Most grant funding is for a specific deliverable not a PDA designation. These funding requirements would included in an agreement before any funds are awarded. For example. this deliverable could be a Specific Plan or a bike lane. For OBAG grants, funding is designated for areas with a PDA. These are the main grant … Continued
When a planning process begins, the City Council would decide whether to allow submittal of development project applications. During the current General Plan 2040 and Downtown Precise Plan process, the City is accepting applications. Applicants must sign a form acknowledging that the outcome of the Plan process could impact their project. These impacts could result … Continued
The Downtown PDA was established in 2009. Since it was established, there have been many accomplishments. The City benefited from the specific PDAs funding from the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) program. OBAG grants greatly subsidized the preparation of two plans. The City received $250,000 to develop the 2012 Downtown Station Area Plan and $600,000 … Continued
“Planned” and “Planned Year” refer to the information included in the City’s General Plan. The most recent General Plan was completed in 2015 and be found here: General Plan 2020 The number of “Planned” dwelling units listed in the LOIs comes from Table B3.11 in Appendix B of the Housing Element of the General Plan. … Continued
The Letter of Interest submitted by the City of San Rafael on May 29th with the below PDA-designations: Northgate PDA: Connected Community within a High Resource Area Southeast San Rafael/Canal PDA: Connected Community outside a High Resource Area The Letters of Interest submitted on May 29th, 2020 can be viewed here: Northgate PDA Letter of … Continued
There is no difference in the community-driven planning process between PDA-designations. All PDA-designations require a Specific or Precise Plan to be adopted by 2025. Connected Community PDAs outside of a High Resource Area are required to also adopt policies to reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). The City of San Rafael has already adopted these policies … Continued
All PDA designations must be in an “urbanized area” and adopt a Specific or Precise Plan by 2025. There are two main categories of PDA designations: Transit-Rich and Connected Community. MTC/ABAG describes these designation as the following: Transit-Rich: The majority of land is within one-half mile of an existing or planned rail station, ferry terminal, … Continued
The PDA Grant Program is very specific about the type of Plan that is eligible for grants. The PDA Grant Program guidelines require the grant fund a Specific Plan, or equivalent Plan (e.g., Precise Plan). These plans includes a Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Zoning Code and General Plan amendments. These elements are important because … Continued
Establishing a PDA designation that includes Northgate Mall would have no impact on City permit and review process for a Costco proposal. The PDA designation is a planning and funding tool. In and of itself, a PDA holds no authority or power over City zoning or development review. This lack of authority would apply to … Continued
While there are similarities and overlap, each Plan type is distinctive and have different elements and purposes. The purpose of all these plans to is conduct future planning. The different plans look at a finer level of detail for future planning a specific geographic area. The following is a description of each Plan type and … Continued
