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Balboa Avenue Station Area Specific Plan

Pacific Beach Planning GroupNovember 27, 2018

Planning Department

• Specific Plan Overview

• Proposed Land Uses

• Proposed Mobility

Improvements

• PBPG Review and Response

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Presentation Agenda

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• Implements General Plan City of Villages Strategy

• Capitalizes on the Mid-Coast Trolley Extension

• Increases housing capacity in a Transit Priority Area

• Improves bicycle and pedestrian mobility and access to the Trolley Station

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Overview

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Identify multi-modal improvements to:

• increase bicycle, • pedestrian, and • transit access to the station.

Establish goals and policies to: • guide future public and private

development• establish transit-oriented

development

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Guiding Principles

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Adjacent Planning Efforts

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Proposed Land Use Map

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Access to Balboa Trolley Station

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• Access to trolley Station

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Access to Balboa Trolley Station

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Access to Balboa Trolley Station

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I-5 Underpass Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements

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Existing Condition Garnet Avenue/I-5 Undercrossing (Looking west)

I-5 Underpass Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements

Location of Potential Improvements

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I-5 Underpass Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements

Conceptual Improvements: Shared Multi Use Paths

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Example Improvement – Lomas Santa Fe Drive – Solana Beach

I-5 Underpass Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements

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Existing ConditionGarnet Avenue/I-5 Undercrossing (Looking east)

I-5 Underpass Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements

Location of Potential Improvements

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Conceptual Improvements: Shared Multi Use Paths

I-5 Underpass Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvements

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Bicycle & Walk Distances & Time

Mission Bay Park

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Shared Multi-Use Path Example

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Roadway Improvements

Shared Multi-use Paths along commercial corridors

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Roadway Improvements

Shared Multi-use PathsGarnet Avenue & Mission Bay Drive Rendering

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Mobility Connections

Introducing a grid network to break up an existing superblock

Planning Department Pedestrian Linkages

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Existing Conditions

Mission Bay Drive & Grand Avenue Improvements

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Proposed Improvements

Mission Bay Drive & Grand Avenue Improvements

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Rose Creek Interface

Opportunity for a Pocket Park

Rose Creek

Pocket Park

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RTH

Existing Bicycle Path

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Commercial Design and Streetscape

Conceptual Rendering

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Residential Design and Streetscape

Conceptual Rendering

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Mission Bay Drive and Magnolia Avenue

Existing Condition

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Mission Bay Drive and Magnolia Avenue

Conceptual Rendering

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• Land Use• Mobility• Eco-District

Compatibility

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PBPG Letter

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• 1.a. The PBPG supports the draft plan policies for housing type and density. Adequate infrastructure must be assured before increased housing density is permitted.

• 1.b. The draft plan must emphasize creating employment opportunities/growth within the project area in the form of office space and live/work space.

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PBPG Letter – Land Use

Planning DepartmentOpportunities for Office and Live/Work

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• 1.c. New development on Rose Creek must celebrate the creek, not turn its back on the Creek.

• 1.d. Rose Creek must be dedicated parkland and funded by the City for park services

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PBPG Letter – Land Use

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• 2.a. Prioritize an expedited timeline for funding improvements on Garnet Avenue.

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PBPG Letter – Mobility

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• 2.b. Provide a safe bicycle route from the Balboa Station to the bike routes West of Rose Creek and North of Garnet Avenue.

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PBPG Letter – Mobility

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• 3. Require all development to be compatible with the EcoDistrictPrinciples.

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PBPG Letter – EcoDistrict Compatibility

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PBPG/Public Comment