HomeMy WebLinkAboutIV(a)_Additional Materials Received_Draft Minutes of September 28, 2022October 27, 2022, General Plan Update Steering Committee
The following comments on items on the GPUSC agenda are submitted by:
Jim Mosher ( jimmosher@yahoo.com ), 2210 Private Road, Newport Beach 92660 (949-548-6229)
Item IV.a. Minutes of September 28, 2022
The passages shown in italics below are from the draft minutes with suggested corrections shown
in strikeout underline format.
Unnumbered page 4, paragraph 3: “In response to Mr. Tanner’s comments on piecemealing,
Deputy Community Development Director Campbell disagreed with his perspective, noted that
the traffic analysis is not complete yet to identify the impact to the Master Plan of Streets and
Highways and a traffic analysis is underway with the EIR to understand the effect from housing
development. He agreed with Mr. Tanner about the policies in the Circulation Element that deal
with the level of service and indicated that it is not an environmental factor that the State of
California allows the City to review, City policies exist that specify appropriate levels of service,
the EIR will reveal policy changes needed to meet the standards, policies are being added to
make the Circulation Element consistent with State law, policies are overdate outdated, not
wanting to speculate on changes to the Circulation Element, staff is bringing forward the
components of the Circulation Element believed to be critically necessary to update, impacts from
housing development will be examined through the EIR, the policies provide the framework for
projects that will be developed when necessary to provide mobility, and the Circulation Element is
a high level policy document that provides guidance for the provision of projects and not a project
level review. Lastly, Deputy Community Development Director Campbell noted that because the
City decided to allow housing development in the Housing Element where it is currently
prohibited, changes to the Land Use Element, Noise Element, and Zoning Code are being
amended processed to address noise related issue issues in the airport area only and
indicated this is separate from the Land Use Element.”
General Plan Update Steering committee - October 27, 2022 Item No. IV(a) - Additional Materials Received Draft Minutes of September 28, 2022