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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 92-174RESOLUTION NO. 9 2 -17 4 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, TRANSMITTING THE LOCAL/REGIONAL CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST FOR THE REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY TO SANDAG. WHEREAS, Proposition C was approved by voters in November 1988 and called for the establishment of a Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board and the preparation of a Regional Growth Management Strategy; and WHEREAS, SANDAG, serving as the Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board, prepared the Regional Growth Management Strategy, approved by voters in November 1988; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City considered the Regional Growth Management Strategy on April 21, 1992 and approved the Strategy; and WHEREAS, the Regional Growth Management Strategy includes a self -certification process to ensure consistency between the Strategy's Recommended Actions and the relevant plans, policies and ordinances of local jurisdictions and regional agencies; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on determination of National City's consistency with the Regional Growth Management Strategy on August 17, 1992; determined that National City policies, regulations and programs are consistent with the Regional Growth Management Strategy, based on documentation and comments included in the Local/Regional Consistency Checklist; and recommended that City Council approve transmittal of the Checklist to SANDAG, with added comments for consideration of the need for an ordinance regarding steep slopes (item 1.a of page 13 of the Checklist); and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City has reviewed the Local/Regional Consistency Checklist which provides a status report regarding the consistency of its relevant plans, policies and ordinances with the Strategy's Recommended Actions, and information regarding the region's progress towards achieving the Quality of Life Standards and Objectives; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City held a public hearing on determination of National City's Consistency with the Regional Growth Management Strategy on September 22, 1992; CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Page 2 of 2 Resolution No. 9 2 -17 4 NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of National City determines that National City's policies, regulations and programs are consistent with the Regional Growth Management Strategy, based on documentation and comments included in the Local/Regional Consistency Checklist. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of National City hereby transmits the Local/Regional Consistency Checklist to the Regional Planning and Growth Management Review Board, (SANDAG) and agrees to take the actions identified therein to achieve consistency with the Strategy. PASSED and ADOPTED this 22nd day of September, 1992. GEORGE H. `WATERS, MAYOR ATTEST: L4 2I ANNE PEOPLES, CI CLERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: ,-,42040;31t- GEORGE H. EISER, III -CITY ATTORNEY Ils:rgmtr-so LOCAL/REGIONAL CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST FOR THE REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Agency/Jurisdiction: City of National City Date of Public Hearing: September 22, 1992 Date Submitted: September 25, 1992 Contact Person: Steven G. Ray, Principal Planner Telephone: (619) 336-4310 LOCAL/REGIONAL CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST FOR THE REGIONAL GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGY AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM CITY OF NATIONAL CITY This checklist is to be used by the City to determine consistency of its General Plan, policies and regulations with the Regional Growth Management Strategy and Congestion Management Program. It will also be used to monitor implementation of recommended actions and achievement of quality of life standards and objectives. The City describes actions taken or proposed to achieve consistency with the Strategy in completing the checklist. The questions are organized according to the nine Quality of Life factors as follows: Air Quality and Transportation/Congestion Management Regional Trip Reduction Program Transportation Capacity Expansion to Help Provide Alternatives to Driving Alone/Transit Performance Standards Land Use Actions/Level of Service Standards for Arterials and Freeways Transportation System Management Water Sewage Treatment Sensitive Lands and Open Space Preservation and Protection Solid Waste Management Hazardous Waste Management Housing Economic Prosperity (Questions regarding Economic Prosperity will be added when the work on that factor has been completed.) AIR QUALITY AND TRANSPORTATION/CONGESTION MANAGEMENT Regional Trip Reduction Program Cities and County 1. Has the Regional Trip Reduction Ordinance, or an equivalent ordinance, been adopted? Note: The Congestion Management Program (CMP) statutes require that each city and the County adopt and implement a Trip Reduction Ordinance. Yes No Other N.A. Documentation: Comments: The Regional Trip Reduction Ordinance has not yet been proposed for local adoption. Information on the ordinance which is expected from SANDAG would provide for its consideration by the City to be scheduled in 1993. 2. Has your jurisdiction achieved the regional trip reduction targets contained in the Trip Reduction Ordinance? Yes No Other N.A. Documentation: Comments: See above. 1 Transportation Capacity Expansion to Help Provide Alternatives to Driving Alone/Transit Performance Standards Cities and County 1. Are the High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes shown in the current Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) along local streets and roads located in your jurisdiction shown in your General/Community Plan(s)? Note: This currently applies only to National City and the City of San Diego. Yes No Other Documentation: Comments: The 1990 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) on pg. 175 proposes that SANDAG further evaluate feasibility of HOV facilities on Harbor Drive south of downtown San Diego. SANDAG should also coordinate with National City. An amendment to the Circulation Element would be needed to identify a possible HOV lane on Harbor Drive north of 8th Street (suggested by Figure 37 of the RTP). 2. Does your General/Community Plan(s) identify existing and proposed bicycle facilities and coordinate with other bicycle facility projects included in the current RTP and Regional Transportation Improvement Program? Yes X Documentation: No Other Figure 4 of the General Plan text identifies the regional Bay Route Bikeway and the Sweetwater River Flood Control Channel Trail System. The Citywide Bikeway Study identifies additional bicycle routes through the City. Comments: 2 3. List the total number of miles of bicycle facilities by type (Class ! Bike Path, Class 2 Bike Lane and Class 3 Bike Route) that have been built in your jurisdiction and the number built during the last year. Documentation: Class 1 (Bike Path): approx. 2.5 miles (total length through National City and other jurisdictions along the north side of the Sweetwater River Flood Control Channel) Built during last year: (1991) approx. .1 mile 4. How many park -and -ride spaces are located within your jurisdiction, and how many additional spaces were provided last year? Documentation: MTDB parking lots: - 8th Street trolley station: 130 spaces (including 2 handicapped spaces) - 24th Street trolley station: 174 (including 7 twenty -minute spaces and 3 handicapped spaces) Caltrans park and ride facility: 139 spaces (south side of Sweetwater Road, northeast of the I-805/Rt. 54 interchange; in unincorporated Lincoln Acres area) (No additional spaces were provided last year to any of the parking facilities.) 3 Land Use Actions/Level of Service Standards for Arterials and Freeways Cities and County 1. Are the traffic level of service objectives contained in your General/ Community Plan(s) equal to or better than those specified in the Strategy, i.e., LOS "D" for the freeways and the Regional Arterial System identified in the 1990 RTP? Yes No Other X Documentation: Comments: The General Plan does not specify traffic level of service objectives. However, Public Services and Facilities policy F calls for the City to work with Caltrans, SANDAG and other responsible agencies to identify, plan and implement needed transportation improvements. 2. Has a traffic forecast been prepared based on the land uses and circulation system contained in the General/Community Plan(s)? Yes No X Other Documentation: The 1989 Citywide traffic study prepared for the City Engineering Department did not project traffic for future years. Comments: 3. Do your traffic forecasts make use of a SANDAG-approved traffic forecasting model and incorporate SANDAG's Regional Growth Forecasts as a uniform benchmark for population and land use data? Note: This is a requirement of the CM P statutes. Yes No Other X Documentation: City Traffic Engineer Comments: City used T Model 2 in 1989 Citywide traffic study regarding existing traffic problems. The study did not prepare forecasts. The City Traffic Engineer would use the SANDAG model for preparing forecasts. 4 4. Is the projected future level of service on the regional arterial system routes consistent with the level of service objective "D" in the Strategy? Does your jurisdiction have a program(s) to achieve the traffic level of service objectives identified in the Strategy? NOTE: If a roadway will not be able to meet the Strategy's regional level of service objectives for specific reasons such as preservation of landscaping, inadequate room to widen, or other overriding considerations, these exceptions should be explained. Yes No Other X Documentation: The City's current Capital Improvement Program identifies projects for replacing and installation of traffic signals. Comments: The City has a program for traffic signal optimization to minimize delays and maintain existing levels pf service consistent with the Strategy. However, forecasts to project future levels of service have not been made. Has your agency adopted and implemented a process to evaluate and mitigate the traffic impacts of large projects on the regional transportation system, including the level of service standards and objectives of the CMP and Strategy? (The definition of a "large" project as described in the CMP is any project that upon its completion would be expected to generate either an equivalent of 2,400 or more average daily trips or 200 or more peak hour vehicle trips.) Note: The CMP statutes require that each city and the County adopt and implement a program to analyze the impacts of land use decisions, including mitigation costs, on the regional transportation system. Yes _X__ No Other Documentation: - City Traffic Engineer - Development Services Group review process Comments: City environmental review and project review requires traffic studies based on project size as well as location. 6. Does the process include the traffic impacts on all freeways and the regional arterial system affected by the project (including arterials and freeways in adjacent jurisdictions)? Yes X No Other 5 Documentation: City Traffic Engineer Development Services Group review process Comments: City environmental review and project review requires traffic studies to address such impacts. 7. Does the process consider existing and future planned land uses, and reasonably foreseen projects within the jurisdiction, and adjoining jurisdictions? Yes X No Other Documentation: City Traffic Engineer Development Services Group review process Comments: The City's review requires traffic studies to consider existing and planned land uses and reasonably foreseen projects in the City and adjacent jurisdictions. Does your agency prepare and adopt CMP Deficiency Plans for any state highway or CMP principal arterials within your jurisdiction that are forecast to fall below the CMP traffic level of service standards? Note: The development and adoption of Deficiency Plans is a requirement of the CMP statutes. Yes Documentation: No Other NA Comments: No City arterials have been forecast to fall below the CMP traffic level of service standards. 9. Is the existing traffic level of service on the regional arterial system routes in your jurisdiction consistent with the Strategy's level of service objective of LOS "D"? Note: If a roadway does not meet the Strategy's regional level of service objectives for specific reasons such as preservation of landscaping, inadequate room to widen, or other overriding considerations, these exceptions should be explained. Yes X No Other 6 Documentation: - City Traffic Engineer -1989 Citywide Traffic Study, prepared by Austin -Foust, Associates, Inc. for City Engineering Department. Comments: 7 insportation System Management Cities and County 1. Is there a plan in place to optimize the traffic signals in your jurisdiction to improve traffic flow through a centralized traffic control system? Yes X No Other Documentation: Quic Net system installed in City Engineering Department Comments: 2. What is the status of the traffic signal optimization plan? Documentation: 75% of the program has been completed. 15 intersections are programmed for improvements in 1992 (calendar year). The improvements will result in completion of approximately 90% of the program. 8 MISCELLANEOUS ties and County Have the recommendations included in regional transportation studies (e.g., the Route 78 Corridor Study and Mid -County Transportation Study) been incorporated into local general plans? NOTE: The recommendations in these studies do not apply to all jurisdictions. Yes Documentation: No Other N.A. Comments: These studies do not apply to National City. 9 WATER Cities and County 1. Has a water reclamation ordinance based on the County Water Authority's model ordinance been adopted? Yes Documentation: No Other NA. Comments: The City does not manage water reclamation progrrzrns or supply reclaimed water. The model ordinance applies to agencies who provide water to users. 2. Has the State Department of Water Resources model xeriscape ordinance, or an equivalent ordinance, been adopted for all new construction? (This also applies to landscaping for single-family residential units installed by developers prior to occupancy.) Yes _ No Other Documentation: Appendix C of the Land Use Code (Title 18 of the National City Municipal Code). Comments: The City revised its landscape guidelines to comply with new State requirements on July 28, 1992. 3. Have your local plumbing requirements been amended to be in compliance with the minimum state requirements for water conservation? Yes X No Other Documentation: City Department of Building and Safety. Comments: The City Building and Safety Department enforces State requirements specified in the State Health Code (re: low flush toilets), and Title 24 of the California Administrative Code, Building Standards (re: water heaters, showerheads and faucets). 10 Has an ordinance been adopted to ensure that a sufficient supply of water is available for development dependent on groundwater and that groundwater supplies will not be overdrafted? (This question applies only to those jurisdictions with development that is dependent on groundwater.). Yes No Other N.A. Documentation: Comments: Development in National City is not dependent on groundwater. 5. Have the Best Management Practices (water conservation and demand management programs and projects) contained in the CWA's Water Resources Plan been implemented? Documentation: Comments: N.A. This question applies to agencies that provide water to users. The City coordinates with Sweetwater Authority to determine requirements for approval of new development. In addition the City enforces State standards for plumbing improvements (i.e. toilets, water heaters, showerheads and faucets). The City has also revised its landscaping guidelines to comply with State requirements for low water use landscaping. 11 SEWAGE TREATMENT iities and County woes your jurisdiction have guaranteed sewage treatment capacity, or does it contract with another agency for capacity, prior to approving development projects. Yes _ No Other Documentation: City Director of Public Works Comments: The City owns sufficient capacity in the San Diego Metro System to serve anticipated development. 12 .iENSITIVE LANDS AND OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION Cities and County 1. Have ordinances been adopted which are consistent with the recommendations contained in the Strategy's Definition of Regionally Significant Open Space for: a. Steep slopes Yes X No Other Documentation: General Plan policies, pg. 18 of General Plan text. Comments: The City's General Plan includes policies regarding steep slopes. A specific ordinance for slopes has not been considered. The City has limited areas of steep slopes which would be reviewed when considering zoning proposals or project proposals. The need for a specific ordinance addressing steep slopes should be considered during the City's upcoming comprehensive review of the General Plan. b. Floodplains Yes X No Other Documentation: Land Use Code Local Coastal Program, City Council Ordinance No. 1994 Comments: Chapter 18.24 of the Land Use Code conforms to Federal Emergency Management Act (FEMA) regulations. Additional requirements to limit channelization of remaining drainage areas are not applicable to most of the City. An exception is the natural, Sweetwater River watercourse south of 35th Street, which is regulated by the Local Coastal Program. c. Wetlands Yes X No Other Documentation: National Wetlands Inventory Map Local Coastal Program, City Council Ordinance No. 1994 Comments: Environmental review procedures ensure coordination with State and federal agencies for protection of wetlands. Except for very small, isolated areas (i. e. unimproved portions of drainage courses on small, vacant parcels), wetlands in the City are limited to Paradise Marsh, Bannister Marsh and areas along the Sweetwater 13 River. They are further protected either by the Local Coastal Program regulations or by public ownership, in addition to environmental review requirements. 2. Are actions being taken to acquire lands within your jurisdiction designated in your General/Community Plan(s) for regional parks? Yes No Other N.A. Documentation: Comments: The General Plan applies Open Space designations to County park land along the Sweetwater River. There are no other proposed regional parks in the City. 3. How many acres of regional open space parks exist in your jurisdiction? Documentation: Approximately 45 acres of open space along the Sweetwater River between 1-805 and Plaza Bonita Road are in County ownership (Sweetwater Regional Park Open Space system). Are actions being taken to encourage the preservation of agricultural uses and rural lands? Yes No Other N.A. Documentation: Comments: National City is urbanized. Undeveloped parcels are adjacent to or surrounded by urban development and are typically under 5 acres in size. 14 )LID WASTE MANAGEMENT G,Lies and County 1. Has a Source Reduction and Recycling Element been adopted to achieve the 25 percent reduction in 1995, and 50 percent reduction in 2000 goals of AB 939 as a part of the county's Integrated Waste Management Plan? Yes No Other X Documentation: contact City Director of Public Works. Comments: The Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE) will be scheduled for consideration this fall. City Council approved the drat Element. Comments are being incorporated into it. A City Council hearing is needed before its adoption. The City has implemented programs to achieve the goals established by law. 2. Estimate the percentage of solid waste diverted last year. Documentation: approximately 10% Has a Household Hazardous Waste Element which meets the requirements of AB 939 been adopted? Yes No Other X Documentation: contact City Director of Public Works. Comments: The Household Hazardous Waste Element will be considered concurrently with the Source Reduction and Recycling Element (SRRE). (It is a part of the SRRE.) 4. Estimate the percentage of Household Hazardous Waste diverted last year. Documentation: Information is not available. 5. Have any permanent Household Hazardous Waste collection facilities been located in your jurisdiction? Yes No X Other Documentation: Comments: 15 Has the Siting Element for solid waste disposal facilities required by AB 939 been approved? (The Siting Element is required to be approved by the County of San Diego and a majority of the cities by the beginning of 1994.) Yes No Other N.A. Documentation: Comments: The Siting Element is currently being drafted for future consideration. (1t will be approximately 2 years before it is completed.) 16 HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT des and County 1. Has the San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan or an equivalent been adopted as required by state law? Yes X No Other Documentation: City Council Resolution No.92-120, adopted 6/23/92. City Council Ordinance No. 92-2035, adopted 6/14/92. Comments: The City adopted General Plan policy and an ordinance to implement the County Plan by the actions documented above. 2. Have facility siting criteria that are consistent with the San Diego County Hazardous Waste Management Plan been adopted? Yes X No Other Documentation: City Council Resolution No.92-120, adopted 6/23/92. City Council Ordinance No. 92-2035, adopted 6/14/92. Comments: 3. Has a procedure to process permits on a case -by -case basis (e.g., Conditional Use Permit) been established for siting hazardous waste facilities? Yes __ No Other Documentation: City Council Resolution No.92-120, adopted 6/23/92. City Council Ordinance No. 92-2035, adopted 6/14/92. Comments: 4. Are the Southern California Hazardous Waste Management Plan and intergovernmental agreements and incentives programs being used in the evaluation of facility proposals? Yes X Documentation: No Other Comments: They would be used as referenced by the adopted County Hazardous Waste Management Plan. No facilities subject to the Plan's requirements have been proposed or 17 submitted for review. Is your jurisdiction, with the assistance of the County of San Diego, working with the private sector to provide information, technical assistance and incentives to achieve the 30 percent waste minimization goal of the Plan? Yes � No Other Documentation: contact City Director of Public Works. Comments: The Director of Public Works participates on the County's Technical Advisory Committee and coordinates with the private sector, County staff and EDCO. 6. How many hazardous waste facilities have been sited in your jurisdiction? One (large size) to five (small size) facilities should be sited to meet San Diego's hazardous waste management needs by the year 2000. Documentation: Information available from the County Department of Health Services indicates 2 facilities have been located in National City: Pepper Oil (collection and treatment of waste oil) and Pacific Steel (transport and recycle fluff). There are currently no proposals for facilities to be sited in National City. 18 HOUSING ,.,Lies and County 1. Has the Housing Element of your General Plan been updated as required by State law? Yes _ No Other Documentation: City Council Resolution No. 92-52, adopted April 14, 1992. Comments: 2. Has your Housing Element been found to be in substantial compliance with state law? Yes X No Other Documentation: City Council findings of compliance, in Resolution No. 92-52, adopted April 14, 1992, based on incorporation of responses to comments on the draft Element from the State Department of Housing and Community Development. Comments: Does your Housing Element include the regional share objective from the Regional Housing Needs Statement which indicates the number of new units needed by July, 1996 for all economic segments of the community consistent with state law? Yes X No Other Documentation: Housing Element adopted April 14, 1992, pg. 58. Comments: The Element incorporated the City's share of regional housing need identified by SANDAG, 1,081 units over the 5 year period. 4. Does your Housing Element contain policies to achieve the regional share objective for all economic segments of the community consistent with state law? Yes X No Other Documentation: Housing Element adopted April 14, 1992, pg. 130. Comments: Housing Element policies refer to efforts for satisfying projected housing needs and for provision of an adequate supply of land zoned for residential development to meet the need. 19 What was your jurisdiction's progress toward meeting the regional share objective last year? Please note the number of units constructed by income level. Documentation: 68 units were added in 1991 (55 single-family, 10 duplex and 3 multi- family units), predominantly for moderate or above moderate income households, based on building and land valuations. Market rents may provide information on units by income levels. Additional research will be conducted to determine the number of units by income category for the annual report on implementation of the Housing Element. The Regional Growth Management Technical Committee will be considering the possible need for SANDAG to prepare a standardized methodology for reporting regional share objectives by income level. 6. Does your Housing Element include the fair share objective from the Regional Housing Needs Statement which indicates how many new and existing lower income households should be assisted by July, 1996? Yes X No Other Documentation: Housing Element adopted April 14, 1992, pg. 59. Comments: The Housing Element incorporates the five-year "fair -share" goal —assisting 37 households. I. Does your Housing Element contain policies to achieve the fair share objective? Yes X No Other Documentation: Housing Element adopted April 14, 1992, pg. 130 (policies for new production to meet total housing production needs); and pp. 121-129 (housing assistance policies and programs). Comments: 8. What was your jurisdiction's progress toward meeting the fair share objectives last year? Please note the number of households assisted. Documentation: The Community Development Commission provided additional Section 8 rental assistance to 23 additional low income households in 1991 and has recently obtained HUD approval for Section 8 assistance to 25 additional households in 1992. CDC also provided assistance for rehabilitation of 52 low income housing units in 1991. 20 • 9. Has a Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS) been prepared and approved for your jurisdiction? Yes __ No Other Documentation: City Council Resolution No. 92-42, adopted March 17, 1992 approving document dated November 20, 1991). Comments: 21 Guidelines for Responding to the Regional Growth Management Strategy Consistency Checklist SENSITIVE LANDS PRESERVATION AND OPEN SPACE PROTECTION 1. Have ordinances been adopted which require the consistent treatment of steep slopes, floodplains, and wetlands as specified in the Definition of Regionally Significant Open Space? Please provide documentation for each response. Steep Slopes Ordinance should include the following elements: a. Intent - topography and native vegetation should be preserved b. Definition - review development on 25% or greater slopes; optional threshold -- height of 25 feet and 200 cubic yards excavation c. Grading, grubbing, and clearing permit required (some exemptions allowed). Indicate if conflicts with fuel management requirements have been resolved, working with the fire department or local fire district. d. Zoning - lower density or density transfer to recognize steepness; hillside review -- local agency's guidelines; consider landscape ordinance Specific Requirements: design guidelines; encroachment limitations; natural appearance of manufactured slopes following landscaping; open space easement or similar; penalty for violations Consider monitoring and maintenance requirements Floodplains a. Has the agency adopted an ordinance requiring conformance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regulations to protect life and property? b. Has the agency adopted other ordinances, including a statement of intent to further protect the floodplains' environmental values, and ensuring that the following concerns are addressed: Does the ordinance require a hydraulics study which limits encroachment into the floodplain so that: (1) The 100-year floodflow will not exceed 6 feet per second (considered a non- erodible velocity, which does not require riprap) at the floodway fringe; (2) The 10-year low -flow channel will not be reduced; and (3) Existing riparian growth will be accommodated in the study. Does the ordinance(s) set forth additional requirements, including: (1) Cor.crete or riprap channels will be permitted only to protect existing buildings; (2) Floodplain fill should be limited so that the water surface will not increase along any of the following rivers: San Luis Rey, San Dieguito, San Diego, Sweetwater, and Otay; Floodway buffers will be required (San Diego County uses 15% of the floodway width, with 100 feet maximum); and (4) Wetlands and other environmental values will be protected. Has the agency mapped floodplains other than those included on the FEMA maps? Has the agency adopted an ordinance allowing only limited uses in floodplains? Wetland s (3) a. Has the agency adopted the wetlands definition used by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, shown on the National Wetlands Inventory maps, and included in the Definition of Regionally Significant Open Space? Wetlands are lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this classification, wetlands must have one or more of the following three attributes: (1) at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytes; (2) the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and (3) the substrate is nonsoil and is saturated at some time during the growing season. b. Has the agency adopted an ordinance(s) which addresses the preservation and protection of wetlands that includes: (1) A statement of intent that, at a minimum, there should be no net loss of wetlands acreage or value, and that a net gain is the long- term goal; (2) The wetlands definition as stated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; (3) Review requirements for all proposed projects involving wetlands, using the 100-year floodplain and the National Wetlands Inventory maps to assist in their identification; (4) Grading, grubbing, and clearing requirements as part of the local grading ordinance, to ensure no destruction of wetlands or wetlands values occurs; and (5) A requirement for a significant buffer, usually 100-feet minimum, around each wetland to protect and maintain the wetland values. 2. Are actions being taken to acquire lands within your jurisdiction designated in your General Plan/Community Plans(s) for regional open space parks? Please correct the information on regional open space parks contained in the Definition if necessary. a. Has the agency adopted a policy or ordinance to permit public access to major portions of regional open space parks, while preserving the natural features? b. Has the agency acquired Bureau of Land Management parcels and improved access to them and provided trails as required by BLM? c. Has the agency adopted a policy or ordinance to ensure "urban greenways" within the community? d. Have such "greenways" been identified on the general plan or the open space element map? 3. Are actions being taken to encourage the preservation of agricultural uses and rural lands? a. Has the agency adopted an ordinance(s) that establishes an urban boundary beyond which urban services will not be provided in order to protect rural/agricultural areas? • b. Does the agency encourage establishment and continuation of Williamson Act contracts? c. Does the agency indicate "agricultural preserves" on the general plan map? d. Does the agricultural zoning (if any) permit farm worker housing, packing houses, and other agricultural activities? e. Does the agency encourage agricultural use of reclaimed water — by pricing policy, other? f. Does the agency require a condition notifying buyers of a farm adjacent to a new subdivision? Or distribute "right to farm" information to adjacent buyers? g• Does the agency encourage farmers to use all environmentally suitable practices? h. Are actions being taken to protect rural lands from urban and suburban encroachment -- rural lands being those lands outside general plan planning areas, LAFCO spheres, and the County's urban limit line, as well as outside urban utility service areas (LAFCO), and especially, outside the San Diego County Water Authority's boundary? Does the agency prohibit industrial land uses and basic economic generators, while allowing extractive or agriculture -related uses and tourist uses which are dependent upon and maintain the rural function and character of the land and its rural villages? j• Does the agency permit only the lowest planned densities associated with rural and land -extensive agricultural land uses in areas outside rural villages? k. Does the agency limit commercial development in rural areas to rural villages, providing for community -serving and tourist -serving and rural area needs? 1. Has the agency identified "rural villages" within its jurisdiction?