    Title

    27

    of th

    e C

    alifo

    rnia

    Cod

    e of

    regu

    latio

    ns re

    gula

    tes p

    ost-

    clos

    ure

    deve

    lopm

    ent o

    n la

    ndfil

    ls, a

    nd a

    llow

    s hou

    sing

    and

    ho

    tel d

    evel

    opm

    ent s

    ubje

    ct to

    sc

    rutin

    y. T

    here

    are

    exa

    mpl

    es

    whe

    re fo

    rmer

    land

    fill s

    ites h

    ave

    been

    use

    d fo

    r res

    iden

    tial a

    nd

    land

    use

    . H

    otel

    s and

    seni

    or h

    ousi

    ng a

    re

    beni

    gn u

    ses i

    n te

    rms o

    f pea

    k ho

    ur tr

    affic

    .

    Resp

    onse

    : On

    May

    25,

    the

    Plan

    ning

    Com

    mis

    sion

    con

    side

    red

    the

    bene

    fits a

    nd c

    onst

    rain

    ts to

    resi

    dent

    ial d

    evel

    opm

    ent o

    n th

    is si

    te.

    As a

    si

    te w

    ith k

    now

    n ha

    zard

    ous m

    ater

    ials

    , the

    env

    ironm

    enta

    l con

    stra

    ints

    m

    ay b

    e pr

    ohib

    itive

    of r

    esid

    entia

    l use

    . Add

    ition

    ally

    , the

    site

    is a

    n is

    olat

    ed lo

    catio

    n fo

    r res

    iden

    tial u

    se, b

    eing

    a c

    onsi

    dera

    ble

    dist

    ance

    for

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    serv

    ices

    or t

    rans

    it. O

    n th

    e ot

    her h

    and,

    ther

    e is

    a

    pres

    sing

    nee

    d fo

    r hou

    sing

    site

    s, an

    d se

    nior

    hou

    sing

    and

    hot

    els d

    o ha

    ve fe

    wer

    traf

    fic im

    pact

    s tha

    n ot

    her p

    ossi

    ble

    uses

    . Th

    e Pl

    anni

    ng

    Com

    mis

    sion

    reco

    mm

    ende

    d th

    at re

    side

    ntia

    l not

    be

    allo

    wed

    at t

    he si

    te.

    Edit:

    A

    llow

    ligh

    t ind

    ustri

    al/o

    ffic

    e an

    d sp

    ecia

    lty re

    tail

    uses

    . Tr

    affic

    con

    gest

    ion

    in th

    e ar

    ea, p

    rior t

    o ne

    eded

    road

    way

    im

    prov

    emen

    ts, m

    ay li

    mit

    deve

    lopm

    ent o

    n th

    e si

    te to

    low

    tra

    ffic

    -gen

    erat

    ing

    uses

    . R

    esid

    entia

    l and

    /or H

    hote

    l use

    m

    ay b

    e co

    nsid

    ered

    for t

    he si

    te p

    rovi

    ded

    that

    en

    viro

    nmen

    tal a

    naly

    sis d

    emon

    stra

    tes t

    hat p

    oten

    tially

    ha

    zard

    ous s

    oils

    con

    ditio

    ns a

    re in

    com

    plia

    nce

    with

    Sta

    te

    and

    Fede

    ral l

    aws a

    nd th

    at g

    eo-s

    eism

    ic c

    ondi

    tions

    and

    co

    mm

    erci

    al u

    se c

    onfli

    cts h

    ave

    been

    miti

    gate

    d

    78-2

    PC

    3/

    23/0

    4

    NH

    -90

    (Par

    ks a

    nd

    Rec

    reat

    ion)

    A

    dd B

    ella

    m/W

    indw

    ard

    Way

    Pa

    rk to

    this

    pol

    icy.

    Ed

    it: R

    evis

    e as

    show

    n.

    Com

    plet

    e pl

    anne

    d Pi

    ckle

    wee

    d Pa

    rk a

    nd S

    tark

    wea

    ther

    Sh

    orel

    ine

    Park

    impr

    ovem

    ents

    , and

    pla

    n an

    d im

    plem

    ent

    park

    impr

    ovem

    ents

    at t

    he B

    ella

    m/W

    indw

    ard

    Way

    site

    . C

    hang

    e/ad

    d re

    fere

    nces

    : PR

    -8a

    (Nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d Pa

    rk Im

    prov

    emen

    ts) a

    nd P

    R-9

    a (B

    ella

    m/W

    indw

    ard

    Way

    site

    )

    Staf

    f N

    H-9

    6 (S

    hore

    line

    Emba

    nkm

    ents

    ) Th

    ere

    is th

    e po

    tent

    ial f

    or th

    e lo

    ss

    of so

    il re

    sour

    ces d

    ue to

    ero

    sion

    as

    wel

    l as t

    he p

    oten

    tial f

    or th

    e ex

    posu

    re o

    f im

    prov

    emen

    ts to

    er

    osio

    n-re

    late

    d da

    mag

    e.

    Add

    ition

    al w

    ordi

    ng sh

    ould

    be

    adde

    d.

    E

    dit t

    he p

    olic

    y by

    add

    ing

    the

    sent

    ence

    : R

    equi

    re ri

    prap

    on

    the

    outs

    ide

    face

    of l

    evee

    s fac

    ing

    the

    Bay

    . Afte

    r lar

    ge st

    orm

    s, in

    spec

    t exi

    stin

    g rip

    rap

    on le

    vee

    face

    s. R

    epai

    r and

    repl

    ace

    as n

    eces

    sary

    to p

    rovi

    de

    adeq

    uate

    wav

    e er

    osio

    n pr

    otec

    tion.

    PC

    1/13

    /04

    NH

    -97

    (Fill

    Hei

    ghts

    ) D

    uplic

    ativ

    e w

    ith S

    -15

    (see

    be

    low

    )

    Edi

    t: D

    elet

    e po

    licy

    and

    prog

    ram

    . A

    dd re

    fere

    nce

    to S

    -15

    .

  • IX -

    505

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    PC

    6/29

    /04

    NH

    -99

    (Env

    ironm

    enta

    l R

    esou

    rces

    )

    Say

    “enc

    oura

    ge th

    e pr

    eser

    vatio

    n an

    d co

    nser

    vatio

    n” in

    stea

    d of

    “p

    rote

    ct a

    nd c

    onse

    rve”

    Resp

    onse

    : O

    rigin

    al w

    ordi

    ng is

    in 1

    988

    plan

    . The

    pol

    icy

    shou

    ld b

    e de

    lete

    d as

    it is

    re

    dund

    ant w

    ith o

    ther

    pol

    icie

    s and

    pro

    gram

    s.

    Edit:

    Del

    ete

    polic

    y.

    NH

    -99.

    Env

    iron

    men

    tal R

    esou

    rces

    . Pr

    otec

    t and

    con

    serv

    e th

    e fo

    llow

    ing

    sign

    ifica

    nt

    envi

    ronm

    enta

    l res

    ourc

    es in

    the

    Can

    al:

    •Wet

    land

    s/B

    ayla

    nds i

    nclu

    ding

    the

    San

    Raf

    ael C

    anal

    . •T

    hrea

    tene

    d an

    d en

    dang

    ered

    spec

    ies a

    nd th

    eir h

    abita

    ts.

    Such

    hab

    itats

    incl

    ude

    but a

    re n

    ot li

    mite

    d to

    Eas

    t San

    R

    afae

    l pon

    ds, m

    arsh

    land

    s and

    bay

    land

    s, an

    d (p

    oten

    tially

    ) San

    Que

    ntin

    Rid

    ge.

    •The

    Bay

    shor

    elin

    e.

    •San

    Que

    ntin

    Rid

    ge/h

    illsi

    de.

    • A

    rcha

    eolo

    gica

    l res

    ourc

    es o

    n up

    land

    site

    s. PC

    7/8

    /04

    NH

    -105

    (New

    D

    evel

    opm

    ent)

    Del

    ete

    redu

    ndan

    t phr

    ase

    in

    seco

    nd b

    ulle

    t

    Edit:

    A

    ssur

    ing

    that

    new

    dev

    elop

    men

    t and

    sign

    ifica

    nt

    rem

    odel

    ing

    resp

    ect a

    nd e

    nhan

    ce th

    e ch

    arac

    ter o

    f su

    rrou

    ndin

    g ho

    usin

    g in

    term

    s of d

    ensi

    ty a

    nd d

    esig

    n,

    and…

    Staf

    f N

    H-1

    09 (E

    xist

    ing

    Ret

    ail C

    ente

    rs

    Upg

    rade

    )

    Add

    refe

    renc

    e to

    rede

    velo

    pmen

    t in

    cent

    ive

    in F

    AR

    pol

    icy.

    Edi

    t: A

    dd re

    fere

    nce

    See

    LU-L

    U-9

    (Int

    ensi

    ty o

    f Non

    resi

    dent

    ial D

    evel

    opm

    ent).

    PC

    3/23

    /04

    57-1

    2

    NH

    -110

    (Unu

    sed

    Porti

    ons o

    f the

    Fo

    rmer

    NW

    P R

    ight

    -of

    -Way

    )

    Rev

    ise

    to c

    larif

    y.

    Use

    s of t

    his r

    ight

    -of-

    way

    shou

    ld

    ensu

    re p

    rote

    ctio

    n of

    any

    adj

    acen

    t w

    etla

    nd h

    abita

    ts.

    Ed

    it: R

    evis

    e as

    show

    n.

    Unu

    sed

    Port

    ions

    of t

    he F

    orm

    er N

    WP

    SMA

    RT

    Rig

    ht-

    of-W

    ay. E

    ncou

    rage

    use

    , whi

    le e

    nsur

    ing

    prot

    ectio

    n of

    any

    ad

    jace

    nt w

    etla

    nd h

    abita

    t, of

    the

    unus

    ed p

    ortio

    ns o

    f the

    fo

    rmer

    Nor

    thw

    est P

    acifi

    c R

    ailro

    ad ri

    ght -

    of-w

    ay th

    at is

    no

    t par

    t of t

    he n

    ew S

    MA

    RT

    right

    -of-

    way

    incl

    udin

    g th

    e se

    ctio

    n be

    twee

    n D

    ownt

    own

    and

    the

    Lark

    spur

    ferr

    y te

    rmin

    al, t

    o fa

    cilit

    ate

    desi

    red

    rede

    velo

    pmen

    t of a

    djac

    ent

    parc

    els a

    nd a

    n ea

    sem

    ent f

    or th

    e N

    orth

    -Sou

    th b

    ikew

    ay.

  • IX -

    506

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    69-1

    PH

    -45

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k V

    isio

    n A

    sugg

    este

    d re

    visi

    on o

    f the

    V

    isio

    n w

    as su

    bmitt

    ed.

    E

    dit:

    Rev

    ise

    Vis

    ion

    Stat

    emen

    t as s

    how

    n.

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k is

    a u

    niqu

    e, h

    isto

    ric a

    nd w

    alka

    ble

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    in c

    lose

    pro

    xim

    ity to

    Dow

    ntow

    n. I

    t is

    esse

    ntia

    lly b

    uilt-

    out a

    nd w

    ill re

    mai

    n a

    very

    div

    erse

    and

    ac

    tive

    resi

    dent

    ial n

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    with

    rela

    tivel

    y lit

    tle

    chan

    ge.

    Futu

    re d

    evel

    opm

    ent w

    ill b

    e lim

    ited

    to sm

    all

    scal

    e in

    fill r

    esid

    entia

    l pro

    ject

    s. O

    ppor

    tuni

    ties s

    houl

    d be

    ta

    ken

    to v

    isua

    lly u

    pgra

    de o

    r rep

    lace

    apa

    rtmen

    t bui

    ldin

    gs

    to b

    e m

    ore

    com

    patib

    le w

    ith th

    e hi

    stor

    ic n

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    desi

    gn c

    hara

    cter

    , pre

    serv

    e hi

    stor

    ic st

    ruct

    ures

    and

    ar

    chite

    ctur

    al c

    hara

    cter

    , red

    uce

    impa

    cts o

    f thr

    ough

    -traf

    fic

    on n

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    stre

    ets a

    nd to

    rest

    ore

    adeq

    uate

    par

    king

    on

    nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d st

    reet

    s.Edi

    t: R

    evis

    e V

    isio

    n St

    atem

    ent

    as sh

    own.

    69-2

    PH

    -48

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k In

    trodu

    ctio

    n Su

    gges

    ted

    wor

    ding

    “G

    erst

    le

    Park

    has

    thre

    e di

    stin

    ctly

    uni

    que

    neig

    hbor

    s on

    thre

    e si

    des t

    hat

    vary

    in te

    rms o

    f fee

    l, zo

    ning

    , us

    e, a

    nd c

    onge

    stio

    n/tra

    ffic

    ge

    nera

    tion,

    plu

    s the

    ne

    ighb

    orho

    od’s

    Nor

    ther

    n B

    ound

    ary

    is a

    maj

    or

    Tran

    spor

    tatio

    n C

    orrid

    or.”

    La

    st se

    nten

    ce a

    dd su

    gges

    ted

    wor

    ding

    “no

    n-ne

    ighb

    orho

    od

    rela

    ted

    pass

    -thru

    and

    co

    mm

    erci

    al tr

    affic

    Resp

    onse

    : The

    tran

    sitio

    n be

    twee

    n G

    erst

    le P

    ark

    and

    the

    Dow

    ntow

    n is

    m

    entio

    ned

    in th

    e de

    scrip

    tive

    text

    due

    to it

    s im

    porta

    nce

    in th

    e po

    licy

    stat

    emen

    ts w

    hich

    follo

    w.

    It is

    not

    an

    atte

    mpt

    to d

    escr

    ibe

    all t

    he

    boun

    darie

    s of t

    he n

    eigh

    borh

    ood.

    Edi

    t: R

    evis

    e te

    xt (n

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    desc

    riptio

    n, P

    age

    109)

    as

    follo

    ws:

    N

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    issu

    es th

    at n

    eed

    to b

    e ad

    dres

    sed

    are

    traff

    ic

    prob

    lem

    s suc

    h as

    lack

    of p

    arki

    ng a

    nd ,e

    xces

    sive

    spee

    d an

    d pr

    otec

    tion

    of n

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    stre

    ets f

    rom

    the

    impa

    cts

    of th

    roug

    h-tra

    ffic

    , ade

    quat

    e dr

    aina

    ge, a

    nd m

    aint

    enan

    ce o

    f st

    reet

    s, si

    dew

    alks

    , his

    toric

    pre

    serv

    atio

    n, a

    nd p

    rivat

    e pr

    oper

    ty m

    aint

    enan

    ce.

    PH-1

    37

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k C

    onsi

    der t

    he im

    prov

    emen

    ts fo

    r G

    erst

    le P

    ark

    Nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d se

    ctio

    n. C

    hang

    e is

    goo

    d, b

    ut it

    m

    ust b

    e te

    mpe

    red

    and

    reba

    lanc

    ed. S

    ugge

    sted

    to

    proc

    eed

    caut

    ious

    ly.

    Com

    men

    t not

    ed.

    122-

    1 G

    erst

    le P

    ark

    Mor

    e de

    finiti

    ve la

    ngua

    ge

    prov

    idin

    g ac

    know

    ledg

    emen

    t and

    pr

    otec

    tion

    need

    s to

    be in

    clud

    ed

    in th

    e G

    ener

    al P

    lan.

    Resp

    onse

    : The

    lette

    r com

    men

    ts in

    gen

    eral

    term

    s abo

    ut c

    ondi

    tions

    in

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k bu

    t doe

    s not

    requ

    est s

    peci

    fic c

    hang

    es to

    dra

    ft po

    licie

    s an

    d pr

    ogra

    ms.

  • IX -

    507

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    69-3

    PH

    -121

    A

    NH

    -116

    . (N

    ew

    Dev

    elop

    men

    t)-la

    st

    bulle

    t

    Sugg

    este

    d w

    ordi

    ng. “

    Req

    uirin

    g th

    at a

    djac

    ent D

    ownt

    own

    land

    us

    e de

    sign

    atio

    ns a

    nd

    deve

    lopm

    ents

    are

    com

    patib

    le

    with

    and

    pro

    vide

    ade

    quat

    e tra

    nsiti

    on o

    r gat

    eway

    ther

    eby

    not

    infr

    ingi

    ng u

    pon

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k’s

    dist

    inct

    cha

    ract

    er o

    r qua

    lity

    of

    life

    do n

    ot n

    egat

    ivel

    y af

    fect

    the

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    .”

    E

    dit:

    Rev

    ise

    as sh

    own.

    R

    equi

    ring

    that

    adj

    acen

    t Dow

    ntow

    n la

    nd u

    se d

    esig

    natio

    ns

    and

    deve

    lopm

    ents

    are

    com

    patib

    le w

    ith a

    nd d

    o no

    t ne

    gativ

    ely

    affe

    ct th

    e ne

    ighb

    orho

    od a

    nd th

    at se

    nsiti

    ve

    trans

    ition

    s occ

    ur w

    here

    Dow

    ntow

    n de

    velo

    pmen

    t abu

    ts

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    resi

    denc

    es.

    Add

    refe

    renc

    e to

    CD

    -11b

    . (C

    ompa

    tibili

    ty o

    f Pat

    tern

    s),

    revi

    sed

    as fo

    llow

    s: A

    dopt

    des

    ign

    guid

    elin

    es to

    ens

    ure

    com

    patib

    ility

    of n

    onre

    side

    ntia

    l bui

    ldin

    g pa

    ttern

    s.

    Gui

    delin

    es m

    ay a

    ddre

    ss se

    tbac

    k pa

    ttern

    s, pa

    rkin

    g an

    d dr

    ivew

    ay p

    atte

    rns,

    build

    ing

    scal

    e, h

    eigh

    t and

    bui

    ldin

    g st

    epba

    cks,

    trans

    ition

    s bet

    wee

    n co

    mm

    erci

    al a

    nd

    resi

    dent

    ial d

    istri

    cts,

    sign

    age

    and

    land

    scap

    ing.

    Staf

    f N

    H-1

    16. (

    New

    D

    evel

    opm

    ent)-

    seco

    nd b

    ulle

    t

    Con

    firm

    that

    land

    use

    de

    sign

    atio

    ns in

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k do

    no

    t con

    flict

    with

    pol

    icie

    s lim

    iting

    resi

    dent

    ial d

    ensi

    ty a

    nd

    proh

    ibiti

    ng a

    dditi

    onal

    no

    nres

    iden

    tial d

    evel

    opm

    ent.

    Ed

    it: R

    evis

    e as

    show

    n:

    • Pr

    ohib

    iting

    add

    ition

    al n

    onre

    side

    ntia

    l dev

    elop

    men

    t in

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k co

    nsis

    t ent

    with

    exce

    pt a

    s allo

    wed

    in

    zoni

    ng re

    gula

    tions

    .

    69-4

    N

    H-1

    16a

    (Dev

    elop

    men

    t R

    evie

    w P

    roce

    ss)

    Sugg

    este

    d w

    ordi

    ng. “

    Use

    the

    deve

    lopm

    ent r

    evie

    w p

    roce

    ss to

    en

    cour

    age

    desi

    gn a

    nd u

    se

    cons

    iste

    nt w

    ith th

    is p

    olic

    y, a

    nd

    prov

    ide

    spec

    ial a

    ttent

    ion,

    no

    tific

    atio

    n an

    d/or

    requ

    ired

    DR

    B fo

    r gat

    eway

    or c

    orrid

    or

    proj

    ects

    adj

    acen

    t to

    Ger

    stle

    Pa

    rk.”

    Resp

    onse

    : Not

    e pr

    opos

    ed m

    odifi

    catio

    ns a

    bove

    whi

    ch sp

    ecifi

    cally

    re

    fer t

    o de

    sign

    tran

    sitio

    ns b

    etw

    een

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k an

    d D

    ownt

    own

    deve

    lopm

    ent a

    nd th

    e ch

    ange

    to P

    rogr

    am C

    D-1

    1b w

    hich

    cal

    ls fo

    r cr

    eatio

    n of

    des

    ign

    guid

    elin

    es to

    iden

    tify

    desi

    red

    desi

    gn so

    lutio

    ns fo

    r re

    side

    ntia

    l/com

    mer

    cial

    inte

    rfac

    e.

    57-1

    3 N

    H-1

    18 (A

    lber

    t Pa

    rk)

    Polic

    ies s

    houl

    d re

    quire

    the

    Cre

    ek

    in th

    is a

    rea

    to b

    e pr

    otec

    ted

    and

    enha

    nced

    .

    E

    dit:

    Add

    a n

    ew p

    olic

    y an

    d re

    fere

    nces

    as s

    how

    n.

    NH

    -X.

    Mah

    on C

    reek

    . Pr

    eser

    ve a

    nd e

    nhan

    ce M

    ahon

    C

    reek

    . Se

    e C

    ON

    -8a

    (Cre

    ek R

    esto

    ratio

    n), C

    ON

    -8c

    (Tre

    e R

    eten

    tion)

    and

    LU

    -2a

    (Dev

    elop

    men

    t Rev

    iew

    )

  • IX -

    508

    IV.

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    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    69-5

    Su

    gges

    ted

    New

    Po

    licy.

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k.

    Sugg

    est w

    ordi

    ng fo

    r new

    pol

    icy

    “Ger

    stle

    Par

    k. C

    omm

    it to

    im

    prov

    emen

    ts th

    at e

    nhan

    ce th

    e co

    mm

    unity

    ’s u

    se o

    f thi

    s ne

    ighb

    orho

    od p

    ark.

    E.g

    . re

    surf

    ace

    the

    tenn

    is c

    ourts

    , re

    pair

    the

    bask

    etba

    ll co

    urts

    , get

    th

    e w

    ater

    foun

    tain

    s wor

    king

    , up

    grad

    e th

    e re

    dwoo

    d gr

    ove

    faci

    litie

    s, an

    d pe

    rhap

    s co

    nsol

    idat

    ed si

    gnag

    e to

    impr

    ove

    appe

    aran

    ce, a

    s wel

    l as e

    ncou

    rage

    so

    lutio

    ns/p

    olic

    ing

    of h

    omel

    ess

    enca

    mpm

    ents

    .”

    Resp

    onse

    : Pol

    icy

    PR-7

    a ca

    lls fo

    r pre

    para

    tion

    of a

    new

    mas

    ter p

    lan

    for G

    erst

    le P

    ark.

    The

    se sp

    ecifi

    c is

    sues

    shou

    ld b

    e br

    ough

    t up

    and

    addr

    esse

    d w

    hen

    such

    a m

    aste

    r pla

    n is

    pre

    pare

    d an

    d pu

    blic

    inpu

    t so

    ught

    .

    69-6

    PH

    -48

    Sugg

    este

    d N

    ew

    Polic

    y Su

    gges

    ted

    wor

    ding

    “Pr

    omot

    e an

    d pl

    an fo

    r Gat

    eway

    at

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    ent

    ranc

    es th

    at

    mig

    ht in

    clud

    e si

    gnag

    e or

    la

    ndsc

    ape,

    traf

    fic c

    alm

    ing

    or

    othe

    r mea

    ns to

    tran

    sitio

    n to

    G

    erst

    le P

    ark

    as a

    resi

    dent

    ial

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    at m

    ain

    stre

    ets o

    f B

    , C, E

    , and

    Woo

    dlan

    d.

    Resp

    onse

    : Sev

    eral

    ass

    ocia

    tions

    had

    ver

    y sp

    ecifi

    c su

    gges

    tions

    for

    entry

    poi

    nts i

    nto

    thei

    r nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    ds.

    Ther

    efor

    e, a

    com

    mon

    pol

    icy

    rega

    rdin

    g N

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    Iden

    tity

    and

    Land

    mar

    ks (N

    H-7

    ) was

    pr

    epar

    ed.

    Spec

    ifics

    wou

    ld b

    e de

    term

    ined

    dur

    ing

    prep

    arat

    ion

    of a

    ne

    ighb

    orho

    od p

    lan.

    Pol

    icy

    CD

    -8 d

    iscu

    sses

    City

    -iden

    tifie

    d ga

    tew

    ays

    show

    n on

    Exh

    ibits

    17

    and

    18.

    The

    gate

    way

    of W

    olfe

    Gra

    de is

    id

    entif

    ied

    in th

    e G

    erst

    le P

    ark

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    for f

    urth

    er c

    onsi

    dera

    tion

    and

    enha

    ncem

    ent.

    69-7

    PH

    -48

    Sugg

    este

    d N

    ew

    Polic

    y. S

    hort

    Scho

    ol

    Site

    .

    Sugg

    este

    d w

    ordi

    ng. “

    Shor

    t Sc

    hool

    Site

    . Enc

    oura

    ge a

    nd

    surv

    ey p

    oten

    tial f

    or c

    omm

    unity

    us

    e fir

    st b

    efor

    e co

    nsid

    erat

    ion

    for

    hous

    ing

    and

    even

    then

    onl

    y in

    ke

    epin

    g w

    ith c

    urre

    nt sc

    ale,

    de

    nsity

    and

    arc

    hite

    ctur

    e of

    pr

    edom

    inan

    t nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d ch

    arac

    ter.”

    Resp

    onse

    : Thi

    s is a

    noth

    er is

    sue

    whi

    ch w

    as a

    ddre

    ssed

    in se

    vera

    l ne

    ighb

    orho

    od p

    lans

    and

    was

    con

    solid

    ated

    in P

    olic

    y N

    H-1

    1 Sc

    hool

    s, w

    hich

    says

    : “R

    etai

    n lo

    cal s

    choo

    ls w

    here

    pos

    sibl

    e, b

    ut w

    hen

    reus

    e is

    ne

    cess

    ary,

    hou

    sing

    dev

    elop

    men

    t at p

    reva

    iling

    den

    sitie

    s in

    the

    imm

    edia

    te a

    rea

    shou

    ld b

    e th

    e ap

    prop

    riate

    land

    use

    . W

    here

    it is

    in th

    e co

    mm

    unity

    ’s in

    tere

    st to

    reta

    in p

    ublic

    recr

    eatio

    n, o

    n-si

    te d

    ensi

    ty

    trans

    fers

    will

    be

    allo

    wed

    to th

    e re

    mai

    ning

    scho

    ol si

    te a

    crea

    ge,

    prov

    ided

    the

    resu

    lting

    hou

    sing

    des

    ign

    is c

    ompa

    tible

    with

    the

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    cha

    ract

    er.”

    (em

    phas

    is a

    dded

    )

    75-7

    75

    -13

    Vis

    ion

    of L

    inco

    ln/

    San

    Raf

    ael H

    ill

    Com

    men

    ts re

    gard

    ing

    traff

    ic

    cong

    estio

    n, tr

    affic

    spee

    d, sa

    fety

    an

    d pa

    rkin

    g.

    Resp

    onse

    : G

    ener

    al c

    omm

    ents

    and

    obs

    erva

    tions

    are

    not

    ed.

    Com

    men

    ts a

    re to

    o sp

    ecifi

    c to

    be

    incl

    uded

    in a

    gen

    eral

    pla

    n

  • IX -

    509

    IV.

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    DS

    EL

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    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    75-1

    3 V

    isio

    n of

    Li

    ncol

    n/Sa

    n R

    afae

    l H

    ill

    Prop

    osed

    revi

    sion

    s to

    the

    visi

    on

    stat

    emen

    t, in

    clud

    ing

    issu

    es

    rela

    ted

    to re

    tent

    ion

    of lo

    w-

    dens

    ity h

    illsi

    de li

    mita

    tions

    , se

    cond

    uni

    ts, p

    rivac

    y im

    pact

    s of

    new

    dev

    elop

    men

    t, en

    forc

    emen

    t of

    par

    king

    rest

    rictio

    ns, n

    ot

    cons

    ider

    ing

    Linc

    oln

    as a

    “c

    orrid

    or”,

    rete

    ntio

    n of

    the

    nurs

    ery

    and

    mot

    els,

    elim

    inat

    ion

    of p

    oten

    tial f

    or h

    eigh

    t and

    de

    nsity

    bon

    uses

    , miti

    gatio

    n of

    no

    ise

    impa

    cts,

    unde

    rgro

    undi

    ng

    of u

    tiliti

    es, p

    arki

    ng e

    nfor

    cem

    ent

    and

    new

    traf

    fic si

    gnal

    in

    stal

    latio

    n.

    Resp

    onse

    : Th

    e pr

    opos

    ed v

    isio

    n la

    ngua

    ge is

    muc

    h m

    ore

    deta

    iled

    than

    ot

    her n

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    visi

    ons.

    No

    chan

    ges a

    re p

    ropo

    sed

    in th

    e lo

    w

    dens

    ity a

    llow

    ance

    s for

    the

    hills

    ide

    area

    s. Is

    sues

    rela

    ted

    to se

    cond

    un

    its h

    ave

    been

    pre

    empt

    ed b

    y st

    ate

    law

    . R

    eten

    tion

    of e

    xist

    ing

    mot

    els

    and

    nurs

    ery

    is a

    ddre

    ssed

    in C

    omm

    ent 7

    5-10

    abo

    ve.

    The

    heig

    ht b

    onus

    co

    ncer

    n is

    add

    ress

    ed in

    Com

    men

    t 98-

    2. D

    ensi

    ty b

    onus

    es a

    re re

    quire

    d to

    be

    offe

    red

    by st

    ate

    law

    .

    PC

    3/23

    /04

    NH

    -119

    (Ped

    estri

    an

    Link

    ages

    ) A

    dd b

    ikes

    to th

    is o

    r a re

    fere

    nce

    to th

    e B

    icyc

    le/P

    ed. M

    aste

    r Pla

    n

    E

    dit:

    Rev

    ise

    as sh

    own.

    Im

    prov

    e bi

    cycl

    e an

    d pe

    dest

    rian

    linka

    ges a

    nd la

    ndsc

    ape

    treat

    men

    t of m

    ajor

    ent

    ry ro

    ads f

    rom

    the

    Dow

    ntow

    n ar

    ea,

    such

    as B

    , C, a

    nd D

    Stre

    ets.

    Add

    refe

    renc

    e to

    Pro

    gram

    C-2

    6a (B

    icyc

    le a

    nd P

    edes

    trian

    Pl

    an Im

    plem

    enta

    tion)

    74-1

    74

    -5

    PH-4

    5 PH

    -48

    NH

    -119

    (Ped

    estri

    an

    Link

    ages

    ) Su

    gges

    ted

    edits

    to p

    olic

    y “I

    mpr

    ove

    pede

    stria

    n lin

    kage

    s an

    d la

    ndsc

    ape

    treat

    men

    t of a

    t m

    ajor

    ent

    ry ro

    ads f

    rom

    the

    Dow

    ntow

    n ar

    ea, s

    uch

    a s B

    , C,

    and

    D S

    treet

    s. Pr

    omot

    e an

    d pl

    an

    for g

    atew

    ays a

    t nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d en

    tranc

    es th

    at w

    ould

    incl

    ude

    sign

    age

    or la

    ndsc

    ape

    desi

    gn to

    tra

    nsiti

    on to

    Ger

    stle

    Par

    k as

    a

    resi

    dent

    ial n

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    at th

    e m

    ain

    stre

    ets o

    f B, C

    , E,,

    and

    Woo

    dlan

    d.”

    Resp

    onse

    : Sam

    e su

    gges

    tions

    as C

    omm

    ent 6

    9-6

    abov

    e.

    74-2

    N

    H-1

    19a

    (Ped

    estri

    an

    Impr

    ovem

    ents

    ) N

    o ed

    it su

    gges

    ted.

    N

    o re

    spon

    se n

    eede

    d.

    74-3

    74

    -7

    PH-4

    5 PH

    -46

    Sugg

    este

    d N

    ew

    Prog

    ram

    . NH

    -119

    b.

    Bic

    ycle

    Im

    prov

    emen

    ts.

    Sugg

    este

    d w

    ordi

    ng “

    Bic

    ycle

    Im

    prov

    emen

    ts. P

    rom

    ote

    plan

    ning

    to a

    ffor

    d G

    erst

    le P

    ark

    bein

    g a

    safe

    pla

    ce to

    bic

    ycle

    …”

    Resp

    onse

    : Thi

    s is a

    n is

    sue

    that

    was

    cov

    ered

    in se

    vera

    l nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d pl

    ans a

    nd w

    as th

    eref

    ore

    craf

    ted

    into

    Pol

    icy

    NH

    -6 B

    icyc

    le a

    nd

    Pede

    stria

    n-Fr

    iend

    ly S

    treet

    s.

  • IX -

    510

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    74-4

    74

    -8

    PH-4

    7

    Sugg

    este

    d N

    ew

    Prog

    ram

    . NH

    -119

    c.

    Traf

    fic

    Impr

    ovem

    ents

    .

    Sugg

    este

    d w

    ordi

    ng. “

    Impl

    emen

    t tra

    ffic

    cal

    min

    g an

    d re

    desi

    gn o

    f tra

    ffic

    to m

    inim

    ize

    conf

    lict

    betw

    een

    vehi

    cles

    , ped

    estri

    ans,

    and

    bicy

    cles

    …”

    Resp

    onse

    : Thi

    s is a

    n is

    sue

    that

    was

    cov

    ered

    in se

    vera

    l nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d pl

    ans a

    nd w

    as th

    eref

    ore

    craf

    ted

    into

    Pol

    icy

    NH

    -5 S

    afe

    Stre

    ets.

    69-8

    PH

    -44

    Sugg

    este

    d N

    ew

    Polic

    y. N

    H-1

    19X

    Su

    gges

    ted

    wor

    ding

    “N

    eigh

    borh

    ood

    Park

    ing.

    Im

    prov

    e pa

    rkin

    g in

    the

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    , con

    duct

    a p

    arki

    ng

    surv

    ey to

    furth

    er e

    valu

    ate

    spec

    ific

    park

    ing

    prob

    lem

    s and

    id

    entif

    y po

    ssib

    le so

    lutio

    ns th

    at

    allo

    w fo

    r stre

    et p

    arki

    ng th

    at d

    oes

    not d

    omin

    ate

    the

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    …”

    Resp

    onse

    : Thi

    s is a

    n is

    sue

    that

    was

    cov

    ered

    in se

    vera

    l nei

    ghbo

    rhoo

    d pl

    ans a

    nd w

    as th

    eref

    ore

    craf

    ted

    into

    Pol

    icy

    NH

    -8 P

    arki

    ng a

    nd

    Prog

    ram

    s NH

    -8a,

    NH

    -8b,

    NH

    -8c

    and

    NH

    -8d.

    98-2

    PC

    7/8

    /04

    NH

    -120

    (Lin

    coln

    A

    venu

    e)

    LSR

    HN

    A o

    ppos

    es a

    ny a

    ttem

    pt

    to a

    llow

    bui

    ldin

    gs th

    at e

    xcee

    d th

    ree

    stor

    ies t

    o be

    bui

    lt al

    ong

    Linc

    oln

    Ave

    nue.

    O

    ppos

    ed to

    bus

    ines

    s use

    s lar

    ger

    than

    five

    full-

    time

    empl

    oyee

    s w

    ithou

    t maj

    or ju

    stifi

    catio

    n an

    d fu

    ll pu

    blic

    hea

    rings

    . A

    dd re

    fere

    nce

    to L

    U-1

    4 (H

    eigh

    t B

    onus

    es).

    Resp

    onse

    : The

    hei

    ght b

    onus

    for a

    ffor

    dabl

    e ho

    usin

    g al

    ong

    Linc

    oln

    Ave

    nue

    is c

    urre

    nt p

    olic

    y, a

    nd p

    ropo

    sed

    to b

    e ca

    rrie

    d fo

    rwar

    d in

    to

    Gen

    eral

    Pla

    n 20

    20.

    The

    curr

    ent p

    olic

    y al

    so st

    ates

    that

    hei

    ght b

    onus

    es

    may

    be

    gran

    ted

    only

    if th

    e si

    te is

    mor

    e th

    an 1

    50 fe

    et in

    wid

    th a

    nd a

    t le

    ast 2

    0,00

    0 sq

    . ft.

    in si

    ze.

    The

    Stee

    ring

    Com

    mitt

    ee d

    id n

    ot

    reco

    mm

    end

    thes

    e de

    tails

    in k

    eepi

    ng w

    ith a

    mor

    e ge

    nera

    l app

    roac

    h to

    he

    ight

    bon

    uses

    in p

    olic

    y LU

    -14

    and

    Exhi

    bit 9

    (pag

    e 32

    of t

    he d

    raft

    Plan

    ). H

    owev

    er, t

    hese

    spec

    ifics

    are

    reco

    mm

    ende

    d to

    be

    incl

    uded

    in

    the

    zoni

    ng o

    rdin

    ance

    pro

    visi

    on re

    gard

    ing

    a he

    ight

    bon

    us o

    n Li

    ncol

    n A

    venu

    e.

    The

    polic

    y la

    ngua

    ge p

    rohi

    bits

    furth

    er c

    onve

    rsio

    n of

    resi

    dent

    ial u

    nits

    to

    off

    ice

    uses

    . It

    is u

    ncle

    ar w

    heth

    er th

    e co

    mm

    ent i

    s ref

    errin

    g to

    oc

    cupa

    ncy

    of e

    xist

    ing

    offic

    e sp

    ace

    by g

    reat

    er th

    an 5

    em

    ploy

    ees o

    r cr

    eatio

    n of

    add

    ition

    al o

    ffic

    e sp

    ace,

    whi

    ch is

    allo

    wed

    in th

    e O

    ffic

    e/R

    esid

    entia

    l lan

    d us

    e de

    sign

    atio

    n on

    por

    tions

    of t

    he e

    ast s

    ide

    of

    Linc

    oln.

    98-3

    N

    H-1

    20 (L

    inco

    ln

    Ave

    nue)

    A

    ny d

    evel

    opm

    ent i

    s opp

    osed

    th

    at d

    oes n

    ot c

    ompl

    ete

    desi

    gn

    and

    impl

    emen

    tatio

    n of

    par

    king

    sp

    aces

    that

    mee

    ts 1

    00%

    of t

    he

    need

    s of t

    hat d

    evel

    opm

    ent.

    Resp

    onse

    : Pro

    visi

    on o

    f req

    uire

    d on

    -site

    par

    king

    in n

    ew d

    evel

    opm

    ent

    is a

    giv

    en.

    Prog

    ram

    NH

    8d a

    lso

    requ

    ires t

    hat p

    arki

    ng re

    quire

    men

    ts in

    th

    e Zo

    ning

    Ord

    inan

    ce b

    e re

    view

    ed a

    nd u

    pdat

    ed fo

    r ade

    quac

    y.

    98-4

    N

    H-1

    20 (L

    inco

    ln

    Ave

    nue)

    Th

    e C

    ity sh

    ould

    be

    mor

    e rig

    orou

    s in

    notic

    ing

    delin

    quen

    t ca

    rs a

    nd d

    river

    s and

    enf

    orci

    ng

    curr

    ent,

    rele

    vant

    ord

    inan

    ces.

    Resp

    onse

    : Enf

    orce

    men

    t iss

    ues s

    houl

    d be

    rais

    ed w

    ith th

    e ne

    ighb

    orho

    od’s

    Com

    mun

    ity P

    olic

    e O

    ffic

    er.

  • IX -

    511

    IV.

    NE

    IGH

    BO

    RH

    OO

    DS

    EL

    EM

    EN

    T

    Com

    men

    t #

    Polic

    y/Pr

    ogra

    m

    Com

    men

    t R

    espo

    nse

    Rec

    omm

    enda

    tion

    35-1

    14

    4-8

    & 9

    18

    3-1

    Loch

    Lom

    ond

    Vis

    ion

    Cha

    nge

    “res

    iden

    tial u

    ses”

    to

    “res

    iden

    tial a

    rea”

    Th

    e Lo

    ch L

    omon

    d vi

    sion

    st

    atem

    ent i

    s not

    con

    sist

    ent w

    ith

    neig

    hbor

    hood

    des

    ires.

    Th

    e vi

    sion

    s of o

    ther

    ne

    ighb

    orho

    ods r

    efle

    ct th

    e de

    sire

    s of

    thos

    e ne

    ighb

    orho

    ods f

    or

    prot

    ectio

    n.

    Resp

    onse

    : Se

    e pr

    opos

    ed e

    dit b

    elow

    .

    The

    visi

    on e

    xpre

    ssed

    by

    the

    Stee

    ring

    Com

    mitt

    ee fo

    r eac

    h ne