Elverta Specific Plan

CAC Meeting #1: Planning Issues and Opportunities

On March 6, 1999, 32 people from the community and the CAC participated in a workshop where they reviewed the planning process and shared observations about planning issues and opportunities for the future of Elverta.

The workshop agenda included:

Introductions

 

Part 1. Review Planning Process

· what a specific plan does

· planning phases

· CAC and Board process

 

Part 2. Understanding Planning Issues and Opportunities

· presentation of Community Plan policies and development suitability

· mapping opportunities and challenges

 

Part 3. Initial Planning Objectives

· top planning objectives

 

Summary and Next Meeting Agenda

The participants in the workshop formed two teams. Each team prepared a photo and map summary of what they felt were opportunities and challenges facing Elverta. They discussed and summarized their top five opportunities and top three challenges. Finally, each team identified their top objectives and the three most important actions required to successfully accomplish them.

Team #1

OPPORTUNITIES (x-relative priority)

Dry Creek Parkway x

Trails: multi-use and nature xxxxx

Habitat corridors xxxx

Greenbelts xxxxx

Roads: improvements and inter-,

intra- counties and cities xxxx

Schools and sites xxxx

Services: water, sewer, fire, parks xx

Drainage xxxx

Planned housing and business development xxx

Sports: i.e., baseball xxx

Connections: bike trails to other communities xx

Transit xxx

Cleanup the dump site(s) xxxxx

Out of the flood plain x

Distance to Hwy. 99 x

CHALLENGES

Sewer System

Water

Rural flavor *

Schools: different districts x*infrastructure

Roads/traffic x*infrastructure

Flooding off-site and drainage x*infrastructure

Power lines

Transit

Sports complex

Protect natural habitat x

To make it a quality development

Viable multi-use trails *

OBJECTIVES

1. Establish a lasting community with a rural

flavor.

A. Smaller streets with rural character.

B. Put open space on major roads and intense uses.

C. Put trails along Elverta as an amenity.

 

2. Economically feasible project.

A. Products that can sell in today's market.

B. What level of off-site improvements are required?

C. County reimbursed infra prior to dev.

 

3. Positive experience, so people see development does not have to be

negative.

A. Adequately mitigate off-site impacts such as downstream flooding.

B. Traffic improvements.

 

4. Planning parks and horse trail, to assure we have them.

A. Adequate infrastructure funding.

B. Work jointly with special districts.

 

5. Create a planned community with adequate infrastructure, services and

amenities.

 

 

Team #2

OPPORTUNITIES

·Recreation facilities

·Natural wetlands x

·Post office x

·Ag-Res. x

·Large lots x

·Special partnerships

·Our own identity x

+Elverta Community Center

·Amenities

·Multi-use trails xxx

·Open space xx

·Location

·Rural character xxx

·Proximity to McClellan

·Elverta Community Center

·Dry Creek Parkway x

·Cherry Island complex

·Gibson Ranch

·Development

CHALLENGES

·Drainage and flooding *xxxxx

·Traffic *xxxx

·Infrastructure x

3

·Maintenance of rural character

·Encroaching development x

0

·Power lines

·Dumping

·Dutch Haven

·Elverta Road

·Design of commercial area to

maintain rural character *x

4

OBJECTIVES

·Insure there's adequate infrastructure

·Adequate funding

·Identifying what's needed for

infrastructure

·Insuring those resources are

maintained and not re-allocated

 

·Special Districts work well together

·Cross-section of community members for committees

·Adequate funding

·Setting aside enough property to make this all happen.

 

·Development should encourage community development and be

economically feasible

·Recognize and fund for infrastructure needs

respect diverse opinions

·Land planner has to do a good job.

 

·Develop connecting trails, multi-use trails, in loops and connect to regional

where possible

·Comprehensive specific plan for entire area

·Allow enough development to pay for amenities

·Maintain sufficient ag-res within community/rural character

 

·Design of the development has to stress community identity

·Design community center to include commercial, library, community center and village green

·Design should include views of vista and open space

·Drainage corridor and detention ponds should maintain rural character with trails

 

·To maintain the rural character

·Design multi-use trails to be incorporated with surrounding area

·Traffic planning to disperse traffic

·Incorporate green belts

 

·Development should encourage adequate drainage control, traffic control, and

adequate sheriff's services

·Adequate sheriff's services

·Adequate sheriff's services

·Adequate sheriff's services

 

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