Winter 2025
Project Kickoff & Preliminary Research
The project team is documenting existing conditions and City-adopted plans to understand how to best implement General Plan goals while drafting the Specific Plan’s policies and regulations. During this time, the project team will start stakeholder conversations to learn about their experiences and priorities.
Spring 2025
Initial Concepts
The project team will begin initial massing and visualizations to study conceptual alternatives for standards like maximum height, the number of dwelling units and commercial spaces permitted on a lot, and other standards. These alternatives, along with existing conditions information, will be shared at the first community open house in March and Planning Commission and City Council study sessions in April. The team will seek initial input to define a preferred alternative.
Summer 2025
Preferred Concept + Vision
The project team will create a high-level concept that best aligns with General Plan principles, project goals, community input, the City’s long-term priorities, and feasibility. The concept will include potential allowable land uses and building standards approaches, as well as public realm, open space, and mobility improvement ideas. The team will also develop a draft vision for the Tract. These will be shared at a public workshop for input in July.
Fall 2025
Preferred Concept Preliminary Policies & Standards
The project team will prepare preliminary development standards, policies, and public realm requirements and improvements. These will be shared at a community workshop, followed by Planning Commission and City Council study sessions in October/November. The workshop and study sessions will allow the team to incorporate feedback before the Draft Specific Plan is developed.
Winter 2026
Start Environmental Review, Draft Plan
The environmental review process will start, and the project team will create a Draft Specific Plan. The Draft Plan will be shared at a public workshop before the Planning Commission and City Council considers it.
Spring 2026
Finish Environmental Review, Finish & Adopt Plan
The environmental review process will wrap up and the Specific Plan will be revised to incorporate feedback from the prior workshop. The Specific Plan will be considered for recommendation by the Planning Commission in October and adoption by the City Council in November.
*Environmental review not anticipated to require a public review period.