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Consultant's Guide and Planning Documents

Consultant's Guide

• 2011 Consultant's Guide to Park Design and Development (PDF: 6.9MB: Updated November 2011)

Unfunded Park Improvements List

• 2013 Unfunded Park Improvements List (PDF)

Synthetic Turf

• Synthetic Turf Use Guidelines Report (PDF)

Balboa Park

• Balboa Park Master Plan
  • Balboa Park Master Plan (original) (PDF: 13MB)
  • Balboa Park Master Plan Amendment R-289537 (PDF)
  • Balboa Park Master Plan Amendment R-290039-1 (PDF)
  • Balboa Park Master Plan Amendment R-299085 (PDF: 12.8MB)
  • Balboa Park Master Plan Amendment R-299666 (PDF: 6.4MB)
• Central Mesa Precise Plan
  • Central Mesa Precise Plan (original) (PDF: 17.4MB)
  • Central Mesa Precise Plan Appendices (PDF: 15.7MB)
  • Central Mesa Precise Plan Amendment R-290039-2 (PDF)
  • Central Mesa Precise Plan Amendment R-296206 (PDF)
  • Central Mesa Precise Plan Amendment R-299085 (PDF: 21.5MB)
• East Mesa Precise Plan
  • East Mesa Precise Plan (PDF: 15.1MB) includes appendices
• Balboa Park Land Use, Circulation, and Parking Study
  • Study (PDF: 27.3MB)
  • Appendices (PDF: 14.6MB)
• Balboa Park Parking Management Action Plan
  • Final Report - July 2006 (PDF)

Mission Bay Park

• Mission Bay Park Master Plan Update
  • Mission Bay Park Master Plan Update (PDF: 19.9MB) includes appendices
• Mission Bay Natural Resource Management Plan
  • Mission Bay Natural Resources Management Plan (PDF) includes appendices
• Fiesta Island Park Precise Plan
  • Fiesta Island General Development Plan: Reduced Intensity (Version 4h) (PDF) (Draft)

Black Mountain Open Space Park

• Draft Black Mountain Open Space Park Natural Resources Management Plan
  For more information, contact Betsy Miller at (619) 685-1314 or BMiller@sandiego.gov
  All documents in a single .zip file (ZIP: 11.9MB)
  • Read Me (PDF)
  • Figure 1 - Location (PDF)
  • Figure 2 - Trails (PDF)
  • Figure 3 - Soils (PDF)
  • Figure 4 - Blue Line Streams (PDF)
  • Figure 5 - Vegetation (PDF)
  • Figure 6 - Corridors (PDF)
  • Figure 7 - Sensitive Plants (PDF)
  • Figure 8 - Sensitive Animals (PDF)
  • Figure 9 - Land Use (PDF)
  • Figure 10 - Easements (PDF)
  • Figure 11 - Restoration (PDF)
  • Figure 12 - CAGN Monitoring (PDF)
  • Draft Trails Plan (PDF)
  • City Responses to CAC Comments on Previous Review (PDF)
  • City Responses to Wildlife Agency Comment Letter - Previous Review (PDF)
  • Draft Black Mountain NRMP 11-11-2010 (PDF)
  • Draft Black Mountain NRMP 2006 with response to comments underlined (PDF)
  • Wildlife Agency Comment Letter - Previous Review (PDF)

Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve

• Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve Master Plan
  • Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve Master Plan (PDF: 15.6MB)

Sunset Cliffs Natural Park

• Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Master Plan
  • Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Master Plan (PDF: 11.1MB)
  • Sunset Cliffs Natural Park Drainage Study Final (PDF: 35MB)