DATE: February 25, 2019
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PRESENTATION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE PORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE:
A) FOLLOW-UP ITEMS FROM THE FEBRUARY 12, 2019 WORKSHOP
B) PLANNING COMMITMENTS AND PREVIOUS STUDIES FOR NORTH EMBARCADERO SUB-DISTRICT
C) DRAFT POLICY CONCEPTS AND RECOMMENDED LAND AND WATER USE CONFIGURATION FOR NORTH EMBARCADERO SUB-DISTRICT
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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. Several policy topics have required additional discussion and feedback to assist the team with completing the Discussion Draft of the PMPU.
At the December 18, 2018 PMPU Board Workshop, staff received direction to increase team resources to conduct additional public outreach and to complete the PMPU Discussion Draft under an accelerated schedule. Specific to the Embarcadero ...
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