DATE: August 14, 2018
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PRESENTATION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE PORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE - UPCOMING POLICY DISCUSSION TOPICS FOR THE REMAINDER OF 2018 AND A LOOK AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Since 2013, the District has been evolving and improving a process, which we have come to know as Integrated Planning. In short, Integrated Planning is a multi-faceted and comprehensive approach for managing and planning the uses 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.
Through the course of 2017 and 2018, the Board conducted a series of workshops focusing on goals, policy concepts and draft land and water use maps for the baywide elements and the ten Planning Districts. During those workshops, several policy topics were noted for needing additional discussion and feedback to assist the team with completing the Discussion Draft of the PMPU.
For this item, staff is seeking Board feedback on the policy discussion topics planned for the remainder of this calendar year. These anticipated discussions involve two Special Board Meetings/Workshops: one in late October focusing on the topics of commercial fishing and environmental justice related policies, and the second in late November/Early December...
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