Natomas Joint Vision

Project Workshop - none scheduled

 

 

Project Summary

Natomas Joint Vision is a collaborative effort between the City and County of Sacramento to develop a vision for the area of the County known as Natomas that reflects areas of collective interest. In December 2002, City Council and County Board of Supervisors mutually entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which defined a set of guiding principles for the implementation of the following goals:

Goals

• Proactively guide future urban growth for more efficient use of the land, while securing permanent preservation of open space/farmland at a mitigation ratio of at least one-to-one.
• Improve future air quality through efficient land use, which reduces automobile travel by accommodating future growth according to Smart Growth principles adopted by City Council (Smart Growth Principles/Resolution).
• Provide for revenue sharing between the City and County to prevent competition for tax revenues and promote balanced regional planning.
• Protect future airport operations

Accomplishments

• December 10, 2002 City Council adopted a Resolution approving 1) City County Memorandum of Understanding, 2) Conceptual Map, and directed staff to write a work plan.
• July 25, 2006, City Council adopted a Resolution approving a scope of work for the Open Space Program
• November 21, 2006, City Council adopted a Resolution approving a scope of work for the Municipal Services Review and EIR for the Sphere of Influence Amendment. 

Current and Future Activities

• Develop an open space program which:

• establishes objectivity for decision-making, and
• guides the permanent preservation of an open space system while
• sharing the economic benefits of development with property owners in the open space areas.

• Prepare Municipal Services Review, Sphere of Influence Amendment (City) and related Environmental Impact Report.
• Incorporate policies of the MOU into respective City and County General Plans through General Plan Amendments (GPA).
• Develop Community Plan land use policies and goals, Revenue Sharing Agreement, and Infrastructure Financing Plan.

• Define a linkage program to support the City’s Infill program and the completion of development in the North Natomas Community Plan area.

• Formally apply to LAFCo for annexation.
• Prepare new Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) to address development impact to protected species under federal and state endangered species laws.

Community Workshops & Public Hearings:

BROAD VISIONING SERIES

• Workshop #1 -First Broad Visioning Workshop - November 12, 2008
  • Presentation (pdf, 10.3 MB)
  • On-line Survey
  • Background Report (pdf, 5.4 MB)
• Workshop #2 -Second Broad Visioning Workshop - January 28, 2009
  • Agenda (pdf, 0.1 MB)
  • Presentation (pdf, 4.5 MB)
  • Broad Vision Matrix - (MS Word , 0.1 MB)
• Workshop #3 - Third Broad Visioning Workshop - March 26, 2009
  • Agenda (pdf, 0.1 MB)
  • Presentation (pdf, 8.0 MB)
• Workshop #4 - Workshops with Planning Commission, Council & Board

  Background Report (pdf, 5 MB)

  • April 9, 2009, 5:30 pm: City Planning Commission
    • Powerpoint presentation
  • April 13, 2009, 5:30 pm: County Planning Commission
  • April 14, 2009, 6:00 pm: City Council
    • Powerpoint Presentation
  • April 22, 2009, 2:00 pm: County Board of Supervisors
    • Powerpoint Presentation (Part 1)
    • Presentation by Dept. of Airports
      

OPEN SPACE SERIES

• Workshop #1 -First Open Space Workshop
  • Presentation (pdf, 5MB)
  • Comments & Questions from Public Workshop (pdf, 1MB)
• Workshop #2 -Natomas Levee Improvement Program
  • Introduction
  • Presentation
• Workshop #3 - Second Open Space Workshop
  • Presentation
• Workshop #4 - Third Open Space Workshop
  • Final Draft Open Space Report, 01/2008 (pdf, 47 MB)
  • Final Draft Open Space Report in sections:
    • Cover
    • Acknowledgements, Table of Contents, Ch. 1
    • Ch. 2-4
    • Ch. 5-8
    • Appendices Index and Appendix A
    • Appendix B
    • Appendix C
    • Appendix D
    • Appendix E
  • Presentation (pdf, 974 KB)

Documents

• Background Report for Broad Visioning (pdf 5 MB)
• Final Draft Open Space Report, 01/2008 (pdf, 47 MB)
• Response to Comments on Open Space Report (pdf, 22 MB)
• City-County Memorandum of Understanding and Conceptual Map
• Flow Chart - Overall Process for Open Space Program & EIR
• Map of the Joint Vision Study Area
• Notice of Preparation for Sutter Pointe (Sutter County Project)

Contact Information

• Scot Mende , New Growth Manager, (916) 808-4756
• Arwen Wacht, Associate Planner - Annexations, (916) 808-1964
• Ellen Marshall, Senior Planner - Open Space Program, (916) 808-5851
• Julie Car, County Planner - Open Space Program, (916) 874-5355
• Don Lockhart, Asst. Executive Office, LAFCo, (916) 874-2937

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