Long Beach 2030: A New General Plan

Long Beach 2030: A New General Plan

Overview What is a General Plan? Why Update and Why Now? The Issues We Face Together Key Findings to Date LB2030 Opportunities and Placetypes Next Steps/How You Can Help Breakout Session

General Plan 101 State Law requires every City to have a General Plan, and maintain it Required Chapters (Elements) include Land Use, Transportation, Safety, Housing Current General Plan practice allows for greater integration and flexibility A General Plan is the guide that sketches out all the important details needed to create a thriving, wellbalanced community (Napa County General Plan)

Our General Plan Today 4

Why a new General Plan for 2030? Change is coming, like it or not Population increase (493,000 now, project to be 562,000 by 2030) Limited resources to provide services and improve infrastructure Desire for a higher quality of life for the next generation (the American Dream) Create a robust, diverse and competitive local economy Provide options for housing, mobility, and lifestyle choices Declining health among our citizens due, in part, to how the City is developed

Look at the City in the broadest possible sense Focus on urban form and character rather than use Define Opportunity Areas and Apply Placetypes Think long-term Long Beach 2030: A New General Plan

Relationship to Other Land Use Plans General Plan: Broad/Long Range Policies Community Plans: Targeted Neighborhood Improvement Strategies Zoning: Uses and Standards Existing Land Use: What s out there

Leverage Our Advantages Excellent regional location Mostly gentle topography Port and Airport Traditional urban fabric and street grid Relatively efficient roadways Diversity

Challenges We Face Aging and deficient infrastructure Inequities in open space and retail distribution Land use and design incompatibilities Public health concerns Lack of parking in some locations Stressed, lengthy and haphazard corridors

Key Findings Economics Sales tax leakage involving major regional retailers due to viable shopping destinations outside of the City Excessive supply of low cost retailers, primarily on the City s commercial corridors Sales tax revenue is generated along the City s commercial corridors; 27 percent generated from the City s higher profile shopping destinations Off-site port logistics has largely shifted to the Inland Empire Manufacturing has declined, remains one of the largest employment sectors

Key Findings Economics Health care and social assistance is the largest employment sector; continues to grow LBUSD is largest employer Retail sector is volatile and requires self-renewal, making it easier to shape for change More businesses are being created in Long Beach, but with fewer employees; 30 percent of the new businesses created between 2000 and 2006 were located in residential areas (home-based business)

Key Findings Mobility Existing right-of-way is physically maximized citywide, little opportunity for expansion City s grid system of streets contributes to its efficiency, although per capita car ownership is lower in Long Beach Transit ridership and dependency is concentrated in the Mid-shore area along Anaheim St; along the Long Beach Boulevard, Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Avenue corridors; along Santa Fe Avenue; and at higher education centers, but not to LBG

Key Initiatives Mobility Use existing streets, or groups of streets to create complete streets Make walking and biking viable options Encourage mobility practices that strengthen community and enhance the environment Develop creative, flexible, and shared approaches to meet parking demands, reducing requirements where appropriate

Key Initiatives Sustainability Emphasize integrated places served by a multi-modal mobility system to reduce GHG and VMT and improve public health Provides the policy framework to increase green employment opportunities for Long Beach Directs sustainable building practices 14

Key Findings Urban Design Corridors need clarity and character definition, a comprehensive community fabric Edge conditions/interface between various land uses is poor along alleys, corridors and older industrial areas Limited open space and public gathering places within commercial corridors and neighborhoods Emphasize the public realm, including streets, where design is crucial to creating community and celebrating unique neighborhoods

Key Findings Land Use Focus new development along corridors to support a multi-modal transportation system Commercial corridors define our neighborhood character Parcels within commercial corridors are relatively small and shallow Industrial opportunity areas provide employment; yield is relatively low Infill development compatible with existing fabric

Guiding Principles A City at the Water s Edge A Clean Environment Everywhere Healthy and Active Neighborhoods Expanded Transportation Choices Community Connections and Culture Shared Economic Prosperity Safe and Secure Environment

A Network of Corridors How we are identified Stitch neighborhoods together Need significant public and private sector investment How we get around

Community Connectors Placetypes establish how the corridors will change to become community connectors Long corridors need to be regarded as manageable segments to meet the needs and reflect the character of adjacent neighborhoods Land uses converge and intensify on community connectors to support mobility strategies and transition to neighborhoods

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Maintain and Enhance Recognizes that vast majority of the City is strong, stable and healthy Focuses growth and change along corridors Prioritizes targeted public and private sector investment Enhances public amenities, streetscape, provides missing components Goal is for the whole City to become an area to maintain and enhance

Focused Planning Areas Includes areas that are undergoing or need to undergo a separate, focused planning study (e.g., SEADIP, Downtown) Areas subject to existing zoning or community plan until new plans are adopted

Targeted change in underutilized areas Land use or design incompatibilities Opportunity to highly integrate land use and transportation Significant new investment is needed to create complete places Opportunity Areas

What are Placetypes? Land use designations (current General Plan) become Placetypes (LB2030) Combine the basic ingredients of placemaking Take a form-based approach using a larger scale Goal is to shift focus to creating and enhancing complete, genuine neighborhoods and provide direction for future growth 24

Placetypes Integrate compatible Land Uses and appropriate Mobility choices Address Urban Design and Neighborhood Context Provide broad development guidance not documentation 25

Placetypes Images 26

Placetypes Axonometrics 27

LB2030 Placetypes COMMERCIAL Neighborhood Commercial Corridor Automobile-Oriented Commercial MIXED USE Transit-Oriented Corridor Neighborhood Village Center Multiple Use Neighborhood Corridor Downtown Long Beach 28

LB2030 Placetypes RESIDENTIAL Urban Residential Neighborhood Single Family Residential Neighborhood (WWII) EMPLOYMENT Employment Center Industrial/Employment Neo-Industrial District Regional Public Facility (Campus, Hospital, Port & Airport) 29

Short-Term Next Steps Create and document citywide policies, goals, and programs, and define urban form in Draft Framework Element Refine and re-imagine Mobility Network Refine Placetypes (puzzle pieces) Apply Placetypes Citywide (stitch together) Continue dialogue (we ll be back) 30

How you can help Continue to attend community meetings Discuss LB2030 with your neighbors Provide input via website www.longbeach2030.org 31

Closing Slide Questions??? Discussion Boisterous Applause 32

Break-out Session Exercises Opportunity Area Map Look over the composite map Discuss proposed change areas Suggest changes to the boundaries Suggest Placetypes for the Opportunity Areas

Break-out Session Exercises Neighborhood Description Review Existing General Plan Neighborhood Description Suggest Changes and Updates Policy Priorities Suggest changes or new policies Note on map