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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20, 1992 5:30 P.M.
ANNUAL WORK PROGRAM WORKSHOP
TOLSTOY RESIDENCE
9540 HILLSIDE
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA
I. Roll Call
Commissioner Chitiea ___ Commissioner Tolstoy
Commissioner McNiel Commissioner Vallette
Commissioner Melcher
II. Introduction - Brad Buller
A. Work Program Status
B. 1992/1993 - A Look to the Future
III. Adjournment
CURRENT PLANNING
PROPOSED ~3RK PROGRAM SUMMARY
FISCAL YEAR 1992-94
PROGRAM ITEM YEAR STATUS WKS
PROGRAMS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH CURRENT STAFFING:
1. Development Processing Services 92/94 Ongoing 252
2. Public Information Services 92/94 Ongoing 168
3. Special Projects 92/94 Ongoing 80
4- Hillside Development Ordinance Amend. 93/94 On hold 10
5. Housing Mix/Quality Amendment 92/93 In progress 10
6- Adult Business Amendment 92/93 In progress 4
7. GIS/MIS Computer Systems 92/94 In progress 10
8. Etiwanda North Specific Plan (Support) 92/94 In progress 3
9. Design Criteria Guidebook (Support) 92/93 In progress 4
10. Central Park (Support) 92/94 In progress 5
11. CEQA updates/Monitoring Program (Support) 92/94 In progress 5
12. Tree Ordinance Update 92/93 In progress 5
13. Old Alta Loma Neighborhood Plan (Support) 92/93 In progress 5
14. Shopping Center Parking Amendment 92/93 In progress 4
15. Design Awards Program 92/94 In progress 12
Subtotal 577
PROGRAMS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT NEED MORE STAFF
1. Development Code Update 92/94 On hold 42
2. Foothill Streetscape Specs. 92/93 On hold 5
3. Senior Housing Location/Design (S~pport) 92/94 On hold 1
4- Sign Ordinance Amendment 93/94 On hold 10
5. Animal Care Facilities Amendment 93/94 On hold 2
6. Multi-Family Standards 92/94 On hold 10
7. Regional Trails Agreement 92/94 In progress 4
8. Regional Mall 92/94 On hold 20
9. Foothill/I-15 Fwy Beautification (Support) 92/94 On hold 1
10. Art in Public Places (Support) 92/94 On hold 2
Subtotal 97
TOTAL 674
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CURRENTPLANNING
PROPOSED ~DRK PROGRAM
FISCAL YM~iR 1992-94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
PROGRAMS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH CURRENT STAFFING:
1. DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING SERVICES: 252
This function provides for the processing of all
development applications (e.g. tracts, CUP's, design
review, variances, etc.), and the coordination of the
development/design review process from preliminary
review to plan check and construction inspection.
Year: 92/94
2. PUBLIC INFORMATION SERVICES: 168
This service is providing information to the public at
the counter and over the telephone. In addition, this
function includes processing minor permit applications
(e.g. room additions, signs).
Year: 92/94
3. SPECIAL PROJECTS: 80
Year: 92/94
4. HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE AMENDMENT 10
Review and amendment of regulations concerning the
development of hillside areas.
Year: 93/94
5- HOUSING MIX/QUALITY AMENDMENT 10
Review and amendment of single family residential
development standards.
Year: 92/93
6. ADULT BUSINESS AMENDMENT: 4
Preparation of new regulations governing adult
businesses.
Year: 92/93
D CUSS ON PUt pOSL 3 O LY
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
7. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM: 10
Implementation and testing of computerized information
system for Current Planning, which includes project
tracking and reporting. Also involves support to
Engineering and Building & Safety Divisions in the
preparation of their information system modules.
Year: 92/94
8. ETIWANDA NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN: 3
Preparation of a comprehensive plan for the development
of the sphere of influence area. north of Etiwanda,
including land use regulations and design guidelines.
Proposal may include amendments to the Etiwanda
Specific Plan. Support staff to Advance Planning.
Year: 92/94
9- DESIGN CRITERIA GUIDEBOOK: 4
Assist Advance Planning staff in preparing a design
supplement containing extensive graphics to communicate
community design goals and standards.
Year: 92/93
10. CENTRAL PARK: 5
Assist Community Services staff in preparing design
concepts, including site planning, architecture, and
landscaping, for the 99-acre Central Park. Includes
coordination of Planning Commission subcommittees.
Year: 92/94
11- CEQA UPDATES/MONITORING PROGRAM: 5
Assist Advance Planning staff in preparing CEQA
Guidelines update and development. of a comprehensive
mitigation monitoring program, and training staff on
same.
Year: 92/94
DRAFT,
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
12. TREE ORDINANCE UPDATE 5
Assist Administration and a task force of Commissioners
to review the effectiveness of the Tree Preservation
Ordinance regulations, tree removal permit procedures,
the impact of the borer beetle on the Eucalyptus
windrows and the feasibility or desirability of
maintaining the windrows, particularly on private
property. Anticipated amendments to Ordinance.
Year: 92/93
13. OLD ALTA LOMA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN: 5
Assist Advance Planning staff in preparing a
neighborhood plan for the old Alta Loma downtown
neighborhood on Amethyst.
Year: 92/93
14- SHOPPING CENTER PARKING STUDY: 4
Contract with consultant to study and make
recommendations for potential a~mendment of parking
ratios for shopping centers. Specifically, calculating
centers as a whole rather than individual users.
Year: 92/93
15. DESIGN AWARDS EXCELLENCE PROGRAM: 12
Entails publicity, compiling a nomination list, taking
photographs, working with the Commission Jury to select
recipients, and coordinating gala awards presentation
ceremony.
Year: 92/94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
PROGRAMS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT NEED MORE STAFF:
1. DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE: 42
Administrative update and reprinting of Development
Code, including changes for conformance with new state
laws. Includes AB 4057 (Wright) regarding mailing of
notification to property owners if any General Plan
Amendment would affect "...permitted uses or intensity
of uses of real property..."
Year: 92/94
2. FOOTHILL STREETSCAPE SPECIFICATIONS: 5
Produce a set of standards for street furniture,
hardscape materials, and colors to implement the design
policies of the Foothill Boulevard Specific Plan.
Year: 92/93
3- SENIOR HOUSING LOCATION/DESIGN: 1
Assist Advance Planning staff in site suitability
analysis for senior housing projects and development of
design criteria and possible ordinance.
Year: 92/94
4. SIGN ORDINANCE AMENDMENT: 10
Review and amendment of monument sign regulations for
free-standing, single-tenant buildings. Also, modify
language in Sign Ordinance relative to "garish" colored
signs.
Year: 93/94
5. ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES AMENDMENT 2
Review and amendment of animal care facilities (i.e.,
pet shops, veterinarian, boarding, grooming) land use
regulations within the Victoria Colmnunity Plan.
Year: 93/94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
6. MULTI-FAMILY STANDARDS 10
Review and potential amendment of standards for multi-
family residential development, including density
transition, architectural compatibility, and project
amenities.
Year: 92/94
7- REGIONAL TRAILS AGREEMENTS 4
Negotiation of joint-use agreements for recreational
purposes with San Bernardino County Flood Control
District and Southern California Erdison to use existing
and proposed flood control facilities and utility
corridors for hiking, riding, and biking trails.
Year: 92/94
8- REGIONAL MALL 20
Design Review, plan check, and inspection of the
Victoria Gardens Regional Mall which is slated to open
late 1993.
Year: 92/94
9- FOOTHILL/I-15 FREEWAY BEAUTIFICATION
Assist Advance Planning staff in preparing conceptual
landscape design for freeway corridors.
Year: 92/94
10. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES: 2
Support activities for Rancho Cucamonga Community
Foundation to establish a pro~Fam to require or
encourage public art.
Year: 92/94
]M)VANCE PLANNING
WORK PROGRAM SIIMM~RY
FISCAL YEAR 1992-94
PROGRAM ITEM YEAR STATUS WKS
PROGRAMS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH CURRENT STAFFING:
1. Community Development Block Grant 92/94 Ongoing 168
2. Inter-governmental Relations 92/94 Ongoing 64
3- General Plan Land Use Amendments 92/94 Ongoing 44
4- Geographic Information System 92/94 In progress 10
5. Sphere of Influence Annexation Strategy 92/94 Ongoing 3
6- Historic Preservation Program 92/94 Ongoing 114
7. Air Quality Element Implementation 92/94 In progress 3
8. Land Use & Demographic Data Base 92/94 Ongozng 5
9. Housing Element Amendment {RDA Strategy) 92/93 Ongozng 3
10. Economic Development Activities 92/94 Ongolng 20
11. Community Profile Update 92/94 Ongozng 6
12- Senior Housing Activities Monitoring 92/94 Ongo~ng 12
13- Etiwanda North Specific Plan/Prezoning 92/93 Ongo~ng 2
14. Design Guide Book 92/93 On hold 5
15. County Planning Referrals 92/94 Ongoing 20
16. Street Name Changes 92/94 On hold 6
17. Commuter Rail 92/94 Ongoing 6
18. Old Alta Loma Neighborhood Plan 92/93 In progress 20
19. Special Projects 92/94 Ongoing 30
Subtotal 541
NEW OR CONTINUED PROGRAMS WE MUST ACCOMPLISH AND NEED MORE STAFF:
1- City Source Reduction & Recycling 92/94 In progress 10
Element (Support & Implement.)
2. Density Bonuses & Housing Incentives 92/93 On hold 12
3. Advance Planning Data System Module 92/94 On hold 44
4. Senior Housing (SHOD) Site Location 92/94 On hold 8
& Design Criteria Study/Ordinance
5. CEQA Guidelines Update/Mitigation 92/94 In progress 6
Monitoring Program
Subtotal 80
PROGRAMS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT NEED MORE STAFF:
1- Antenna Regulation Study 92/94 On hold 2
2- Strategic Planning Program 92/94 On hold 6
3- Vacant Land Use Inventory Map 92/94 In progress 7
4. Water & Sewer Defic. Study (Support) 92/94 On hold 2
Subtotal 17
DRAFT
~/'i~'teE PLANNI'~G
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FISC~ff, YEaR 1991-93
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
PROGRAMS WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WITH CURRENT STAFFING;
1. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS: 168
Rancho Cucamonga's funding for FY 92/93 is expected to
be approximately $551,000- This Work Program item
changed significantly in 91/92 with the number of
person weeks that were needed. Approximately 168 weeks
compared to the previous 20 will continue to be needed
since all tasks were assigned to existing in-house
staff in order to provide day-to-day administrative
duties as well as the housing rehabilitation program.
This area will continue to entail several distinct sets
of responsibilities listed as follows:
a. Block Grant/Planning -
This involves the process of assessing the community's
needs; interacting with other departments, agencies,
community groups, and decision makers; and development
of application to HUD for CDBG funds for a recommended
project. It also entails development of technical
documentation including NEPA processing.
Year 92/94
b. Block Grant/Administration -
This component involves responsibilities associated
with ongoing administration and monitoring of the CDBG
program to assure compliance with HUD requirements.
Responsibilities include preparation of annual Grantee
Performance Reports and quarterly reports on
contractor/subcontractor activities, minority business
activities, relocation, and other items. Also requires
keeping abreast of constant changes in statutory
regulations and maintaining working relationships with
HUD at both local and federal levels.
Includes maintenance of financial, technical, and
environmental files for monitorj. ng by HUD for
compliance with Federal regulations and audits of
financial records.
Year: 92/94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
c. Block Grant/Programs Managem6nt -
This component consists of work required to implement
or manage specific programs funded through Block
Grants. This will include the Home Improvement Grant
and Loan Programs as well as programs to be selected by
the City Council. Rehabilitation Loan involves
implementing grant and loan guidelines and
procedures. (This is a time-consuming activity,
dealing with "people" problems, and has to be handled
with sensitivity.)
Year: 92/94
d. Outreach -
Responsibilities include outreach activities such as
advertising, articles, flyers, etc., to provide
information to the public, etc. As a result of HUD
comments, we will need to continue our efforts in this
area, with particular emphasis on minority
participation in our programs.
Year: 92/94
e. Comprehensive Housing Assistance Strategy -
An updated CHAS will be required annually in accordance
with Federal regulations.
Year: 92/94
2. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS: 64
This area of responsibility involves information
gathering, coordination, analysis, and reports to
various public agencies. Examples include working with
SCAG (Regional Housing Allocation Model, Growth
Forecasts, 208 plans, etc.), neighboring cities/
counties (Foothill Community Plan, Greenbelt Study),
state agencies (Route 30 Freeway Study, Department of
Finance), and numerous others.
Year: 92/94
3. GENERAL PLAN LAND USE AMENDMENTS 44
Continual. To respond to applications and City
Planning Commission and City Council directions. Four
times per year, may include EIRs as required.
Year: 92/94 DRA~;'~"
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
4. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM: 10
Complete development of computerized information and
mapping system for Development and Revenue
Assessment. Also includes training and development of
basic operational routines for all staff.
Year: 92/94
5. SPHERE OF INFLUENCE ANNEXATION STRATEGY: 3
An evolutionary approach being used for initiation and
response to future annexations. Will. involve continued'
assessment of individual areas in terms of fiscal
impact, services, liability, timing, and phasing;
political implications and feasibility; work with LAFCO
staff, County special districts, and key land owners.
Year: 92/94
6. HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROGRAM: 114
This area will continue to entail several distinct sets
of responsibilities listed as follows:
a. Landmark/Point of Interest Designations
and Landmark Alteration Applications -
This involves processing ~plications for
Landmark/Point of Interest Historic Designations and
Landmark Alterations.
Year: 92/94
b. Preservation Information Services -
Providing information services on historic properties
and activities to local individuals, and
preservationists at other cities and at the State
level.
Year: 92/94
c. Coordination With Current Planning and
Engineering -
Review and comment on proposals for new developments
that affect potential or designated historic sites.
Year: 92/94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
d. Education/Public Relations -
Preparation and distribution of informational documents
to educate the public and lan~nark owners about
historic preservation.
Year: 92/94
e. Special Projects -
This area is to note projects and assignments as both
determined and undetermined, but generally in the areas
of historic area planning, ordinance revisions, oral
history, and archival review and processing.
Year: 92/94
7. AIR QUALITY ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION: 3
Provide on an on-going and as needed basis, liaison
assistance to the effected departments in implementing
the newly adopted Air Quality Element.
Year: 92/94
8- LAND USE AND DEMOGRAPHIC DATA BASE: 5
Monitoring and updating this program involves putting
together, in an organized fashion, all available
information on land use and demographics. The
organization of this material and procedures for
updating should be coordinated with the "Data System
Module" program.
Year: 92/94
9. HOUSING ELEMENT AMENDMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION: 3
This project is to amend the newly revised Housing
Element and to include provisions as by State Law and
as may be needed by the City's Redevelopment Agency to
implement the affordable Housing Strategy.
Year: 92/93
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
10. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY: 20
Assist Community Development with the preparation and
materials for economic development conferences, i.e.,
Inland Empire Showcase and Exposition Conference and
Business Expo.
Year: 92/94
11. COMMUNITY PROFILE: 6
Annually update brochure for use as the City's summary
public information document. Publication is generated
for May of each year.
Year: 92/94
12. SENIOR HOUSING ACTIVITIES:
Annual review and monitoring of senior projects
Development Agreements under the City's SHOD
provisions. Also monitoring and preparing new
Development Agreements. Currently there are two
existing projects with a third approved but not
constructed.
Year: 92/94
13- ETIWANDA NORTH SPECIFIC PLAN PREZONING: 2
Complete the process for developing a Specific Plan
Prezoning for about 6,000 acres between Milliken and
the San Sevaine Creek.
Year: 92/93
14. DESIGN GUIDEBOOK: 5
Preparation of an urban design criteria guidebook to be
provided to developers and planning staff. The design
guidebook is intended to provide good and bad graphic
design solutions for typical situations.
Year: 92/93
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
15. COUNTY PLANNING REFERRALS: 20
Review and coordinate City responses to Development
proposals within the City's Sphere-of-Influence.
Responses are typically provided through the City's
Technical Review Committee on applications such as
parcel and tract maps and zone or General Plan
Amendments. In addition, any related environmental
documents are also reviewed.
Year: 92/94
16. STREET NAME CHANGES: 6
Revision of an unknown number of existing or proposed
streets to reduce similarly named or confusing
situations which could affect public safety
responses. These revisions involve .incremental changes
dependent on availability of staffing for the public
review process.
Year: 92/94
17. COMMUTER RAIL: 6
Provide technical assistance and liaison as needed
between the City and the SANBAG Commuter Rail
Subcommittee for the purpose of facilitating the
development of a commuter rail line and station in
Rancho Cucamonga.
Year: 92/94
18- OLD ALTA LOMA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN 20
This program involves the preparation and processing of
a neighborhood plan for the rehabilitation and
revitalization of the Old Alta Loma area. Key features
of the plan would include rehabilitation of the
commercial buildings including the American Can
Company, Citrus Packing House Complex, the Billings
Store, the Old Alta Loma Volunteer Firefighters
Building, and many other structures in the area. Key
components of the plan would include an economic market
study to determine potentially compatible commercial
uses for economic revitalization of the area. In
addition, determining those buildings and facilities
which need rehabilitation and the identification of
implementation resources.
Year: 92/93
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
19- SPECIAL PROJECTS: 30
This is one area of responsibility that eludes a
specific description and includes anything and
everything that does not fit anywhere else. Examples
include data management, litigation, financial
planning, growth forecasts, commuter rail, congestion
management planning, Route 30 corridor studies, and
responses to various brush fires.
Year: 92/94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
NEW OR CONTINUED PROGRAMS WE MUST ACCOMPLISH AND NEED MORE STAFF:
1. CITY RESOURCE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING ELEMENT 10
Provide liaison and technical assistance to the City
Administrator's Office and Engineering Department
during the Consultant's preparation of a Resource
Reduction and Recycling Element and subsequent
implementation by City staff. The element is required
to be adopted by the City by July 1, 1992.
Year: 92/94
2. DENSITY BONUSES AND HOUSING INCENTIVES 12
Prepare General Plan, Specific Plan, Community Plan
and Development Code Amendments to provide consistency
and uniformity for the requirements of AB 1863. This
bill requires a city and/or county to grant a density
bonus and at least one additional housing incentive
(such as reduced parking, reduced :setbacks, or other
provisions specified by local ordinance) unless the
city and/or county makes a written finding that the
bonus/incentive is not required. Also requires 30-year
affordability, increases the proportion of low-income
households, eliminating the requirement to grant a
density bonus for moderate-income housing projects.
Year: 92/93
3. ADVANCE PLANNING DATA SYSTEM MODULE: 44
Development, in conjunction with the Computer Resources
Division, of a coordinated system of Advance Planning
data which can be regularly and routinely updated for
both General Plan and Special Project utilization.
Year: 92/94
4. SENIOR HOUSING (SHOD) SITE LOCATION ~D DESIGN 8
CRITERIA STUDY/ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Identify through a Development Code Amendment
appropriate site specific locations for SHOD projects
by the use of applicable land use criteria. Also
establish unique design construction criteria for this
special use group.
Year: 92/94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
5. CEQA GUIDELINES UPDATE/MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM: 6
Train City staff in the use of updated City CEQA
Guidelines and mitigation monitoring programs for all
EIRs and mitigated negative declarations. The
mitigation plans and monitoring are required by AB 3180
Cortese. Also monitor on a City wide, as needed, basis
the preparation of Initial Studies and public noticing
requirements.
Year: 92/94
PROGRAM ITEM P/WKS
PROGRAMS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED, BUT NEED MORE STAFF:
1- ANTENNA REGULATION STUDY: 2
A study regarding the City's satellite dish and antenna
regulations in response to various appeals for Minor
Development Review and Variance applications.
Year: 92/94
2. STRATEGIC PLANNING PROGRAM: 6
Develop a group of information sources which will
monitor related national, state and local items in
order to anticipate needed changes to existing planning
or Development Code provisions.
Year: 92/94
3- VACANT LAND USE INVENTORY MAP: 7
Identify vacant/under-utilized land by APN and land use
designation in order to provide a mechanism for
updating MIA/EIR for General Plan, monitor population
projections, and provide a needed public information
document.
Year: 92/94
4. WATER AND SEWER DEFICIENCIES STUDY: 2
Review and comment on a Building Department report
concerning the adequacy of the City wide water and
sewer lines and facilities. This study may result in
new program implementation and/or General Plan
Amendment, which would require further staff time not
currently budgeted. As yet, the Building Department
has not submitted the report to the Planning
Department.
Year: 92/94
PLANNING 1992
"WE CARE ENOUGH TO WANT WHAT'S BEST"
INTERGOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES
SCAG: Growth management, land use/air quality
SANBAG: Route 30, Congestion Management Plan, Commuter Rail
County/Sphere of Influence: Building bridges for tomorrow's decisions
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
1992 will be a time for enhancing and refining our services in all areas
through greater public contact, public relations training, re-evaluating
the efficiency and effectiveness of our development review process
PLANNING (LOCAL)
Economic stresses and uncertainties of 1991 will carry into 1992 the
following planning impacts:
o Stronger resistance to the current development standards and
development review process
o Greater number of smaller scale residential projects
o Newer and bigger retail centers processed on the east side of the
City
o Newer Commercial development will create a strain on existing smaller
and older centers along Foothill Boulevard, especially within the
west end of the City
Marginal business areas will resist government controls
o Chamber of Commerce intends to reopen discussions of the Sign
Ordinance
o Greater public interest in our Home Improvement Block Grant Program
o An across-the-board impact on the Code Enforcement program with a
need to prioritize critical issues
Historic Preservation will continue to move forward with enthusiasm in
1992
o Community awareness and education efforts
o Development of an Historic Resource Mitigation Policy
o Development of an Old Alta Loma Neighborhood Plan
PLANNING
INTER~OVERNNENTAL ACTIVITIES
SCAG: Attempting to gain stronger :regional power. Serious debates with
SCAQMD on land use decisions and how they affect air quality. Rancho
Cucamonga should anticipate more land use regulations from these agencies
in 1992.
SANBAG: The Congestion Management Plan, commuter rail, and Route 30 will
be the three big issues of 1992. Each will greatly impact planning and
future land use decisions we make.
COUNTY/SPHERE OF INFLUENCE Following the settlement, a new chapter will
be opened. Building bridges of cooperation will be essential. Project
applicants in the sphere are on an upswing.
CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
The year of 1992 will be a time for enhancing and refining our services.
The challenge will be to keep up with an anticipated high level of
community involvement. Developers will be demanding more streamlining of
the development review'process.
PLANNING
The recession has generated a stronger resistance to the development
standards and developement review process. This issue will surface in a
variety of ways in 1992. Confirmation of existing City policy and further
discussion by the policy makers will be important.
Economic uncertainties will likely bring smaller residential pro~ects.
This will limit the developer's financial exposure. Many of these will be
in-fill developments and will result: in greater community involvement and
possible controversy.
Retail commercial development will continue to take advantage of the local
market. This will strengthen the City's tax base~ but as new and up-to-
date commercial centers open for business, older commercial areas will
find it difficult to compete. The older areas will have greater numbers
of vacancies, centers without viable anchors to bring in business, and
marginal mom-and-pop stores. Lesser rents will result in lesser
maintenance. Failing centers will require revitalization or
redevelopment.
Marqinal business areas tend to resist qovernment controls and desire
total entrepreneurial freedom. This may again challenge the City's Sign
Ordinance and other permit requirements.
In 1992 ~storic preservation will continue tO move forward with
enthusiasm. A stronger community awareness and education focus,
development of an historic resource mitigation policy, and preparation of
an Old Alta Loma Neighborhood Plan will likely highlight 1992.
Planning
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The economic pressures of 1991 created a greater public interest in our
Community Development Block Grant Program. There will be an even qreater
interest in our Home Improvement Proqram in 1992.
The recession will continue to have an impact on all elements of the Code
Enforcement proqram. A greater number of marginal businesses will result
in deferred maintenance, more frequent shifts in ownership, and use of
non-residential property for business purposes. This will increase the
need for monitorinq and enforcement. The use of additional bootlegged
signage and other advertising will also rise in an attempt to offset
sluggish sales.
Maintenance of residential properties will also be adversely affected and
improvements such as landscaping of new homes deferred. Code
"enforcement" resources will continue to be taxed just to react to
complaints. Virtually no time will be left for proactive "community
improvement" proqrams with focus on improvement of specific neighborhoods.
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