DATE: September 16, 2019
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PRESENTATION AND DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE PORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE (PMPU):
A) INFORMATIONAL UPDATE ON THE PMPU DISCUSSION DRAFT, INCLUDING A SUMMARY PRESENTATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING A 90-DAY REVIEW PERIOD; AND
B) STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROACHING REVISIONS TO THE DRAFT PORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND CONFIRMATION OF NEXT STEPS
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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 certified 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 water and land 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 water and land uses, as well as the type and characteristics of development, recreation, and environmental conservation throughout the District's jurisdiction.
Development of the PMPU has followed a phased approach, first starting with a visioning process and followed by establishing a framework that would inform drafting of the PMPU. Then through the course of 2017, 2018 and the first quarter of 2019, the Board conducted a series of workshops focusing on goals, policy concepts and draft water and land use maps for the baywide elements and planning districts. These discussions were intended to continue the District's effort to front load development of Draft PMPU by proactively soliciting Boa...
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