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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-03-24; City Council; 11611; REVISED DRAFT REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGYP w > 0 LT s. bL 4 z 2 I- o a $ z 3 0 o br CITY& CARLSBAD - AGEND*ILL c REVISED DRAFT aEGIONAL GROWTH AB#% TITLE: MTG. 3,dY- 4% MANAGEMENT STRATEGY ( DEPT. PLN ( RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council ADOPT Resolution No. 93-86 APPROV Revised Draft Regional Growth Management Strateqy. ITEM EXPLANATION The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), serving Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board, is req approval by the City of Carlsbad of the Draft Regional Management Strategy, The Regional Growth Management Strategy applies a quality t approach to growth management by establishing Quality c Standards for the region and Recommended Actions to achievc The Recommended Actions include a set of state/federally m4 plans and a set of regionally initiated plans and programs, which comprise the Strategy. The Strategy links these manda regional initiatives together into a consistent whole to fac decision-making by elected officials on growth-related issue creating a framework for managing growth in the region. The approach of using Quality of Life Standards and their 4 to achieve them is very similar to Carlsbad's local apprc managing growth which uses facility performance standar requires detailed plans to shown how they will be achieved The Strategy also contains a process for each local agency t certify that it is in compliance with the Strategy. S. existing Conflict Resolution Procedure wouldbe usedto reso disputes related tothe Strategy or the self-certification p The Draft Strategy was prepared with the assistance of a Tei Advisory Committee which included a staff representative fr jurisdiction in the region and was chaired by Carlsba Manager, Raymond Patchett. The Draft was distributed for comment and numerous comments were submitted. Many revisioi made to the Draft Strategy to address comments/concerns SUI by the public. The City Council should be aware that while approval Strategy is being requested at this time, work is still beii on some items which will eventually be incorporated in Strategy but which are not complete at this time. These . completion of the Regional Open Space Plan, recommended acti regional public facilities financing, economic prosperity added Quality of Life Factor, regional land use distributic growth rate policies. These items could result in very sign. c Q PAGE 2 OF AGENDA BILL NO. l/; b/[ additions to the strategy at a later date and the Council wi to have additional review and input at that time. The pi resolution for Council approval indicates that the Council r( its input on the inclusion of these items to a later date. SANDAG staff is prepared to make a presentation or answer quc concerning the Strategy when it is reviewed by the City Coi EXHIBITS 1. City Council Resolution No. g2-862 2. Revised Draft Regional Growth Management Strategy on in the City Clerk's office. 1 -4 ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 * ~~OLU!CION NO. 92-86 * A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 01 CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE REVISED DRAFT REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY WHEREAS, the San Diego Association of Govc (SANDAG) , acting as the Regional Planning and Growth Mal Review Board, has requested approval by the City Council city of Carlsbad by the Draft Reyional Growth Management S' and WHEREAS, the Regional Growth Management Strategy a quality of life approach to growth management by esta Quality of Life Standards for the region and Recommended to achieve them: and WHEREAS, the Draft Strategy was distributed fo review and revised based upon comments submitted by the and WHEREAS, the Strategy contains a process for ea agency to self-certify that it is in compliance with the S and WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledges that still being done on some items which will eventu I 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ' incorporated into the Strategy but which are not complete time including completion of the Regional Open Spac recommended actions for regional public facilities fi economic prosperity, regional land use distribution ani rate policies; and WHEREAS, the City Council reserves the right tc and have input on these additional items before they are in the Strategy at a later date. ... * f .I > 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 a 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 rn aD NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by th Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and cor 2, That the City Council has reviewed the Revise Regional Growth Management Strategy. 3. That the City Council approves the Revise Strategy. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meetin( City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, on the day of March , 1992 by the following vote, ta AYES: Council Members Lewis, Larson, Stanton and Nygaar NOES: None ABSENT : Council Member Kulchin ABSTAIN : ATTEST: 26 27 28 -2- I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I 1 I REVISED DRAFT REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT I STRATEGY I February, 1992 San Diego G-.1 ASSOCLATION OF GOVERNMENTS San Diego Association sf Governments 401 B Street Suite 800 I San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 595-5300 MEMBER AGENCIES: Cities of Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, El Cajon, Encinitas, Escondido, Imperial lemon Grove, National City, Oceanside, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach, Vista, and Coun ADVlSORYlLlAlSON MEMBERS: California Department of Transportation, US. Department of Defense, and Tijuai REGIONAL PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT REVIEW BOARD Board of Directors SAN DIEGO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) serves as the Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board which is developing a cooperative growth management strategy to help us all better handle the adverse impacts of rapid population growth. Encinitas, Escondido, Imperial Beach, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, Oceanside, Poway, San Diego, San Marcos, Santee, Solana Beach, Vista, and the County of San Diego. Advisory and Liaison members include CALTRANS, San Diego Unified Port District, US. Department of Defense, and TijuandBaja California. CHAIRMAN: Hon. Jack Doyle VICE CHAIRWOMAN: Hon. Gloria E. McClellan SECRETARY-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Kenneth E. Sulzer Voting members indude the Incorporated Cities of Carkbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, El Cajon, CtTY OF POWAY Hon. Jan Goldsmith, Mayor (A) Hon. Kathy Mclntyre, Councilmember CITY OF SAN DIEGO Hon. Judy McCarty, Councilmember (A) Hon. Tom Behr, Councilmember CITY OF SAN MARCOS Hon. Lee Thibadeau, Mayor (A) Hon. Mike Preston, Councilmember CITY OF CARLSBAD Hon. Bud Lewis, Mayor (A) Hon. Ann Kulchin, Mayor Pro Tem CITY OF CHULA VISTA Hon. Leonard Moore, Mayor Pro Tem (A) Hon. Tim Nader, Mayor CITY OF CORONADO Hon. Michel Napolitano, Mayor Pro Tem (A) Hon. Susan Keith, Councilmember CITY OF DEL MAR Hon. Gay Hugo-Martinez, Deputy Mayor (A) Hon. J. Rod Franklin, Councilmember (A) Hon. Jacqueline Winterer, Mayor CITY OF EL CAJON Hon. Harriet Stockwell. Deputy Mayor (A) Hon. Beverly Miller, Councilmember (A) Hon. Mark Lewis, Councilmember CITY OF ENClNlTAS Hon. Maura Wiegand, Deputy Mayor (A) Hon. Gail Hano, Mayor CITY OF ESCONDIDO Hon. Jerry Harmon, Mayor (A) Hon. Kris Murphy, Councilmember CITY OF IMPERIAL BEACH Hon. Mike Bixler, Mayor (A) Hon. Marti Goethe, Councilmember CITY OF SANTEE Hon. Jack Doyle, Mayor (A) Hon. Hal Ryan, Councilmember CITY OF SOLANA BEACH Hon. Richard Hendlin, Mayor (A) Hon. Margaret Schlesinger, Councilmember (A) Hon. Celine Olson, Deputy Mayor CITY OF VISTA Hon. Gloria E. McClellan, Mayor (A) Hon. Bernie Rappaport, Mayor Pro Tem COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Hon. Brian Bilbray. Supervisor (A) Hon. Susan Golding, Supervisor (A) Hon. John MacDonald, Supervisor STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (Advisory Member) James W. van Loben Sels, Director (A) Jesus Garcia, District Eleven Director SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT (Advisory Member) Rip Reopelle, Commissioner US. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (Liaison Member) Capt. Tom Crane, USN, CEC Commanding Officer Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command TIJUANWAJA CALIFORNIA (Advisory Member) Hon. Carlos Montejo Favela Presidente Municipal de Tijuana CITY OF LA MESA Hon. Art Madrid, Mayor (A) Hon. Barry Jantz, Councilmember (A) Hon. Jay LaSuer, Councilmember CITY OF LEMON GROVE Hon. James V. Dorman, Mayor (A) Hon. Brian Cochran, Councilmember CITY OF NATIONAL CITY Hon. Jess E. Van Deventer, Councilmember (A) Hon. Michael Dalla, Councilmember CITY OF OCEANSIDE Hon. Nancy Yo&, Councilmember (A) Hon. Melba Bishop, Deputy Mayor Reviud 3/8/9!2 Adrnin/&owbd I I I 1 I I I I 1 I 1 I I I 8 I I I I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Regional Growth Management Stxategy was prepared with the coopexation and assistan of the Regional Growth Management Technical Committee. The members of the Technic Committee are listed below: REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL COJMMmIEE San Diego Association of Governments CHAIR; Ray Patchett City of Lemon Grove City of Carlsbad Ray Patchett, City Manager Michael Holzmiller, Planning Director Jack Shelver, City Manager James Butler, Community Development Director city of chula vista Bob biter, Director of Planning George Krempl, Deputy City Manager City of National City Roger Post, Planning Director Steve Ray, Principal Planner City of Coronado Ed Kleeman, Senior Planner City of Oceanside Sandra Holder, Assistant Planning Direct0 ci of Del Mar James Sandoval, Planning Director City of Poway Reba Wright-Quastler, Planning Director City of El won Jim Griffin, Acting Planning Director City of san sego Severo Esquivel, Deputy City Manager Paul Fiske, Senior Planner Kent Floro, Management Assistant Ci of Encinitas Warren Shafer, City Manager PatrickMurphy , Director of Community Development city of san Marcos Rick Gittings, City Manager Mike Mistrot, Assistant City Manager Jerry Backoff, Division Director of the City of Escondido Charles Grimm, Planning Director Planning Division City of Imperial Beach Norman G. Williams, Community ci of sank? Development Director Niall Fritz, Planning Director City of La Mesa City of Solana Beach David Witt, Community Development Steve Apple, Community Development Din Director Michael Hue, City Manager ... 111 City of Vi Tom Bell, Director of Community Development County of San Diego Lari Sheehan, Deputy Chief Administrative Lauren Wasserman, Director, Department of Gerry Hermanson, Deputy Director, Regional Bob Asher, Chief of Special Projects and Officer Planning and Land Use Planning Transportation Planning State Department of Transportation Carl West, Deputy District Director for Planning and Public Transportation Gene Pound, TransportationPlanning Branch Chief U.S. Department of Defense A. Douglas Lemaire, Special Assistant on Intergovernmental Affairs Local Agency Formation Commission Michael Ott, Assistant Executive Officer Port of san Diego Fred Trull, Planning Director Air Pollution Control District Richard J. Sommerville, Air PollutionControl Officer In addition, the following staff of the San Diego Association of Governments participated in the technical work: Kenneth E. Sulzer, Executive Director Stuart R. ShafYer, Deputy Executive Director Debra Greenfield, Legal Counsel Michael McLaughlin, Director of Land Use and Public Facilities Lee Hultgren, Director of Transportation Bob Parrott, Director of Research Garry Bonelli, Communications Director Susan Baldwin, Senior Regional Planner, Project Manager Jeff Tayman, Senior Regional Planner Steve Sachs, Senior Regional Planner Ruth Potter, Senior Regional Planner Nan Valerio, Senior Regional Planner John Duve, Administrator, Transportation Demand Management Program George Franck, Senior Transportation Planner Bill McFarlane, Senior Transportation Planner Bill Tuomi, Manager of Transportation ProLpmmkg iv I I 1 1 1 I I I I 1 I 1 R 1 I I I 1 t ABSTRACT TITLE: Draft Regional Growth Manag egY AUTHOR: SUBTECT: Policies and Recommended Actions Address the Adverse Impacts of Growth the San Diego Region Sa Diego Association of Governments DATE: February, 1992 LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY: San Diego Association of Govenunents 401 B Street, Suite 800 San Diego, CA 92101 NUMBER OF PAGES: 103 ABSTRACT: The Draft Regional Grov Strategy was prepared d contains standards and objec and open space protection, solid wa management, hazardous waste manageme Recommendations financing and siting, and growth n phasing and 1 istribution are a included. The Draft Strategy a contains a self-certification process determining local and regional age1 consistency. V 1 I I 1 I 1 I I I HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT ....................... 2 1 1 8 I I I 1 I I TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ..................................... 1 AN OVERVIEW OF THE REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEhXE" STRATEGY AIRQUALITY WSPORTATIONIP MANAGEMENT .................... ......... 1 I WA ............................................... 1 SEWAGETREATMENT ................................. 2 SENSITIVE LANDS PRESERVATION AND OPEN SPACE ......................................... ....................................... PROTECTION ........................................ 2 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 2 ............................ HOUSING .......................................... 3 ECONOMICPROSPERITY 3 REGIONAL PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING AND SITING 3 ............................... ......... GROWTH RATE, PmSING AND LAND USE DISTRIBUTION ........ LOCAL/REGIONAL CONSISTENCY 1 APPENDICES: ......................... 1. LOCAL/FtEGIONAL CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST ......... 1 2. SELF-CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND SCHEDULE ....... ( I .......... I ( ... ... ... NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND INITIAL STUDY ........ ... Vii I I I 4 1 I I I 1 I I 1 u 1 I t U INTRODUCTION The San Diego region, its people and its environment, is about as diverse as a place c be. We come from all walks of life, and this fact, plus the sheer size of the area, contribul to our varied points of view. But most of us agree about at least one thing -- we don't want the region's growth to ma living here a hassle, to hurt our "quality of life". That is what this Regional Grov Management Strategy is all about -- deciding what we are going to do together to mana 1 our growth. "Together" is a key principle of this Strategy. The actions proposed here will have to carried out by all of us -- individuals, families, and workers, and by government and busin as well. Managing growth together has the endorsement off the region's voters. In November, 191 they approved Proposition C, the Regional Planning and Growth Control Initiative, advis local government to jointly prepare a regional plan for growth. This Strategy responds 1 the voters' wishes. Our actions in carrying out the Strategy should be aimed at preserving or improving t "quality of life" -- a frequently-used term that is often hard to define. When they endorsed regional growth management, the voters helped define "quality of li for us. As a regional community, we should work to improve such things as our air, wal transportation, and waste management. The Regional Growth Management Strategy presented on the following pages identffies b: factors that help determine the quality of our lives in this region. It also describes T+ we should do to ensure that we will enjoy the region as much in the future as we do nc There are at least two ways that the Regional Growth Management Strategy is diffei from what we have done in the past. These differences also distinguish our area from II other metropolitan areas in the United States. First, the Regional Growth Management Strategy will be the one place where all actj affecting growth and the region's quality of life will be looked at together. In the p building highways, locating a new landfill site, or preserving open space have been hanc primarily by individual agencies. The Strategy pulls all of the important quality of life is5 together in one place to help us better understand what we need to do to maintain and imp1 our quality of life. 1 efea€es Second, the Strategy a way for everyone in the region to agree and cooperate on the best ways to manage growth and improve our quality of life. All of the region’s local governments, the 18 cities and the County of San Diego, will have to approve the Strategy and agree to carry out the actions necessary to make it work. In some cases every community in the region will have to agree to do similar things, for example, recycling 50% of the trash in each local jurisdiction by the year 2000. In others, however, there will be trade-offs where one community will have to do more in one quality of life area, while another community takes the lead in another. Locating region-serving facilities such as sewage treatment plants, landfills and jails are examples of such trade-offs. The level of cooperation, and the commitment to working together on region-wide growth issues is a challenge. Our future quality of life depends on our success. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 I I I 1 1 I 1 1 I. E 8 II: I I 1 I II If I1 AN OVERVIEW OF THE REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY By 20185 the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) forecasts the to year, or about as many people increase of about ?Q€+€W an increase of about 388;888 Quality of Life Factors To maintain an ve our quality of life as the region continues to grow, the Stratt rtant environmental and economic factors. These Quality of I AirQuality Transportation System and Demand Management Water Sewage Treatment Sensitive Lands Preservation and Open Space Protection Solid Waste Management Hazardous Waste Management the ballot initiative, Proposition C the preparation of the Strateg schools were disc may be included 3 Quality of Life Standards and Objectives To determine how well we’re doing with respect to maintaining or improving our quality of life, standards and objectives were assigned to each factor. These standards and objectives are the goals of the Strategy. Aekewmg the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives will be the primary m ation policies, and the region’s rogram to reduce dnve alone auto trips. The standards and objectives are, as a rule, measurable so that we c we’re doing in meeting them each year. Our success in achieving standards and o nd on everyone, including government and individuals . And if we succeed, the region will be a better place to live, work and The Quality of Life Standards and Objectives are described on the next few pages along Our work towards meeting the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives will likely result in some conflicts between standards, and implementation difficulties. The resolution of these coordination and implementation problems will require the cities and the County to 4 B THE REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY STANDARDS OBJECWES RECOMMENDED ACTIONS STATE/FEDERAL MAN DATES REGIONAL IN IT1 ATlVES .Open Space/Sensitive Lands .Transportation/Congestion 0 Growth Forecast .Water Supply/Quality .Sewage Treatment .Solid Waste Management @Hazardous Waste Management *Public Facilities Financing and Sit .Growth Rate Policies CONSISTENCY WITH MONITORING OF GROWTH LOCAL/REGlONAL PLANS FORECAST AND STRATEGY .Self-certification .Achievement of @Memorandums uf Agreement Quality af Life Standards .Accuracy of Growth Forecast Revised Actions R 1 'm(50.01 5 work closely with each other, regional agencies like the County Water Authority and Regional Water Quality Control Board, and in some cases state and federal agencies. Two examples of potential coordination and implementation issues are noted below. The objective of increasing water reclamation for use in irrigation and stream enhancement may be inhibited by the groundwater quality standards. Funding sources for open space acquisition will need to be found to help achieve the sensitive landslopen space Quality of Life objectives. LocaVRegional Consistency This section describes how we will monitor our progress in meeting the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives, and how local jurisdictions 6 AIR QUALITY POLICY: CLEAN UP OUR Am Introduction Clean air is one of the most important factors determining the quality of life in the San Diego region. Although the quality of our air has gradually improved over the past ten years primarily because of controls on motor vehicles which have reduced tail pipe pollutants, the region exceeded the state standard for ozone on 96 days in 1989 due to local sources. Quality of Life Standards and Objectives The California Clean Air Act of 1988 requires each air district to prepare and adopt a plan showing how that district will achieve the state’s clean air standards. The plan is supposed to address both additional controls on industrial sources of pollution, and transportation control measures to reduce emissions from motor vehicles. SANDAG is responsible for developing and adopting the Transportation Control Measures (TCMs) to be included in the Revised Regional Air Quality Strategy, based on the criteria adopted by the Air Pollution Control Board. The Air Pollution Control Board will approve the TCMs if they are consistent with the criteria. The criteria for the TCMs include: increasing the number of people per motor vehicle during commuting hours to an average of at least 1.5 persons per car (today we’re at 1.1); no net increase in vehicle emissions after 1997; to no more than the rate of increase in populatio 7 Recommended Actions t!mfwi& 2 8 9 10 TRANSPORTATION/CO ANAGEMENT POLICY :PROWE ALTERNATIVES TU SXNGLE-UC REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION VEHICLE USE AND Introduction The region’s transportation sybtem is a key to our quality of life. Freeways. streets and roads, buses, trolleys, trains, bikeways and walkways are all necessary to accommodate our needs and desires to trave . Our work, recreation, education, health care and many more daily activities are all dependent on our ability to get around. The region’s vibrant economy has led to more and more travel in recent years - travel has been increasing at a rate higher than population growth over the past decade. However. people’s needs and desires to travel are starting tc create problems. First, the region is running out of money and space to build the facilities to accommodate all this travel. Congestion is increasing, making travel less enjoyable and efficient. When we use up too much of our time trying to get from here to there, our quality of life suffers. Second, the growing amount !Jf travel in the region is causing problems in other areas important to our quality of life Air quality is one example. The air quality section of the Regional Growth Management Strategy contains a program of transportation actions to help improve air quality by reducing the use of motor vehicles. This transportation section of the Strategy concentrates on standards, objectives and actions that will better manage our transportation system to provide people with as much mobility as possible, while trying to limit traffic congestion. Quality of Life Standards and Objectives The Quality of Life Standards and Objectives for transportation are being developed locally. These objectives emphasize managing existing transportation facilities to meet increasing travel need, rather than simply building mo dards and objectives. These 1. A level of service standard for the region’s arterial roads. Level of service is a measure of the traffic congestion on a road. Arterial streets and roads carry a signifcant amount of traffic traveling from one community to another. They supplement freeways or 11 substitute for them in travel corridors where no freeways exist. The arterial level of service standard is Level of Service D. n 2. A level of service standard for the region’s freeways. This standard is Level of Service D. 3. Level of service standards for the region’s transit systems. These standards are: a. The frequency with which buses and trolleys arrive at bus stops and trolley stations -- 10 to Is 45 minutes depending on the type of transit service involved and the area served; The proportion of the region’s residents served by transit - 50% of the region’s housing units should be located within 1/4 mile of a transit route and 80% within 112 mile of a transit route; and Standards to minimize any inconvenience to transit passengers when they are transferring between areas served by different transit operators. Objectives contained in the region’s ] b. c. 4. a. An increase to at least 1.5 e and arterials by the year 2000, a per vehicle on the region’s freeways 6 by the year 2010; b. The same travelkg to colleges and universities; of these institutions who travel to sc by 2000, and 22% by 2010; c. A 25 % reduction in commercial truck traffic during rush hour (the 04 by the year 2000, and a 35% reduction by 2010. Meeting these standards and objectives will require many of us to change our travel habits. Carpooling and transit service will be much more accessible and efficient to use in many 12 areas of the region, and many more people will choose them. While traffic problems will not go away, increases in congestion will be minimized despite continuing population and economic growth. Recommended Actions The recommended actions necessary to achieve the Transportation Quality of Life Standards and Objectives are, or will be included in the Regional Transportation Plan. There are tkee four major recommended actions for achieving the transportation standards and objectives. These are the same recommended actions that are described in the preceding Air Quality section: c 13 WATER POLICY: ENSURE A SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF WATER, AND IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF OUR BAYS, RESERVOIRS, STREAMS AND GROUND- Introduction The San Diego region depends upon imported water supplies. In 1990, the San Diego County Water Authority (CWA) purchased 95 percent of its water from the Los Angeles-based Metropolitan Water District. This water comes from the Colorado River and Northern California, and is distributed to the CWA’s member agencies which supply water to 98 percent of the people who live and work in San Diego County. Because of our dependence on imported water, the availability of a sufficient supply of water to serve the residents, businesses, institutions and agricultural uses of the region is very important to our quality of life. This fact has become more apparent as the drought has led to the adoption of regulations and restrictions on the use and delivery of water. Water quality issues are also important t up, and keep our reservoirs, unbergwd clean for recreational and other uses. erlhanced and f reclaimed water which can be used for irrig e n) must be &ea-€& Quality of Life Standards and Objectives The water standards and object and quality. The standards and gion’s quality of life. We need to clean bays and estuaries, and year-round streams water supplies should be protected and water. Water quality is the domain of the federal and state governments. 13 . .. Water +%+&A&& - SWPlY The tw&ab&y supply of water depends on few components: 7 @ipefines, pumps and reservoirs) ht and our dependence on imported ort-term and long-range aspects of water cerned with both awd&&ty supply. Both are addressed in the following standards and objectives. - nts, 6. Where groundwater is the source of water, sufficient availability should be assured before additi undwater supplies should not be overdrafted i 15 Water Ouality Water quality is regulated by federal surface waters such as reservoirs, bays, & streams uired to meet certain water quality standards, as is water reclaimed (from the sewage treatment process) for irrigation purposes, and discharge into streams or other bodies of water. Although the Regional Water Qu standards and objectives are met, su by the Board or any other agency 1 Board is responsible for making sure these water quality is not regularly monitored owever, known to exist. For example, Recommended Actions To achieve the water availability standards and objectives, the following actions will need to be taken by the County Water Authority, its member agencies, and users, such as residents, businesses, institutions, and agriculture. 1. The County Wa Resources Plan ment and storage facdities nd through a Best s and other measures contained in the Conservation and ment element 7 C. 16 1 1 8 0 I II 3 I I 8 8 l 1 I 1 I I ... I d. e. 2. SANDAG should pursue a legislative program which follows and takes positions bills consistent with the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives and recommenc 1 actions for water availability. 3. Local jurisdictions should adopt water Conservation ordinances including: ordinances for all new construction exc installed and maintained landscapi adopted by 1993, and comply with ode1 ordinance. v b. The addition of plumbing requirements, e.&, requiring the insulation of water pipes in unheated spaces, installation of ultra-low flush toilets, etc., new construction and remodelling projects. 4. fi should implement system: conservation measures. 5. agencies and the local jurisdictions should implement the # (water conservation and demand management programs" . The actj 111 the Water Resources Plan w of residents, businesses, institutions, and agricultural users will also be importan managing our demand for water. .. 17 ... .. . . . .. .. .... . Member agencies, cities and the County should adopt a water reclamation ordinance based on the model ordinance approved by the San Diego County Water Authority. , member agencies should pursue int 9. - evelopment offset prog which would require new resources or otherwise offset their contribution to the increase in water u region. For development dependent on groundwater, pe€i&se ordinances should be adopted which ensure that groundwater supplies will not be overdrafted. t to pay a fee for the de . 18 1 8 I I SEWAGE TREATMENT POLICY: MEET FEDERAL SEWAGE TREATMENT STANDARDS, AND VIEW TI WATER AND SLUDGEBY-PRODUCTS AS RESOURCES RATHElR 'IW I WASTE I Introduction Sewage treatment has received a great deal of attention in the San Diego region. Of partict interest are the court proceedings between the City of San Diego and the Environme Protection Agency relating to the level of sewage treatment required by the federal CI Water Act. The City of San Diego's Metropolitan Sewerage System provides advan primary treatment of sewage prior to discharge into the ocean at the Point Loma out1 relief from the requirement to provide secondary treatment based on evidence that I I !I t E I 8 1 1 t I The federal Clean Water Act requires secondary treatment. The City of San Diego is sed All other ocean outfalls in the region, Encina, Oceanside and San Elijo, provide seconc sewage treatment. Quality of Life Standards and Objectives 0 The Regional Water Quality Control Board requires the disposal of sludge, a by-pro of the sewage treatment process, at an authorized site, and the Environmental Rota Agency is in the process of developing regulations for its disposal or use. The Integ Waste Management Plan described under Solid Waste Management will also provide stanc relating to sludge recycling and disposal. 3 19 Reclamation of the water produced by the treatment process, is an objective which is linked with the need to develop additional water resources, and is discussed in more detail in the preceding section on Water. Cost is the primary factor associated with providing secondary treatment, reclaiming water and disposing of or composting sludge for use. The cost of the Clean Water Program which includes secondary treatment and water reclamation facilities is estimated to range from $2.4 billion to $8 billion. Recommended Actions Two other Quality of Life Factors, water and solid waste, are directly related to sewage disposal. Reclaimed water which can be used for irrigation, and sludge which is considered solid waste, are by-products of the sewage treatment process. Recommended actions for sewage disposal include: 1. Agree on the level of treatment required for the Point Loma treatment facility; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 20 ~. -.~~ ~~ a I I 0 I AREAS t I 8 E E 1 (i I 1 i SENSITIVE LANDS PRESERVATION AND OPEN SPACE PROTECTION POLICY: PRESERVE AND PROTECT OTJR SENSITIVE LANDS AND OPEN SPA( I Introduction The protection and preservation of open space in the region is one of the public's priorities. As the region continues to develop, public pressure will increase on lo governments and developers to plan for a comprehensive regional open space system. Q space means different things to different people. To some it means regional parks i beaches for picnics and ballgames, while to others it means protecting endangered pl; and animal species. From a regional perspective open space means both of these thir 1 and more. A Regional Open Space Plan is being prepared as a part of the Strategy to ensure that protect and preserve a variety of open space types. Quality of Life Standards and Objectives # ji Regionally significant open space includes bodies of water and land which should rem; is to define and s natural resources and the other types of significant open space are provided in the - , "Definiti of Regionally Significant Open Space. I' 21 Our beaches, one of our greatest natural assets and recreation areas, are being studied as a part of a separate project, the Regional Shoreline Preservation Management Strategy. This strategy will establish standards and objectives for beach preservation, enhancement and access. Recommended Actions To protect and preserve our open space areas, the local jurisdictions and other affected agencies should: . Reach a consensus regarding how our remaining open space will be used, preserved . Acquire areas designated for use as regional parks; ftffa ... ... Encourage agricultural uses . Assist in the mapping of regionally significant open space; The recommended actions contained in the Regional Shoreline Preservation Management Strategy will also be included in the Strategy once adopted. 22 1 i I I I 1 I E 1E I I 1 3 I I 8 1 I SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY: RECYCLE AND REDUCE OUR SOURCES OF SOLID WASTE AT PROVIDE ADEQUATE DISPOSAL FACILITIES Introduction Solid waste, or trash, is familiar to all of us because we set it out at our homes once a we to be picked up and hauled to a landfill. Most of us are also familiar with recycling becai a number of communities in the region have curbside pick-up of aluminum, glass, plasl newspaper and white or mixed paper, and other people recycle at buyback centers. L well known are the recycling activities of business and industry; for example, Cardboi packaging, wooden pallets and scrap metal are widely recycled. New technologies, 1 converting waste to energy through burning are now being evaluated as a partial alternat E to using landfills. Solid waste management is a prominent issue for the San Diego region, as well as the I of the state. Today, our region generates about 4 million tons of trash per year, over tons per person. Population and economic growth over the next 20 years is expected more than double the region’s solid waste by 2010. We’re starting to run short of land space, and a number of factors are increasing the costs of managing our trash at a dram: rate. One example is the additional costs of stronger environmental controls, such as lin landfills to minimize water pollution. Quality of Life Standards and Objectives The state established solid waste management objectives for each local jurisdiction and region when the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) beca law in 1990. This law was passed in response to the state’s solid waste crisis. The objecti of the law are to: 1. Have each city and county reduce and recycle 25 % of the solid waste it genera by 1995, increasing to 50% by the year 2000; and 23 2. Have all of the 18 cities and the county jointly identify and agree on the facilities (including new and expanded landfills, transfer stations, recycling and composting facilities) needed to manage the region’s solid waste for at least the next 15 years. Meeting these quality of life objectives will mean that by the year 2010 the region will be reducing and recycling about 3 million tons of solid waste per year, an amount equal to the total we generate today. It is estimated that in our region, about 10% of the solid waste is now being recycled. Recommended Actions State law requires the preparation and adoption of action plans -- called Integrated Waste Management Plans -- by local governments to achieve the two quality of life objectives for solid waste. These plans will include: 1. Source Reduction and Recycling Elements and Household Hazardous Waste Elements which must be prepared and approved individually by each city and the county by the start of 1992 (a legislative extension of the current July 1, 1991 date is being sought); and A cooperatively developed facilities siting element of the Plan which must be approved by a majority of local governments by the start of 1994. 2. The region has organized a policy task force (the SANDAG Board) and technical and citizens advisory committees to prepare these elements. The policies and actions in the plan elements will be very specific. For example, each city and the county will have to identify the programs, facilities and funding sources needed to meet the 25 % and 50 % recycling objectives. Reaching these objectives will most likely require : Continuation and expansion of current curbside pickup of recyclables from households; More recycling by businesses and industries; Major increases in the collection and composting of both household and non-residential landscape cuttings; ffffa More organized and effective efforts at solid waste source reduction, for example, using 24 c 1 I I IC 1 s, I I 1 I I I 1 I 1E R 8 I 4 In addition, it is expected that at least two new landfills will be have to be buikwithin 1 25 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY: REDUCE THE USE AND PRODUCTION OF HAZARDOUS WMTES, AND TREAT AND DISPOSE OF THEM PROPERLY Introduction The treatment and disposal of hazardous waste is a difficult task facing the San Diego region, the state and the nation. Certain types of wastes are harmful to people and the environment and need to be handled separately, and much more carefully than other waste. Examples of hazardous waste include used oil, paint, cleaning fluids and pesticides -- all commonly found in households and businesses -- as well as a number of chemical by-products and wastes from industrial processes. Currently, it is estimated that our region generates 135,000 tons per year of hazardous waste, about 120 pounds per person. While this is much less than the 1 l/2 tons per person of non- hazardous waste generated every year, it is pound-for-pound much more difficult and costly to dispose of. Over 90 % of the region's hazardous waste is created by business and industry, and the military. Quality of Life Standards and Objectives Hazardous waste standards and objectives are set by federal and state legislation, and locally through the San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan. They are: 1. Treatment of hazardous waste (as specified in federal and state law) prior to disposal in specially designed landfds called "residuals repositories" and "designated landfills"; 2, Reduction of hazardous waste generation by 30% through the substitution of non- hazardous chemicals and through more efficient industrial operations; Siting one (large size) to five (small size) hazardous waste facilities by the year 2000. This objective corresponds to regional and Southern California-wide fair share policies for providing the facilities to meet San Diego County's hazardous waste management needs. The fair share policies require that the facility(ies) be located within this region, or as an alternative, some or all of them can be located in other areas of Southern California if jurisdictions in our region enter into formal agreements with those other jurisdictions. 3. 26 Recommended Actions State law requires each County to prepare comprehensive plans and programs for meeting the hazardous waste quality of life standards and objectives. This County-wide plan, formally known as the San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan has been approved by all of the region’s cities and the County There are two types of actions for local governments in the Plan. The first type affects local government decisions on hazardous waste management facility development proposals by the private sector. There are five actions that should be taken by each of the 18 cities and the County: 1. Use the policies and information in the San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan when evaluating applications for facility siting; Adopt the facility siting criteria in the Plan: Use the general areas identified in the Plan as the basis for accepting facility applications; 2. 3. 4. permit) for processing facility permits; and Use the Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Plan and intergovernmental agreements and incentives program in evaluating facility proposals. 5. In addition, local governments, led by the County of San Diego, will have to work more closely with the private sector to provide information, technical assistance and incentives so that the 30% waste minimization objective can be reached. 27 HOUSING POLICY: PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOUSING FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS Introduction Adequate housing, for all income levels, is a basic need of the region’s residents. It is an area where local governments work with the private sector to provide for the region’s quality of life. The San Diego area will have to build 343;888 new housing units to house the add e expect to live here in the y - This is an average of we -rsseee new houses, condominiums and apartments each year. Making sure that the less affluent members of our communities have a decent place to live is also a part of the region’s housing responsibility, and a much bigger challenge than getting the total housing stock in place. Local governments have the main responsibility for seeing that all the new housing our region needs is built in a way that supports other quality of life goals, things such as preserving environmentally sensitive lands and minimizing traffic congestion. Quality of Life Standards and Objectives The region’s housing objectives are contained in the Regional Housing Needs Statement which SANDAG prepares every five years. The Statement is required by State law. There are two objectives in the Regional Housing Needs Statement. Both objectives are measured over a five-year period, and may change when the Statement is updated. The two objectives are: 1. The total number of new housing units the region will need to add by July 1996 -- called the regional share objective. This number is 162,299. The total number of new and existing lower income households the region should assist by July 1996 -- called the fair share objective. This number is 21,728. Assistance can occur through low interest loans, increased densities that will guarantee affordable home prices and rental rates, and similar measures. 2. Meeting the regional share objective will mean continuation of the coordinated efforts of local governments and housing developers to identify land to accommodate new housing through local planning and zoning, and to build the various types and prices of housing that respond to the region’s housing market. The region has been effective in meeting total 28 new housing stock needs in the past, but has had a more difficult time responding to the needs of lower income households. The region’s cities and county, and the state and federal governments, will have to increase the commitment and resources devoted to low income household assistance to meet the fair share objective. Recommended Actions - 1 29 WORK ON THE Ec 30 REGIONAL PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING AND SITING POLICY: PROKDE ADEQUATE FUNDING AND SITING PROCESSES FOR REGIONAL PUBLIC FACILITIES The financing and siting of regional public facilities is critical to our quality of life. If we don’t have money to pay for needed facilities, or can’t find acceptable places to locate them, our quality of life will suffer. Paying for these facilities is expensive and becoming more so, and the siting of facilities such as landfills, and sewage treatment and water reclamation plants pose serious difficulties. A Regional Public Facilities Financing Plan is being prepared with the assistance of the Regional Revenues Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee is reviewing the sources of revenue currently used to pay for regional public facilities, and evaluating potential new are being studied: water, sewerage, solid waste, energy, hazardous waste, transportation, justice facilities, regional parks and open space, health, libraries, animal control, social services and fire protection. The unfunded needs of these facilities/semices over the next twenty years are the focus of the plan. The Advisory Committee has not completed its work. When complete, their recommendations for funding regional public facilitiedservices will be brought to the Regional Board for inclusion in the Strategy. The purpose of addressing facilities siting in the Strategy is to determine whether we need to improve existing siting processes and procedures through additional cooperative regional efforts. Local and regional siting processes for region-serving facilities in the areas of water, sewerage and transportation are well established, and have proven workable and adaptable to changing conditions. This is not to say that siting is not often a lengthy, costly and contentious process. However, these processes do ultimately work most of the time, so changes are not recommended at this time. Siting difficulties have, however, been much more extensive and intractable for solid waste and hazardous waste facilities. In recognition of this situation, the jurisdictions and agencies responsible for the siting of these types of facilities have initiated efforts to improve siting processes. For hazardous waste, a Fair Share siting policy was approved as part of the San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan and Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Plan in 1989. For solid waste, the region’s Intepted Waste Management Task Force (SANDAG Board and Technical and Citizens Advisory Committees) is working on siting issues now. sources including regional development impact fees. Thirteen regional facilitiedservices 32 R 1 1 I recognized. 8 1 C t 1 u I 1 1E. 1 I I I 1 I It is recommended that the efforts to improve the siting processes for solid waste a 33 GROWTH RATE, PHASING AND LAND USE DISTRIBUTION When the voters passed Proposition C, the Kegional Planning and Growth Control initiative, they called for the consideration of growth rate, phasing and distribution issues as put of the work on the Regional Growth Management Strategy. The region’s growth rate, its phasing and distribution are described in the regional growth forecasts prepared by SANDAG. The forecasts are reviewed by everyone in the region, and approved by SANDAG and the 18 cities and the County of San Diego. This growth forecasting process has been used for over 15 years in the San Diego region. The forecasts are used by all local governments, state and federal agencies, and the private sector to guide planning and project decisions. POLICY: ANALYZE REGIONAL GROWTH BATE FACTORS FOR THE YEARS 1990 THROUGH 2015% AS PART OF THE SERIES 8 REGIONAL GROWTH FORECASTS The regional growth forecasting process has two parts. In the first part, region-wide totals of population, housing and employment are forecast over a 30 year period. The development of these totals involves agreement on specifrc growth rate factors for the region. Starting with the Series 8 Regional Growth Forecasts, the impacts of growth on the quality of life standards and objectives will be reviewed along with the forecast numbers for population, housing and employment. If, as a result of this =view it is determined by the region that local policies to affect the region’s growth are needed, they would be reflected in the forecast numbers that are adopted by SANDAG and local governments. The actions needed to make the policies work would be added to the Regional Growth Management Strategy at that time and would be carried out by local governments. The development and adoption of the Series 8 Regional Growth Forecast regional totals is scheduled to occur between May 1991 and Fekwtmy May 1992. 34 POLICY: XIE l&lGse@&-F,LTT -mum TXMESANDTRXP~GTHS FOR THE REGION'S RESIDENTS Ad, l7 1 A; standards and objectives agencies, 35 ~- 4. 2 1 3 I7 4. k& c TXT w1- 36 B E 1 2. I I I e c 8 1 P I B 1 I i I 1 37 I LOCALmGIONAL CONSISTENCY POLICY: LOCAL AND REGIONAL PLANS, POLICIES AND REGULATIONS AND THE REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY SHOULD BE CONSISTENT AS D- BY THE SELF-CERTIFICATION PROCESS In the amendment to the SANDAG Joint Powers Agreement that established the Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board, local jurisdictions agree to certify the consistency of the pertinent elements of their general plans with the Regional Growth Management Strategy. Regional single-purpose agencies involved in the Strategy IwveAse The following three points are incorporated into the self-certification process: Local jurisdictions should review their plans, policies, ordinances and regulations for consistency with the recommendations contained in the Strategy. Local jurisdictions should have flexibility in determining their consistency with the Strategy, with the ability to substitute effective alternative means for achieving the objectives. There should be consistency between the Strategy and the plans and programs of single- purpose regional agencies. The self-certification process has two parts. The first part, the Initial Self-certification Process, will occur after the adoption of the Regional Growth Management Strategy. The following is a list of the steps involved in this part of the process: 1. A checklist will be provided to the local jurisdictions to help them evaluate their consistency with the Strategy. (The Consistency Checklist is contained in Appendix 1 .) 2. Following a public hearing, each local jurisdiction should file a status report with the Regional Board within 6 months of the adoption of the Strategy. 38 R 1 1 t 3. Local jurisdictions should take the actions necessary to achieve consistency duri the succeeding 12 months. Local jurisdictions should adopt a self-certification resolution after a public hearit. A status report on the self-certification of local jurisdictions will be presented to Regional Board. This should occur by the end of the 20th month following adopt of the Strategy. 4. 5. I t Part two is the continuing self-certification process. A summary of the steps follows: 1. Local jurisdiction plan amendments, regulations and other actions related to the Stratc should require a self-certification finding. 2. An annual monitoring report on the region’s growth and progress in meeting the Qua of Life Standards and Objectives will be distributed by the Regional Board at a put hearing. Changes or additions to the Strategy may be made at a public hearing based on IC jurisdictiodregional agency review of the monitoring report. Local jurisdictions should review their plans, policies and regulations based on i changes made to the Strategy, and follow steps similar to those in the initial proa I 1 I I I I 1 c I I I I I 3. 4. and the Conflict Resolution Procedure, are conpained in Appendix 2.) 39 1 31 I I I 1 ff IC 1 I T f P II 1 1 c I. t APPENDlCl APPENDIX 1 LOCAL/REGIONAL CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST This checklist is to be used by local and regional agencies to determine the consistency of their general and community plans, policies and regulationdordinances with the Regional Growth Management Strategy andO&jec~es. g The questions are ttfffwgea 43 categorized according to who is responsible for answering them; i.e., the cities and the County, the transit tkw&me& boards, the County Water Authority, etc. The transportation questions have also been designed to enable the cities and County to self-certify conformance with the Congestion Management Program (CMP) requirements. A "yes" answer indicates consistency with the Strategy, and should be documented by noting the ordinance number and date of adoption, the element of the GeneraVCommunity Ph(s), or other policy or regulation. A "no" answer indicates inconsistency with the Strategy, and requires the reporting agency to indicate what actions will be taken, and a schedule to achieve consistency. An "other" answer should be used when the question cannot clearly be answered yes or no. Each question is followed by a line where "yes" answers can be documented, and several lines for comments If more space is needed to explain a "no" or "other" answer, please attach additional sheets. A list of the documents which (Attachment 4 will be used in answering the checklist questions is attached documents are available if needed. 44 1 I - 4, F I I Y 1 AIR QUALITY AND TRANSPORTATION - Cities and Countv 1. Has the Regional Trip Reduction Ordinance, or an equivalent Yes No i ordinance, been adopted? Note: The Congestion Management Program (CMP) statutes require that each city and the County adopt and implement a Trip Reduction Ordinance. Documentation: t Comments: Yes No -- Documentation: Comments: I a 8 0 * 1 1 1 1 45 Cities and County 1. Are the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes shown in the Yes No Other 4-990 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) dong local streets and roads located in your jurisdiction shown in your GenerallCommunity Plan(s)? Note: This currently applies only to National City and the City of San Diego. Documentation: Comments: 2. Does your GenedCommunity Plan(s) identify existing and proposed Yes No Other bicycle facilities and coordinate with other bmicycle facility projects included in the 499Q RTP --- Documentation: Comments: 46 I! Transit Dewbme& Boards 1. Are the peak-period transit route frequency standards and objectives Yes No Other contained in your short-range plans consistent with those specified in the Regional Growth Management Strategy and CMP? --- Documentation: Comments: * 2. Are existing peak-period transit route frequencies consistent with the Yes No Other transit performance standards and objectives set by the Strategy and CMP? --- Documentation: Comments: 48 Documentation: Comments: 2. Has a traffic forecast been prepared based on the land uses and Yes No Other circulation system contained in the GeneraVCommunity Plan(s)? --- Documentation: Comments: 3. Do your traffic forecasts make use of a SANDAG-approved traffic Yes No Other forecasting model and incorporate SANDAG’s Regional Growth Forecasts as a uniform benchmark for population and land use data? Note: This is a requirement of the CMP statutes. Documentation: Comments: 50 4. Yes No ( 1 1 I t I 1; i 1 I '1 E I E I ,1 '1 1 oes your jurisdiction have a program($ to achieve the - I traffic level of service objectives identifed in the Strategy? Documentation: Comments: 5. Has your agency adopted and implemented a process to evaluate and Yes No mitigate the traffic impacts of imje projects on the 499Q regional transportation system, including the level of service standards &tie+ Note: The CMP statutes require that each city and the County adopt and implement a program to analyze the impacts of land use decisions, including mitigation costs, on the regional transporta- 1 tion system. 51 Documentation: Comments: 6. Does the process include the traffic impacts on all freeways and the Yes No Other regional arterial system affected by the project (including arterials and freeways in adjacent jurisdictions)? --- Documentation: Comments: 7. Does the process consider existing and future planned land uses, and Yes No Other reasonably foreseen projects within the jurisdiction, and adjoining jurisdictions? --- Documentation: Comments: 52 I 1 I I I I I I 8. Does your agency prepare and adopt CMP Deficiency Plans fw-ptwt Yes No C I any state highway or CMP principal arterials are forecast to - fall below the CMP t s? Note: The development and adoption of Deficiency Plans is a requirement of the CMP statutes. Documentation: Comments : I * 9. Is the existing traffic level of service on the regional arterial system Yes No 1 routes w in your jurisdiction consistent with the Strategy’s level of service objective of LOS ”D”? --. Note: If a roadway will not bwihbte meet the Strategy’s regional level of service objectives for specific reasons such as preservation of landscaping, inadequate room to widen, or other overriding considerations, these exceptions should be explained. Documentation: I I 1 I I I I I I Comments: 53 CALTRANS/SANDAG * Is the existing Mic level of service on the freeways with& Yes No Other . . .. 7 consistent with the Stmtegy's Itwe€ zf sewiee objective of LOS "D"? --- Documentation: Comments: 1. IS there a plan in place to optimize the tMic signals in your Yes NO Other jurisdiction to improve traffrc flow through a centralized traffic control system? --- 54 Documentation : Comments: * 2. 8 e ? CAI,?" S/$ANDAs * 1. Nave afl freeway -ramps been m to C e&n? Yes No Other --- * 2. 55 Other - * 56 I I B I 1 I I I I c> I I I I 1 I I I I I WATER Countv Water Authoritv 1. Has the County Water Authority adopted a Water Resources Plan Yes No f been reviewed by the a) The construction of delivery, treatment and storage facilitie b) Management of demand through -- b and other measures contained in the Conservation and Demand Management -- d) Development of local supplies such as reclamation -- and desaLintation &&?et as they relate to the region’s water supply. Documentation: 57 Comments: * 'S r - 5. Has a resource development offset program been depted Yes No Other by the CWA which requires new development to pay a fee or otherwise offset its contribution to the increase in water use in the region? Documentation : 58 I I I I I I I 1 I I II I I I I I I I Comments: SANDAG Has SANDAG undertaken a legislative program which follows and takes Yes No positions on bills consistent with the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives, and recommended actions for water availability? -- Documentation: Comments: Water Agencies 1. Hwe-the Yes No -- I Documentation: Comments: 59 2. Are CWA member agencies able to operate without water service Yes No Other from the Authority’s aqueducts for up to ten consecutive days? --- Documentation: Comments: 3. - implemented Yes No Other to compile water use information by customer class to help track the effectiveness of conservation measures? --- Documentation: Comments: 4. Havethe water conservation and demand Yes No Other management programs and projects) contained in the CWA’s Water Resources Plan been implemented? --- Documentation: Comments: 60 r Yes No other --- Cities and County 1. Has a water reclamation ordinance based on the County Water Yes No Other Authority’s model ordinance been adopted? --- Documentation : Comments: 2. Has the State Department of Water Resources model xenscape Yes No Other ordinance, or an equivalent ordinance, been adopted for all new construction? residential units installed by developers prior to occupancy.) (This also applies to landscaping for single-family Documentation : 61 Comments: 3. Have you amended your local plumbing requirements to be in Yes No Other compliance with the minimum state requirements --- Documentation: Comments: 4. w Yes No Other $e+wi€y that a sufficient supply of water is available for development dependent on groundwater --- Documentation: Comments: * . . . . . . . . . 62 Sewage Treatment Plant Operators Have plans for water reclamation plant Yes No Other sludge disposaVrecycling facilities been included in the capital programs of the sewage treatment plant operators? --- Documentation: Comments : 64 SENSITIVE LANDS PRESERVATION AND OPEN SPACE PROTECTION uid tU tts Cities and Countv 1. Have ordinances been adopted which 4 contained in the Strategy's Definition of Regionally Significant Open Space for: e;S Ye Other -- 65 b. dplairts Yes Other - er --- 2. Are actions being taken to acquire lands within your jurisdiction Yes No Other designated in your General/ Community Plan(s) for regional parks? --- Documentation: Comments: 66 I R 8 I I 1 I I 1 * to encourage the preservation of agricultural Yes No 4 --. Documentation: Comments: I SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT I Cities and Countv U 1. Has a Source Reduction and Recycling Element been adopted Yes No 1 ptmtm&& AB 939 as a part of the county’s Integrated Waste Management Plan? 8 I 8 1 8 1 Documentation: I Comments: 67 2. Eis?im& the pe st 5 her 68 6. Has the Siting Element for solid waste disposal facilities required by Yes No C I 8 AB 939 been approved? (The Siting Element is required to be approved by the County of San Diego and a majority of the cities by - 8 the beginning of 1994.) t Documentation: ! I I 8 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 1 B I I Comments: HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT Cities and County 1. Has the San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan or an Yes No ( equivalent been adopted as required by state law? --- Documentation: Comments: 2. Have facility siting criteria that are consistent with the San Diego Yes No C County Hazardous Waste Management Plan been adopted? --- Documentation: 69 Comments: Yes No Other Conditional Use Permit- --- Documentation: Comments: 4. Are the Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Plan and Yes No Other intergovernmental agreements and incentives programs being used in the evaluation of facility proposals? --- Documentation: Comments: 5. Is your jurisdiction, with the assistance of the County of San Diego, Yes No Other working with the private sector to provide information, technical assistance and incentives to achieve the 30 percent waste minimization goal of the Plan? 70 HOUSING 1. Has the Housing Element of your General Plan been updated as Yes No Other required by State law? --- Documentation: Comments: 2. Has your Housing Element been found to be in substantial compliance Yes No Other by the State Department of Housing and Community Development? --- Documentation: Comments: 3. Does your Housing Element include the regional share objective from Yes No Other the Regional Housing Needs Statement which indicates the number of new units needed by July, 1996 --- Documentation: 72 I I 1 I D I I 8 I 3 8 1 1 I I I 1 1 I Comments: 4. Does your Housing Element contain policies to achieve the regional Yes No ( --- Documentation: Comments: * 6. Does your Housing Element include the fair share objective from the Yes No Regional Housing Needs Statement which indicates how many new and existing lower income households should be assisted by July, 1996? Documentation: Comments: 73 7. Does your Housing Element contain policies to achieve the fair share Yes No Other objective? --- Documentation: Comments: * 74 1 I 3 I t 1 8 steep Slopes II. s 1 D t I I @ 1 U I A'ITACHMENT 1 Guidelines for Responding to the Regional Growth Management Strategy Consistency Checktist SENSITIVE LANDS PRESERVATION AND OPEN SPACE PROTECTION 1. Have ordinances been adopted which require the consistent treatment of steep SI floodplains, and wetlands as specified in the Definition of Regionally Significant Space? Please provide documentation for each response. Ordinance should include the following elements: a. b. Intent - topography and native vegetation should be preserved Definition - review development on 25% or greater slopes; optional thresh height of 25 feet and 200 cubic yards excavation Grading, grubbing, and clearing permit required (some exemptions all( Indicate if conflicts with fuel management requirements have been resolved, w with the fire department or local frre district. Zoning - lower density or density transfer to recognize steepness; hillside re\ local agency's guidelines; consider landscape ordinance Specific Requirements: design guidelines; encroachment limitations; 1 appearance of manufactured slopes following landscaping; open space easen similar; penalty for violations Consider monitoring and maintenance requirements c. d. I Floodplains a. Has the agency adopted an ordinance requiring conformance with the E Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regulations to protect life and prc 75 b. Has the agency adopted other ordinances, including a statement of intent to further protect the floodplains’ environmental values, and ensuring that the following concerns are addressed: Does the ordinance require a hydraulics study which limits encroachment into the floodplain so that: (1) The 100-year floodflow will not exceed 6 feet per second (considered a non- erodible velocity, which does not require riprap) at the floodway fringe; (2) The 10-year low-flow channel will not be reduced; and (3) Existing riparian growth will be accommodated in the study. Does the ordinance(s) set forth additional requirements, including: (1) Concrete or riprap channels will be permitted only to protect existing buildings; Floodplain fa should be Limited so that the water surface will not increase along any of the following rivers: San Luis Rey, San Dieguito, San Diego, Sweetwater, and by; (2) (3) Floodway buffers will be required (San Diego County uses 15% of the floodway width, with 100 feet maximum); and Wetlands and other environmental values will be protected. (4) Has the agency mapped floodplains other than those included on the FEMA maps? Has the agency adopted an ordinance allowing only limited uses in floodplains? Wetlands a. Has the agency adopted the wetlands defrnition used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shown on the National Wetlands Inventory maps, and included in the Definition of Regionally Signifkant Open Space? Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this classification, wetlands must have one or more of the following three attributes: (1) at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytes; (2) the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and (3) the substrate is nonsoil and is saturated at some time during the growing season. 76 U b. Has the agency adopted an ordinance(s) which addresses the preservation protection of wetlands that includes: (1) I I 1 I I I I A statement of intent that, at a minimum, there should be no net 10 wetlands acreage or value, and that a net gain is the long-term goal; The wetlands definition as stated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Review requirements for all proposed projects involving wetlands, usin 100-year floodplain and the National Wetlands Inventory maps to ass their identification; Grading, grubbing, and clearing requirements as part of the local gr ordinance, to ensure no destruction of wetlands or wetlands values occur! A requirement for a significant buffer, usually 100-feet minimum, arounc wetland to protect and maintain the wetland values. I (2) (3) (4) (5) 2. Are actions being taken to acquire lands within your jurisdiction designated in General Plan/Community Plans(s) for regional open space parks? Please come information on regional open space parks contained in the Definition if necessary. a. Has the agency adopted a policy or ordinance to permit public access to portions of regional open space parks, while preserving the natural features? Has the agency acquired Bureau of Land Management parcels and improved ; to them and provided trails as required by BLM? Has the agency adopted a policy or ordinance to ensure "urban greenways" II I I the community? d. I element map? b. c. Have such "greenways" been identified on the general plan or the open 3. Are actions being taken to encourage the preservation of agricultural uses an8 rural a. Has the agency adopted an ordinance(s) that establishes an urban boundary t which urban services will not be provided in order to protect ruraVagricultural Does the agency encourage establishment and continuation of Williamsc contracts? Does the agency indicate "agricultural preserves" on the general plan map? Does the agricultural zoning (if any) permit farm worker housing, packing k and other agricultural activities? I I ff 1 1 I b. c. d. 77 e. Does the agency encourage agricultural use of reclaimed water -- by pricing policy, other? Does the agency require a condition nowing buyers of a farm adjacent to a new f. subdivision? Or distribute "right to farm" information to adjacent buyers? g. h. Are actions being taken to protezt rural lands from urban and suburban encroachment -- rural lands being those lands outside general plan planning areas, LAFCO spheres, and the County's urban limit line, as well as outside urban utility service areas (LAFCO), and especially, outside the San Diego County Water Authority's boundary? Does the agency prohibit industrial land uses and basic economic generators, while allowing extractive or agriculture-related uses and tourist uses which are dependent upon and maintain the rural function and character of the land and its rural villages? Does the agency permit only the lowest planned densities associated with rural and land-extensive agricultural land uses in areas outside rural villages? Does the agency limit commercial development in rural areas to rural villages, providing for community-serving and tourist-serving and rural area needs? Has the agency identified "rural villages" within its jurisdiction? Does the agency encourage farmers to use all environmentally suitable practices? i. j. k. 1. 78 I I ATTACHMENT 2 List of documents available at SANDAG as resources for the checklist. Most local jurisdic R are in possession of these documents. I 1. Regional - I 2. Transportation Control Measures 3. i 1 4. Regional Transportation Plan 1 5. Congestion Management Program I :: cc9= 1 r I I I I If. I 1 1 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. County Water Authority’s Model Water Reclamation Ordinance State Department of Water Resources Model Xeriscape Ordinance Definition of Regionally Sigmfkant Open Space San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Plan 12. Regional Housing Needs Statement 79 APPEND 8 E 1 I I I 1 I 1 I 1 I t II u 8 I SELF-CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND SCHEDW REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY INTRODUCTION The SANDAG Joint Powers Agreement Amendment that established the Regional Planninj certification process for member agencies. Member agencies agree to " . . . determine certify) the pertinent elements of their general plans with regional plans." The attached t part outline and schedule is intended to carry out the self-certification process. The following three points should be incorporated in self-certification: Growth Management Review Board requires the Board to adopt rules to implement a The parts of the Regional Growth Management Strategy (RGMS) subject to consisl determination should include more than phs and policies. Important implemenl actions recommended in the RGMS, such as ordinances, should also be included in determination of consistency. The RGMS will identlfy recommendations that shou included in self-certification. Local jurisdictions should have flexibility in determining their consistency with the RC If a jurisdiction has not adopted the exact policy or implementation action identified RGMS, it should be able to certify its consistency if it can document an alternative I it is using to achieve the objectives of the RGMS recommendations. There should be consistency between the RGMS and the plans and programs of appro single purpose regional agencies. The single purpose regional agencies including tl Pollution Control District, County Water Authority, Regional Water Quality Control and San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission have been involved i preparation of the Strategy, and their plans, or elements of their plans, have been inc as part of the Strategy. To ensure consistency the agencies will: 1) Review the draft Strategy for consistency with their plans and programs, and SI changes to the Strategy as appropriate. Plans and programs may also be revi I achieve consistency; 2) Review the adopted Strategy annually for consistency with their plans and pro@ and report in a similar manner as local jurisdictions to the Regional Board i results of that review: and Participate in the annual Quality of Life Standards and Objectives monitoring I 1 3) 81 This participation, in conjunction with local jurisdiction self-certification with the Regional Growth Management Strategy, will provide for comprehensive ldregional cooperation. In the event of a dispute, single purpose Egional agencies may request that SANDAG initiate the Conflict Resolution F9ocedure available to member agencies. PART I: INITIAL SELF-CERTIFICATION PROCESS 1. Regional Board adopts initial RGMS after holding a public hearing. SUMMER, 1991 2. Regional Board prepam and distributes model self-certification 1ST MONTH resolution and checklist as guidance to local jurisdictions. The checklist will be modeled after the CEQA initial study checklist. The checklist will identify RGMS recommendations requiring self-certification. Each jurisdiction will be asked to check one of three responses (full consistency, paaial consistency, or inconsistent) for the identified RGMS recommendations. Space will be provided to explain the response for each recommendation, including documentation of how consistency may have been achieved through alternative actions to those recommended in the RGMS. This feature of the checklist will provide for local flexibility in self-certification. Local jurisdictions file status report with the Regional Board RGMS after holding a public hearing. The status report should identify where the jurisdiction is consis- tent, and identify actions the jurisdiction intends to take to achieve consistency. If a jurisdiction anticipates that the actions necessary to achieve consistency will take more than twelve months it will notify the Board in the status report and provide an estimated completion date. FOLLOWING ADOPTION 3. BY END OF FOLLOWING ADOPTION (the completed checklist) regarding consistency with the 6TH MONTH . 4. Local jurisdictions take actions to achieve Consistency. 6TH MONTH THROUGH 18TH MONTH FOLLOWING ADOPTION BY END OF 19TI.I MONTH FOLLOWING ADOPTION 5. Lucal jurisdictions adopt self-certikation resolution and file with Regional Board after holding a public hearing. A revised checklist is attached to resolution. 82 I 1 1 1 I I 6. Regional Board issues status report on self-certification at a public hearing. The status report is a compilation of local jurisdiction self-certification documentation provided in step 5. BYEND( 20th MOM FOLLOW ADOPTIC PART II: CONTINUING SELF-CERTIFICATION PROCESS 1. After adoption of the initial RGMS by the Regional Board, all CONTLNUIT RGMS related local jurisdiction plan amendments, regulations and other actions should be subject to a self-certification finding. A copy of each finding should be forwarded to the Regional Board, placed on their agenda as an information item, and made available 1 to the public. I 2. Regional Board prepares and distributes annual report monitoring growth and the implementation of the RGMS. This report is the regional "report card" am progress toward meeting the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives in the RGMS. It highlights any changes that may be necessary in the RGMS to account for changes in Quality of Life Standards and Objectives or for problems encountered in making progress towards their achievement. The annual monitoring report should be issued to the Regional Board at a public hearing. Regional Board adopts any appropriate changes or additions to the RGMS, based on local jurisdictiodregional agency review and comment on the monitoring report and after holding a public hearing. Regional Board prepares and distributes model self-certification resolution and checklist as guidance to local jurisdictions. The checklist will have the same format as the checklist developed for the initial self-certfication process. However, it will only concern changes and additions to the RGMS adopted the previous month. EACH MAR I 1 I 1 I I I 1 I 1 3. EACH JT I 4. EACH Jl 5. Local jurisdictions adopt self-ceaification resolution and fde EACH JANUi with Regional Board after holding a public hearing. The checklist is attached to resolution. 83 If the jurisdiction is unable to complete the actions necessary to achieve consistency by January, it will now the Board of the date when it expects to file its consistency resolution. Regional Board issues status report on self-certifhtion at a public hearing. The status report is a compilation of local jurisdiction self-certification documentation provided in Steps 1 and 5. 6. EACH FEBRUARY PAFIT m: SELF-CERTIFICATION DISPUTES AMONG MEMBER AGENCIES - CONFLICT RESOLUTION PROCEDURE The SANDAG Joint Powers Agreement Amendment establishing the Regional Board includes provisions for resolving self-certification disputes: Upon request by a Member Agency, the Regional Board will review these self-cemljicatiom, and make findings regarding consistency. Where determined by the Regional Board to be appropriate, the Regional Board shall use MVDAG’s Conflict Resolution Procedure for resolving disputes among Member Agencies. The SANDAG Conflict Resolution Procedure follows: 1. Education In order to provide member agencies with a working knowledge of dispute resolution options, to provide information on the methods and techniques for resolving disputes that require neutral intervention, and to reduce the frequency of unresolved disputes between local agencies, SANDAG shall provide an education program to Board members and staff in conflict management techniques. 2. Ameement to Participate Local government agencies involved in an interjurisdictional conflict which cannot be resolved among the agencies may, through formal action of their policy bodies, agree to participate in resolving the dispute in accordance with this procedure. Evidence of the agreement to participate shall be forwarded by the local agencies to SANDAG, and shall describe the issue(s) for which review is requested. SANDAG’s role shall be limited to providing assistance to the agencies in accordance with this procedure. Participation in the conflict resolution process shall be voluntary, but is strongly encouraged prior to initiation of litigation by an agency. All parties involved in the dispute shall be requested to participate. 84 I B 3. Implementation I Thc Conflict Resolution Procedur~ may be initiated by; one or more involved local agencies the SANDAG Board of Directors I the SANDAG Executive Committee (where timing requks) a 4. Confidentiality The process set forth in Section 5, below, shall be subject to the provisions of Calif< law relating to confidentiality, and specXidly the provisions of Section 1152.5 oj Evidence Code. I 1 F 1 5. mess a. SANDAG staff meets with the affected agencies for purposes of interviewing regardmg the nature and scope of the conflict and to quest all nece! later than 30 days from the date of agreement by the agencies to participate. SANDAG staff facilitates the selection of a neutral third-party to recommen appropriate facilitation and negotiation model to be used in resolving the di! which may include, but not be limited to: Mediation information. Such interviews shall be undertaken as soon as possible, but in no b. I 1 Arbitration c. SANDAG staff serving, where appropriate, as a resource to the agencies, i neutral third-party convene the conflict resolution conference using the model ai to by the agencies. The conference should generally consist of the following elements: I 1 I 1 1 I I Stage I. Introduction Stage II. Stage III. Opening statement by the agencies Exchange (for purposes of developing an understandi each agency’s issues and positions) I Stage N. Development of options Stage V. Draft and execute agreement 85 d. The agreement is implemented by the agencies. Follow-up of implementation of the agreement is done by SANDAG. The Executive Director shall report to the Board at regular intervals on the use of the procedure by local agencies. e. 86 I 1 APPENDIX e I I 1 1 1 8 PROPOSITION C REGIONAL PLANNING AND GROWTH CONTROL MEASURE Section A. Statement of Purpose and Intent The purpose of this measure is to demonstrate public support for the concept that certa impacts associated with growth should be resolved on a regional basis. This Measu proposes the establishment of a Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Boa (the "Regional Board") which will formulate a regional growth management plan f resolving problems associated with transportation management, solid waste disposal, wal reclamation, sewage disposal, air quality and growth inducing industrial zoning. Each d within the San Diego region (the "cities") and the County of San Diego (the "Count] shall participate in the formulation of, and shall comply with, the adopted regional groB management plan. This Measure contains the following components: II 1 Section B. Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board The Regional Board shall be established by the County and the cities to prepare a regiou growth management plan which addresses transportation management, solid waste dispos: water reclamation, sewage disposal, air quality, and determines a fair allocation industrial land use for each jurisdiction. The Regional Board shall have the authority quire that the County and the cities adopt the necessary legislation to implement t regional growth management plan. I I I I I 1 I m In addition to its authority to formulate and enforce a regional growth management pla the Regional Board shall be an advisory agency empowered to inform the cities and tl County of any regional impacts that might result from any proposed legislative action ar to propose revisions to a particular project or proposal or to recommend mitigatic measures. The Regional Board may also present proposals to the cities and County, a 87 encourage the inclusion of such proposals in their respective General Plans, in order to resolve regional problems associated with trafFrc circulation patterns, land use allocations (with particular emphasis on job-generating land uses), timing and phasing of development, resource protection, community character, and any other regional land use issues. Such proposals may be advisory in nature and will become enforceable only upon adoption of the proposals by the cities and the County. The Regional Board shall be comprised of at least one representative of each city and of the County who is an elected official. A Blue Ribbon Committee shall be established, consisting of representatives from the cities and the County, to determine how the Regional Board should be established, the form of State legislation required, and whether a joint powers agreement would be necessary between the cities and the County. This Blue Ribbon Committee shall formulate its recommendation by no later than June 30, 1989. Section C. Repional Growth Management Plan The regional growth management plan shall establish guidelines for certain regional growth issues and formulate legislation for the cities and the County to implement. The plan shall contain the following elements: 1. Oualitv of Life Standards: To be adopted for the region as a whole and for the cities and County. The quality of life standlards shall be limited to transportation management, solid waste disposal, water reclamation, sewage disposal, and air quality. 2. Regional Facilities: To identlfy needed regional facilities necessary for attainment of the quality of life standards, the cost of such facilities, and possible fmancing mechanisms. 88 It n 3. HoldinP Capacities: To be established for the region as a whole and for the citic and County, to be based on facilities adequacy and the ability to attain and mahta the quality of life standards. 1 I 4. Transportation Svstem Management: To contain mandatory regional techniques su( as ride sharing, flexible work hours, and to promote public transportation servic along major corridors. II 1 I I E I 1 s B I 3 i 0 1 I 5. Growth Rate Com-mnent: To identify and address those causes of growth which a subject to local or regional control, with the objective of assuring attainment of t quality of life standards by, ifnecessary, reducing overall growth within the regio 6. Growth Phasing Commnent: To tie the rate of development to the provision adequate regional facilities as needed to atlain the quality of Me standards. 7. Regional Land Use Distribution Component: To develop regional polic concerning the allocation of industrial land use to promote a better balance betwe employment and residential land uses, with the objectivity of reducing traf congestion, air pollution and energy usage. The regional growth management plan shall h prepared and adopted by the Regioi Board within one year of the formal establishment of the Regional Board. The cities a County shall amend all appropriate elements of their General Plans to include previously mentioned seven elements within one year following adoption of the regio growth management plan to conform to its provisions. Section D. Interim Development Constraints Interim constraints to limit growth to 75% of the San Diego Association of Governme population projections for each city, community or subregional area may be placed on development activity within the region until the Regional Growth Management Plan 89 been prepared and adopted by the Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board, and implemented by the region’s jurisdictions. Section E. Regional Funding Svstem An equitable funding system shall be established for planning and implementation of these growth management strategies. 90 1 APPENDIX NEGATIVE DECLARATION I 1: I r 1 t I 8 I f t 8 1 I SUBJECT: Regional Growth Management Strategy I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: See attached Initial Study II. III. DETERMINATION: I ENVIRONMENTAL SETI'ING: The San Diego County region (San Diego Count The San Diego Association of Governments has conducted an Initial Study a determined that the proposed project will not have a signifcant impact on 1 environment, and the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report will not required. I IV. DOCUMENTATION: The attached Initial Study documents the reasons to support the above determhatic V. MITIGATION MEASURES: Any projects that will result from the implementation of the Regional Gror Management Strategy will be subject to environmental review in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act. VI. PUBLIC REVIEW DISTFUE3UTION: m Draft copies or notice of this Negative Declaration were distributed to the attacl list of agencies and groups. I VII. RESULTS OF PUBLIC -REVIEW: To be added at the close of the review period. Copies of the Draft Negative Declaration and my Initial Study material are availablt the SANDAG offices, at the above address, for review, or for purchase for the cos1 reproduction. July 12. 1991 Date of Draft Report ANALYST: Susan Baldwin 91 INITIALSTUDY SUBJECT: Regional Growth Management Strategy I. PURPOSE AND MAIN FEATURES: In November, 1988, the voters of the Sm Diego region approved Proposition C which called for the establishment of a Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board, and the preparation of a Regional Growth Management Strategy. SANDAG’s Board of Directors now serves as the Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board. The Regional Growth Management Strategy contains policies and recommended actions to manage the adverse impacts of growth in the San Diego region. The Strategy takes a quality of life approach to managing growth. The actions contained in the Strategy are intended to preserve or improve the region’s quality of life. Eight Quality of Life Factors have been included in the Strategy: air quality, water, sewage treatment, sensitive lands preservation and open space protection, solid waste management, hazardous waste management, transportation system and demand management, and housing. These factors were chosen because they address issues that affect the whole San Diego region, not just individual jurisdictions. Standards and objectives have been assigned to each Quality of Life factor. These standards and objectives are the goals of the Strategy. They are measurable so that we can monitor how well we are doing in meeting them each year, and their achievement will be the primary measure of the Strategy’s success. The Strategy contains recommended actions to achieve the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives. The plans and programs of several regional public agencies such as the Air Pollution Control District and the County Water Authority are included in the recommended actions. In addition, the Strategy contains recommendations in two areas which relate to the achievement of the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives: (1) Regional Public Facilities Financing and Siting, and (2) Growth Rate, Phasing and Land Use Distribution. How we will pay for such things as transportation facilities and open space will be included in a Regional Public Facilities Financing Plan to be distributed at a later date. How we will site facilities Bike new landffls, and whether we should try and balance jobs and housing to reduce Mic congestion and improve air quality, are discussed in the Strategy. The Strategy also describes how we will monitor our progress in meeting the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives, and how local jurisdictions and regional agencies will certify the consistency of their plans, policies and regulations with the Strategy. 92 g 8 II. ENVIR0"TALSET"G: The San Diego County region (San Diego County). m. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: I 5 t 1 1 1 E I I t I E m 1E s The Initial Study Checklist is attached. The Checklist is designed to identify ti potential for significant environmental impacts which could be associated with project. Answers of "yes" and "maybe" indicate that there is a potential f significant environmental impacts, and these answers are discussed in Section IV m IV. DISCUSSION: The main purpose of the Regional Growth Management Strategy is to mitigate t adverse environmental impacts of growth in the San Diego region. T recommended actions in the Strategy will have, overall, a positive effect on I environment. While implementation of some of the recommended actions may ha a si@icant effect on the environment, e.g. the construction of transportation, so review at the project level before they a.re built. "Yes" and "maybe" answers in the Initial Study Checklist indicate a potential j significant environmental impacts. These determinations are explained below. G. 1, 2 and 3. Land Use - The Strategy makes recommendations regarding 1 protection of sensitive lands such as steep slopes, wetlands and floodplains. Tht recommendations may result in changes to land use designations, or the goa objectives and recommendations contained in local land use plans. They may a be inconsistent with the adopted environmental plans for an area. Implementing I Strategy's recommendations in this case would, however, result in improvements local plans and policies with respect to environmental issues. J. Population - The Strategy could alter the planned location, distribution, density growth rate of the population in the region. There are several recommendatic included in the Strategy, or which may be included, which may result in changes waste and other public facilities, these projects will be subject to envimnnen 1 this type. The sensitive lands and open space recommendations may cause population rela changes as a result of changes to local plans and policies. These changes to lo plans and policies would result from the protection of sensitive environmer resources, and would require environmental review at the time they are proposa There are several potential recommendations which may be included in the Stratc as it evolves which may also result in population related changes. These inch potential recommendations to balance the location of jobs and housing, and increas densities adjacent to transit stations and other access points to the transportat 93 system. Although the Strategy does not include recommendations regarding these issues now, they are still being studied and recommendations may be added in the future. If changes like this are proposed they could affect the Land Use category (G.), too. The major purpose of these potential changes would be to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality, thus improving the environment. Specific environmental impacts relating to these potential land use and population changes would, however, be considered duhg the environmental review of specific projects. M. Public Services - The Strategy could have an effect upon, or result in a need for new or altered governmental services for fi protection, police protection, schools, parks or other recreational facilities, maintenance of public facilities, or other governmental services. These changes could result from the potential land use or population effects discussed in G. and J. above. No specific changes are recommended in the Strategy, however, and any changes would require environmental review, when and if specific projects are proposed. 94 1 1 Initial Study Checkli I III. Environmental Analysis: This Initial Study checklist is designed to idenm the potential for si@ica environmental impacts which could be associated with a project. All answers "yes" and "maybe" indicate that there is a potential for signifkant environmenl impacts and these determinations are explained in Section IV. s I 8 t t B 1 8 I I I I I 1 ii - Yes U 1 A. Geoloev/Soils. Will the proposal result in: 1. Exposure of people or property to geologic hazards such as earthquakes, landslides, mudslides, ground failure, ?! - -- I or similar hazards? 2. Any increase in wind or water erosion 3 of soils, either on or off the site? - -- B. &. Will the proposal result in: 1, Air emissions which would substantially deteriorate ambient air quality? -- substantial pollutant concentrations? - -- 3. The creation of objectionable odors? - -- 4. The creation of dust? - -- the area of the project? - -- ? - 2. The exposure of sensitive receptors to ? ? > 5. Any alteration of air movement in J 6. A substantial alteration in moisture, or temperature, or any change in climate, 7 either locally or regionally? - -- C. HvdrolodWater Ouality. Will the proposal result in: 95 1. Changes in currents, or the course of direction of water movements, in either marine or fresh waters? Changes in absorption rates, drainage patterns, or the rate and amount of surface runoff? Alterations to the course or flow of flood waters? X - -- 2. X -- 3. X - -- 4. Discharge into surface or pund waters, or in any alteration of surface or ground water quality, including, but not limited to temperature, dissolved oxygen or X turbidity? -- 5. Discharge into surface or pund waters, significant amounts of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, gas, oil or other noxious X chemicals? -- 6. Change in deposition or erosion of beach sands, or changes in siltation, deposition or erosion which may mod@ the channel of a river or stream or the bed of the ocean X or any bay, mlet or lake? related hazards such as flooding? - -- in any water body? - -- ~~ 7. Exposure of people or property to water X 8. Change in the amount of surface water X D. Biology. Will the proposal result in: 1. A reduction in the number of any unique, rare, endangered, sensitive or fully X protected species of plants or animals? - -- of any species of animals or plants? - -- plants into the area? - -- 2. A substantial change in the diversity X 3. Intruduction of invasive species of X 96 I 4. Interference with the movement of any resident or migratory fish or wildlife 7 1 species? - -- e I T I 1 I d T I I 1 1 2. Substantial shading of other properties? - -- L 0 I R 1 I 5. An impact on a sensitive habitat, including, but not limited to streamside coastal salt marsh, lagoon, wetland, or vegetation, oak woodland, vernal pools, coastal sage scrub or chaparral? wildlife habitat? - -- -- - 6. Deterioration of existing fish or E. Noise. Will the proposal result in: 1. A significant increase in the 1 - -- existing ambient noise levels? Exposure of people to noise levels which exceed the City’s adopted 2. 1 noise ordinance? - -- 3. Exposure of people to current or future transportation noise levels which exceed standards established in the Transportation 7 L Element of the General Plan? - -- F. Light. Glare and Shading. Will the proposal result in: 1 1 1. Substantial light or glare? ___ -- 7 1 G. Land Use. Will the proposal result in: 1. A land use which is inconsistent with the adopted community plan land use - designation for the site? -- X 2. A conflict with the goals, objectives and recommendations of the community plan in which it is located? A conflict with adopted environmental plans for the area? --- X 3. X --- 97 4. Land uses which are not compatible with aircraft accident potential as defined by X a SANDAG (ALUC) Airport Land Use Plan? - H. Natural Resources. Will the prolposal result in: 1. The prevention of future extraction of X - sand and gravel resources? -- 2. The conversion of agricultural land to nonagricultural use or impwent of the agricultural productivity of agricultural land? --- X I. Recreational Resources: Will the proposal result in an impact upon the quality or quantity of existing recreational opportunities? --- X J. Pooulation. WiU the proposal alter the planned location, distribution, density, or X growth rate of the population of an area? --- K. Housing. Will the proposal af%ct existing housing in the community, or create a demand X for additional housing? -- L. TransDortatiodCirculation. Will the proposal result in: 1. TMic generation in excess of specifid X community plan allocation? --- 2. An increase in projected tdXc which is substantial in relation to the capacity of the street system? X --- 3. An increased demand for off-site parking? X 4. Effects on existing parking? -- X 5. Substantial impact upon existing or X planned transportation systems? --- 6. Alterations to present circulation move- ments including effects on existing public 98 1 t I I E 2 1 f I I! f. Other governmental services? X B 8 I I E 1 E t access to beaches, parks, or other open 7 - space areas? -- vehicles, bicyclists or pedestrians? -- 7. Increase in Mic hazards to motor 7 1 - M. Public Services. Will the proposal have an effect upon, or result in a need for new or altered governmental Services in any of the following areas: a. Fire protection? --- b. Police protection? --- X X X --- c. Schools? d. Parks or other recreational - facilities? X e. Maintenance of public - facilities, including roads? X - N. Utilities. Will the proposal result in a need for new systems, or require substantial alterations to existing utilities, including: - -- I a. Power? b. Natural gas? --- c. Communications systems? --- --- d. Water? e. Sewer? --- f. Storm water drainage? --- g. Solid waste disposal? --- of excessive amounts of fuel or energy? 0. Energv. Will the proposal result in the use --- 99 P. Water Conservation. Will the proposal result in: --- X non-drought resistant vegetation? --- X 1. Use of excessive amounts of water? 2. Landscaping which is predominantly Q. Neighborhood Character/Aesthetics. Will the proposal result in: 1. The obstruction of any vista or scenic view from a public viewing area? --- X --- X 2. The creation of a negative aesthetic site or project? Project bulk, scale, materials or style which will be incompatible with surrounding 3. development? --- X --- X --- x --- X 4. Substantial alteration to the existing character of the area? The loss of any distinctive or landmark 5. tree(s), or a stand of mature trees? 6. Substantial change in topography or ground surface relief features? The loss, covering or mocWcation of any unique geologic or physical features such as a natural canyon, sandstone bluff, rock outcrop or hillside with a slope in excess 7. of 25 percent? --- X R. CulturaVScientXic Resources. Will the proposal result in: 1. Alteration of or the destruction of a prehistoric or historic archaeological site? Adverse physical or aesthetic effects to a prehistoric or historic building, structure, --- X 2. object or site? --- X 100 1 3. Adverse physical or aesthetic effects to an architecturally si@icant building, e I 0 1 1 J 1 8 J 1 E s 1 U I I, P 101 7 A - structure, or object? -- 4. Any impact to existing religious or sacred uses within the potenti impact area? -- 5. The loss of paleontological resources? -- proposal result in: - - S. Human HealtWPublic Safetv. Will the 1. Creation of any health hazard or potential health hazard (excluding - mental health)? -- Exposure of people to potential health hazards? -- 2, - 3. A future risk of an explosion or the release of hazardous substances (including but not limited uo gas, oil, pesticides, chemicals, radiation - or explosives)? -- k T. Mandatorv Findings of Significance. 1. Does the project have the potential to degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the ha0itat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self- sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? - -- 2. Does the project have the potential to achieve short-term, to the disadvantage of long-term, environmental goals? (A short-term impact on the environment is one which occurs in a relatively brief, definitive period of time while long- term impacts will endure well into the future.) X --- 3. Does the project have impacts which are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (A project may impact on two or more separate resources where the impact on each resource is relatively small, but where the effect of the total of those impacts on the environment is significant. )I X --- 4. Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human kings, either directly or indirectly? X --- 102 1 DISTRTBUTBON REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Negative Declaration m Draft copies or notice of this Negative Declaration were given a broad distribution. T following agencies, groups and individuals fmm SANDAG’s mailing list were sent copi of the Draft Regional Growth Management Strategy and Negative Declaration: Incorporated Cities (San Diego Region) - Mayors, Councilmembers, Pld Commissioners, City Managers, Planning Directors, Public Works/Utilities Directc County of San Diego - Board of Supervisors, Chief Administrative Officer, Planni Commissioners, Planning Director, Public Works Director City of San Diego Community Planning Groups County of San Diego Community Planning and Sponsor Groups State Legislators, San Diego Delegation Department of Defense cALms State Clearinghouse Air Pollution Control District Local Agency Formation Commission Metropolitan Transit Development Board North County Transit Development Board Regional Water Quality Control Board County Water Authority Water District Managers Sewer District Managers California Transportation Commission California Council of Government Directors League of Women Voters, Officers and Directors Environmental Groups - Sierra Club, Citizens Coordinate for Century 3, Environmer Chambers of Commerce (San Diego Region) SNAG Committees - 1 E 1 8 I ;E I 1 1 t. I I I II: 1 I Board of Port Commissioners Health Coalition, San Diego Ecology Centre, I Love a Clean San Diego, et al. Regional Growth Management Technical Committee Regional Transportation Advisory Committee (RTAC) Regional Transportation Demand Management Advisory Committee Regional Transportation Demand Management Technical Committee Shoreline Erosion Committee Regional Revenues Advisory Committee Open Space Technical Advisory Committee and Public Participation List Integrated Waste Management Citizens and Technical Committees E Copies were also sent to: Serra Reference Library Governmental Reference Library University Libraries 103