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City Manager’s Report
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FROM:
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
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CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT ’
AGENDA DATE: NOVEMBER 18, 1997 CMR:477:97
SUBJECT:COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE -- ISSUES RELATED TO
COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SERVICES, BUSINESS AND
ECONOMICS, AND GOVERNANCE
RECOMMENDATION
This staffreport transmits comments and several recommended changes to the Community
Facilities and Services, Business and Economics, and Governance Elements of. the
Comprehensive Plan. The issues raised in this staffreport have been identified by staff after
completion of the Planning Commission review of the Draft Plan.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
The Comprehensive Plan will reconfirm existing policies and establish new policies. The
items addressed in this report that are related to street and sidewalk repair priorities,
neighborhood parks, and location of a hotel at Page Mill Road and E1 Camino Real are part
of the policy-setting process. Other items are points of clarification.
DISCUSSION
Community Facilities and Services
Page C-8 (white), Program C-l" This program contains the Family Resource Center
concept that is currently under consideration. Recommended accurate wording of the
program is:
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Page C-8 (white), Progr, am C-5: The program should identify that implementation will
involve working with the School District. It is recommended that the program be modified
to"
Page C-10 (green), Program C-10: The training identified in the program has been initiated
by the City. It is recommended that the program be modified and a side bar added with a
cross reference to Governance program G-17. The following program wording incorporates
the Planning Commission-recommended changes:
~.ii~"~maagement skills and techniques.
Page C-14 (white), Program C-17 and C-19: Programs C-17 and C-19 address the same
issue and merger of the programs would clarify the intent. It is recommended that the
following new C-17 program replace both C-17 and C-19:
Page C-14 (green), Program C-18A: Priorities for street repair focus on condition of the
streets and not primarily on usage. However, staff has been evaluating adding a usage
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"criteria for establishing sidewalk repair priorities. It is recommended that a replacement
program be addec to the Plan.
Page C-15 (white), Program C-23: ~’fie City, given budget constraints and the need to
devote resources to maintenance and upgrade of existing parks and other infrastructure, has -
not been, and is unlikely to start, actively searching for new parks, plazas or other public
gathering places. At times, oppommities may present themselves through development
proposals or other means to accomplish the intent of the program. It is recommended that
Program C-23 be reworded to:
plaza, or other public gathering places
Business and Economics
Page B-7 (white), Program B-4: The fiber optic ring will need periodic enhancemei~tS. It
is recommended that the program be modified to:
Develop ~:~::i;i~i~:!:i~::~]~~ n fiber optic ring around the City as
recommended in the 1996 Tel.e.c.0..~u.m...cations Strategy S~tudy ~
Page B-14 (white), Program B-18: Staff continues to recommend that the vacant site at the
corner of Page Mill Road and E1 Camino Real be designated on the Land Use Map for a
hotel. The Planning Commission, because of conflicts of interest, had four Commissioners
able to participate on this issue. They voted 3-1 to support a land use designation of Multiple
Family Residential/Commercial Hotel. The Land Use Map will be before the Council for
a public hearing in December. Staff recommends that Program B-18 be modified after the
December public hearing. Recommended wording is:
.fa~i:[.i.~ii at the no~hwes~ co~er of Page Mill Road ~d E1 C~ino Real
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Governance
Page G-5 (white), Program G-10: Volunteer assistance programs exist within numerous
City departments and efforts are under way to expand the programs, It is recommended that
the program be modified to:
~t,~o~l~l, a ......................................: ............................. ..............pro to enhance opportunities for
volunteer assistance.
tPage G-8 (white), Program G-11: This program has been implemented by the City and is
recomrnended to be modified to:
~ .....:~- ~.~:i!:.!iii~i!i:~i~:!!~ opportunities for public and nonprofitI /U V JUdtk~,
organizations serving the City to provide information about themselves to the
public.
Page G-8 (white), Program G-12: This program has been established and it is recommended
to be modified to:
~ "-’ ’:-’- ~~::i:::’"~i program to publicly recognize the efforts ofa2,S taOixaii a ............. .................:: .............individuals, groups, and businesses that provide volunteer services within the
City.
Page G-9, Program G-17: The City has undertaken a number of customer-oriented process
improvement efforts. It is recommended that the program be modified to:
customer-oriented process rovement efforts.
ALTERNATIVES
The Council, for any of the items in this report, can retain the Planning Commissiom ’
recommended wording or develop other modifications.
FISCAL IMPACTS
The items and potential program changes addressed in this report do not contain significant
figcal impacts, except for the potential development of a hotel at Page Mill Road and E1
Camino Real.
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The items and potential program changes addressed in this report are consistent with the
project and alternatives evaluated in the Environmental Impact Report on the Draft
Comprehensive Plan.
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",-ATTACHMENTS
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cc: Planning Commission
PREPARED BY: Kenneth R. Schreiber, Director of Planning and Community Environment
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
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KENNETH R. SCHREIBER
Director of Planning and
Community Environment
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