HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem No. 01 - PresentationLAKE ELSINORE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE
City Council Focus Session #1
December 12, 2023
AGENDA
•Introductions
•Project Overview
•Public Participation
•Visioning Exercise
•Next Steps
PROJECT OVERVIEW
General Plan Update
Now Through Spring ‘24
•Technical
Analysis
•Visioning
•Alternatives
•Preferred Plan
Zoning Code
Amendment
Spring ‘24 –Winter ‘25
•Technical
Analysis
•User
Interviews
•Proposed
Changes
•Draft Code
Environmental Review
Fall ‘24 –Spring ‘25
•Initial
Study/Scoping
Meeting
•Environmental
Analysis
•Environmental
Alternatives
•Draft EIR
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
(SEE: PUBLIC OUTREACH PLAN, OCT. 2023)
Stakeholder
Interviews | Nov. 20
& 27th, 2023
Completed
Additional Council
Focus Sessions
Native American
Tribes Listening
Sessions
Pop Up Events
Online
Questionnaires
Joint Study Sessions
Upcoming
STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS
KEY THEMES
Create a More Walkable
Community
Maintain Historic Downtown
Character
Improve Neighborhood Aesthetics
Support All Housing Types and
Price points
Need High-Quality Employment
Opportunities
Attract Diverse Mix of Businesses
Emphasize Lake as Destination
Support Dream Extreme While
Enhancing Wildland/Urban
Interface
TODAY’S VISIONING QUESTIONS
Group discussion:
•How is Quality of Life defined in
Lake Elsinore?
•Concerns about General Plan
current policies?
•What areas need focused
attention/re-imagining? Why?
Mapping:
Green/good, Orange/so -so, Red/bad
•Identify what should be
respected/preserved
•Identify what is good, so-so, or
shouldn’t happen again
•Identify any areas that need focused
attention/re-imagining
•Identify any emerging concerns
BONUS QUESTIONS
Group discussion:
•What is an appropriate mix of land use?
•How might you resolve constraints/conflicts between land use,
infrastructure, and City fiscal sustainability?
•Imagine you are writing a postcard in 2043. Complete this sentence:
“You should see Lake Elsinore
now; its ______________!”
NEXT STEPS
January 2024 – February 2024
Atlas (Technical Report)
Land Use/Mobility Alternatives
Native American Tribes Listening Session #1 and #2
Council Focus Session #2
Pop Up #1 (pending community events schedule)