Sutter’s Landing Area Master Plan

 

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Project Summary

Long viewed as a regional park asset when the former landfill area has been fully reclaimed and ingress/egress issues solved, the area also has potential for compatible destination development that would unlock continuous access to the American River as in flows through the urban center of the Region. Taken alone and as a discrete planning area, a Sutter’s Landing Area planning effort would be short sighted. Considered and developed as a part of the entire planning effort for the downtown, an exciting, unique and vibrant future could be ensured.

 

Overall Planning Effort

The first document to identify the landfill as the site of a future regional park was the City’s 1984 Master Plan for Park Facilities and Recreational Services. In November 1995, the City Council changed the zoning designation for the landfill and adopted a Preliminary Master Plan for Sutter’s Landing Park. The current approved park Master Plan was adopted in October 2003. The Park Master Plan places a high priority on developing the western 48-acre West Site – largely free of the constraints related to the closed landfill. In 2005, the City conducted a Feasibility Study which contained detailed engineering information and recommendations about phasing site development.

The City Parks & Recreation Department is moving forward with a $2 million set of interim improvements to Sutter's Landing Park; these improvements include a dog park, park lot, bocce ball, basketball, and handball courts, and a giant chess board. The environmental document is available:

Sutter's Landing Regional Park Phase 1 Improvements Mitigated Negative Declaration (pdf, 7.25 MB)

The current planning effort for master planning the 172-acre regional park and the surrounding 100 acres has 3 distinct phases:

  1. Background Report (pdf, 2.75 MB)

    Appendix A- Parks and Zoos

    Appendix B- 2003 Master Plan

    Appendix C- Sutter's Landing Improvements (pdf, 26.5 MB)

    Appendix D- Applicable Policies

    Appendix E- Stakeholder Process

    Appendix F- Proposed McKinley Village Site Plan (pdf, 1.3 MB)

    Feasibility Report for Sutter's Landing Park -February 23, 2005 (pdf, 7.58 MB)

  2. Zoo Feasibility Study
  3. Sutter’s Landing Area Master Plan (pending activity)

 

Background Report

The purpose of the Sutter’s Landing Area Master Plan Background Report is to consolidate all of the information and reports prepared for the Sutter’s Landing Park and surrounding area into one reference document and provide site history for the other parcels proposed to be included in the plan area. The Background Report can be utilized for all future planning efforts, including the Sutter’s Landing Area Master Plan and Zoo Feasibility Study. The Background Report public review draft was released on August 7, 2008.

 

Contact Us:

Scot Mende, New Growth & Infill Manager, (916) 808-4756; smende@cityofsacramento.org

Ellen Marshall, Senior Planner, (916) 808-5851;

emarshall@cityofsacramento.org