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CITY CLERK
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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION
MEETING DATE: April 1, 201)8
SUBJECT:
STUDY SESSION: PA 07-038 General Plan Community Design
Element.
Report prepared by Jeff Baker, Senior Planner
RECOMM~NDAT ON: /7. A^/Receive presentation and provide Staff and the Consultant with
'\{/V16 input and direction regarding the proposed General Plan Community
. Design Element.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
Funds have been allocated for this project in the 2007/2008 budget.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
Background
The Fiscal Year 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 City Council Goals and Objectives include, as a high priority
goal, the preparation ofa General Plan Community Design Element. On June 19,2007, the City Council
adopted a Resolution (Resolution 105-07) approving a Consulting Sl:'rvices Agreement with RBF/UDS
Consulting to prepare the Community Design Element and authori:ted the City Manager to sign the
Agreement on behalf ofthe City.
The proposed General Plan Community Design Element will pro'"ide a guiding VISiOn for future
development/redevelopment throughout the City. The Community De,ign Element will be a graphically
based document that illustrates design principles related to site planning, architecture and landscaping.
Staff and RBF/UDS Consulting have identified key design principles for consideration in the future
Community Design Element. These design principles were developed lsing information obtained through
an assessment of the existing character of Dublin, information obtained at the City Council/Planning
Commission Study Session that was held on August 7, 2007, and frem the input received through the
TownScan Online Survey.
ANALYSIS:
The team from RBF/UDS Consulting will lead the City Council and PlaMing Commission in a discussion
of key design principles that will be used as the framework to create the Community Design Element.
These design principles will focus on site planning, architecture and landscaping to achieve desired goals.
The following is a description of the proposed design principles that will be discussed during the Study
Session:
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a. Positive Regional Identity- The visual character of development adjacent to 1-580 and 1-680;
b. Sense of Arrival - Private improvements at key gateway locations to create a sense of arrival into
the City.
c. Neighborhoods, Villages, Commercial and Employment Centers - Elements that create and
enhance safe, attractive, pedestrian friendly residential, commercial, office and industrial
neighborhoods and villages within the City;
d. Connections and Linkages - Enhance the connectivity between separate projects and between
projects and public-streets, trails and open space; and
e. Sustainability - Techniques to minimize the consumption ,)f energy, water and other natural
resources.
The Study Session will include interactive exercises that are desigm:d to provide the City Council and
Planning Commission with the opportunity to identify those design pri:lciples that they value the most.
Staff and RBF/UDS Consulting will use the information obtained at the Study Session to refine the
principles and policies of the future Community Design Element. Following the Study Session, a
Community Workshop will be held to present the key components of the Community Design Element to
the public and to obtain their feedback. Staff and RBF/UDS Consulting will then prepare a draft
Community Design Element. The Community Design Element will be brought forward to the Planning
Commission for review and recommendation to the City Council. Tl1e City Council will then have the
opportunity to review and consider the draft Community Design Element.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council and the Planning Commission receive presentation and provide
Staff and the Consultant with input and direction regarding the proposfd General Plan Community Design
Element.
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