Appendices - City of Pomona

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CITY OF POMONA
CITY OF POMONA
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE,
CORRIDORS SPECIFIC PLAN,
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN AND GREEN PLAN

Volume II
Draft
Environmental
Impact Report
Appendices

July 2013
CITY OF POMONA
CITY OF POMONA
GENERAL PLAN UPDATE,
CORRIDORS SPECIFIC PLAN,
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION
PLAN AND GREEN PLAN
Volume II
Draft
Environmental Impact Report Appendices
Prepared for
City of Pomona
505 South Garey Avenue, Box 660
Pomona, California 91769
Prepared by
Rincon Consultants, Inc.
180 N. Ashwood Avenue
Ventura, California 93003
July 2013
Appendix A Notice of Preparation and
Comment Letters
City of Pomona
2011 General Plan Update
and
Pomona Corridors Specific Plan

Notice of Preparation
of a
Draft Environmental

Impact Report

The City of Pomona will be the Lead Agency for the preparation of an environmental impact
report (EIR) that will analyze the environmental impacts associated with a proposed update to
the Pomona General Plan as well as the proposed Pomona Corridors Specific Plan. These two
related actions are described below.

2011 General Plan Update

The proposed project involves the first comprehensive update of the City’s General Plan since
1976. Each of the General Plan elements will be updated with goals and policies that reflect the
vision of Pomona that the General Plan seeks to achieve. The land use map will also be
updated. The draft 2011 General Plan includes the following seven components:

Land Use & Density
Economic Development
Open Space Network
Mobility & Access
Conservation
Community Design
Noise & Safety
Pomona is nearly built out. The General Plan Housing Element indicates that, as of January
2008, there were 103 vacant acres in the City. This represents less than 1% of the total
developable land, excluding streets and public lands.

Overall, the General Plan emphasizes a renewed Downtown and redefined corridors. These
corridors once represented the development pattern created by the pre-freeway network of
arterial highways. Today these streets remain important connectors between districts within
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Pomona Corridors Specific Plan
Notice of Preparation
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and outside the City, serving vehicular traffic, transit, and some pedestrian routes; none of the
corridors currently provides bicycle lanes. Proposed land use revisions within these corridors
would be consistent with those proposed as part of the Pomona Corridors Specific Plan, as
discussed below.

The most substantive changes to the land use map involve the establishment of land use
density/intensity standards by transect zone. The “transect” is a system of classification for
built environments, and uses the concept of place types that range from rural to urban. Each
transect includes a range of development density/intensity, as well as maximum permitted
heights and a mix of allowable uses. The principal aspect of transect planning is that it
incorporates a variety of residential and commercial uses into a single neighborhood. A typical
neighborhood would consist of a core that is mostly dominated by commercial uses, and would
include a mix of residential uses that would decrease in intensity and density farther from the
core. Every element of the built environment has a place in the transect.

The vision established by the updated General Plan places a greater emphasis on building form
and character in districts and neighborhoods to allow a mix of land uses. The Plan identifies
changes in the geographic distribution of land designated for certain land uses within the City;
however, the Plan does not anticipate substantial changes in the proportion of land within the
City that is occupied by various land uses. Only a moderate rate of growth is anticipated for the
City, with most growth consisting of redevelopment and more efficient use of land.

Pomona Corridors Specific Plan

The Pomona Corridors Specific Plan is intended to provide a framework for private and public
investment activities along the Garey Avenue, Holt Avenue, Mission Boulevard, and Foothill
Boulevard Corridors (see attached map). These “Corridors” have been identified in the Pomona
General Plan Update as Focus Areas that “require specific planning and regulatory direction to
guide projects to ensure that the General Plan vision is achieved.” The Pomona Corridors
Specific Plan implements the vision, goals, and policies identified in the General Plan. The
Specific Plan is organized into three primary sections.

Community Intent
Development Code
City Actions

The Development Code contained within the Specific Plan would replace previous land use and
development regulations contained within the Pomona Zoning Ordinance for these portions of
the City. The Development Code establishes 12 Corridor Centers and Segments that serve as
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Pomona Corridors Specific Plan
Notice of Preparation
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the basic organizing principle for the Development Standards that would be applied to all
properties within the Specific Plan Area. The Development Code uses the Transect as the
underlying principle of the organization for the Plan Area’s Centers and Segments and the
corresponding Development Standards. The primary feature of transect planning is that it
incorporates a variety of commercial and residential uses into a single neighborhood. Each
neighborhood, or corridor, would have a core with a mix of commercial and residential uses
that would generally decrease in intensity and density farther from the core. Also, the ratio of
commercial to residential uses decreases as distance from the core increases. Every parcel
within the Plan Area would be regulated by its location in one or more designated Corridor
Centers and Segments.

Environmental Impact Report

The Draft EIR will be a program EIR. Per the CEQA Guidelines, a program EIR is an EIR that may
be prepared on a series of actions that can be characterized as one large project. The purpose
of a program EIR is to allow the lead agency to consider broad policy alternatives and
programwide mitigation measures at an early time when the agency has greater flexibility to
deal with basic problems or cumulative impacts.

The EIR will examine each of the issue areas on the City’s environmental checklist. Issues to be
discussed include:

Aesthetics Mineral Resources
Agriculture Resources Noise
Air Quality Population/Housing
Biological Resources Public Services
Cultural Resources Recreation
Geology/Soils Transportation/Traffic
Hazards & Hazardous Materials Utilities/Service Systems
Hydrology/Water Quality Mandatory Findings of Significance
Land Use/Planning

In addition to the CEQA-required “no project” alternative, the EIR will examine a range of land
use scenarios that address one or more of the projects’ potential environmental effects.

The City of Pomona would like to know the views of your organization as to the scope and
content of the environmental information that should be addressed in connection with the
proposed project. Public agencies may need to use the EIR prepared by the City of Pomona
when considering permits or other approvals regarding certain aspects of the proposed actions.
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Pomona Corridors Specific Plan
Notice of Preparation
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Due to time limits mandated by State law, your response must be sent at the earliest possible
date but not later than 30 days after receipt of this notice.

Please send your response to Brad Johnson, Planning Manager, at

City of Pomona
Planning Division
505 South Garey Avenue
Pomona, California 91766

Mr. Johnson can be reached at [phone]. Mr. Johnson’s email address is
[email protected]. Please provide the name for a contact person in your agency.

The City of Pomona will hold an EIR scoping meeting to provide an additional opportunity for
input on the scope and content of the EIR. The scoping meeting is scheduled for Wednesday,
May 16, at 7:00 p.m., in the City of Pomona Council Chambers located at 505 S. Garey Avenue.

Project Title: City of Pomona 2011 General Plan Update/Pomona Corridors Specific Plan

Project Sponsor: City of Pomona

Date May 2, 2012 Signature
Title Planning Manager
Telephone [phone]
2011 General Plan Update and Pomona Corridors Specific Plan
Notice of Preparation
Place Types
Activity Center
Foothill Blvd.
Transit Oriented District:
Core
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Source: City of Pomona 2011 General Plan Update, March 2011.
General Plan Land Uses
City of Pomona
2011 General Plan Update and Pomona Corridors Specific Plan
Notice of Preparation
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the emergence of those desired outcomes.
I: Development Code establishes the primary means of regulating land use and
ment on properties located within the Plan Area.
Foothill Blvd.
II: Public Improvements describes the planned investment of City resources
rastructure needs to stimulate, promote and support the desired growth and
in the Plan Area.
ion to these three primary sections, additional existing conditions, community E. Bonita Ave.
h, and technical analysis information upon which the Specifi c Plan is founded is
in the appendices.
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Scale in Miles
500’ 2000’ 1 mile 71
Source: Pomona Corridors Specific Plan, September, 2011.
Pomona Corridors Specific Plan Area
City of Pomona