DATE: October 10, 2017
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PRESENTATION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE PORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE - DRAFT POLICY CONCEPTS REGARDING THE FOLLOWING TOPICS:
A) LAND AND WATER USE ELEMENT
B) COASTAL ACCESS AND RECREATION ELEMENT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Since 2013, the District has been evolving and improving a process, which we have all come to know as Integrated Planning. In short, Integrated Planning is a multi-faceted and comprehensive approach for managing and planning the uses and business of the District in a balanced way. Although Integrated Planning is an approach and philosophy that will permeate numerous plans and processes at the District, one critical and current focus area is an update to the District's Port Master Plan. The first comprehensive revision in the District's history, the Port Master Plan Update (PMPU) is a comprehensive, integrated, baywide approach that will modernize our method for land and water planning and serve as a guide for future uses and development of District tidelands. The PMPU will connect the tidelands through a series of networks and Planning Districts. It will control the allowable land and water uses, including the type and characteristics of development, recreation, and environmental conservation throughout the District's jurisdiction.
Based on the Integrated Planning Vision, including the Guiding Principles and Framework Report, and the draft PMPU Goals endorsed by the Board at this year's PMPU workshops, staff will present concepts to illustrate strategies and priorities that may take the form of draft policy language to be contained within the following PMPU elements:
* Land and Water Use
* Coastal Access and Recreation
Staff's presentation will be similar in format to the policy concepts presented at the August 8, 2017 Board meeting for the Mobility, Economic Development, Resiliency and Safety, and Natural Resources elements of the PMPU. As requested during the August Board meeting, staff's preliminar...
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