REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Study Session: El Camino Real Specific Plan (Councilmembers Davis, O'Neill, Watanabe and Mahan are eligible to participate; not eligible are Councilmembers Chahal, Hardy and Mayor Gillmor)
Report
BACKGROUND
El Camino Real is the City's most visible and identifiable commercial corridor. Redevelopment of the existing low-intensity, auto-oriented commercial uses along the corridor into higher density, residential/commercial mixed use is identified as a key land use strategy in the City's 2010 General Plan.
While the General Plan established the El Camino Real as a Focus Area for new residential growth, specified land uses and densities for new development, and provided some policy guidance, it also identified the preparation of a Specific Plan as an implementation tool for the Focus Area. The City Council initiated preparation of a Specific Plan for the El Camino Real Focus Area in 2017 to provide a more detailed level of policy and design guidance to support the successful transformation of the corridor.
The objectives for preparation of the Specific Plan are to establish a land use plan, a circulation plan, urban design standards, and a policy framework that will guide future development and provide developers and the community with clear direction regarding form, massing, density and streetscape for new development.
DISCUSSION
A collaborative and broad-based community involvement process has been implemented to engage community members in the planning of the corridor's future. The City has been working with a consultant, Raimi and Associates, to ensure that community residents and stakeholders have many opportunities to participate in decision making and inform the contents of the Specific Plan throughout the Specific Plan process. The community engagement process and community input is reviewed by a Community Advisory Committee (CAC), formed in January 2018. To date, the CAC has held four meetings. Additionally, the ...
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