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San Diego River Park Draft Master Plan

The Draft San Diego River Park Master Plan focuses on the San Diego River within the boundaries of the City of San Diego extending from the Pacific Ocean at Mission Bay to the City of Santee. The vision for the San Diego River Park is the culmination of many years of effort and discussion by dedicated members of surrounding communities. In 2001 the San Diego River Park Foundation was formed to coordinate the efforts of the many community groups and organizations dedicated to the San Diego River and to work toward making San Diego River Park a reality. These planning efforts lead to the City of San Diego hiring the professional planning consultants, Civitas and Jones and Stokes, to write a Master Plan for the River Park in 2003. Many community workshops were held and in 2005 a draft Master Plan was presented to the City Council as an information item and received unanimous support. Currently, the City of San Diego has hired the same design consultants to provide an implementation element, a Program Environmental Impact Report and the community plan amendments required to implement the Master Plan.

This Draft Master Plan will construct a framework that adjacent communities can use to set policy on riverfront land uses within their boundaries and encourage coordination between San Diego River Park planning and other future development along the length of the river corridor. Both public and private properties are within the planning area of the Draft Master Plan, and it should be noted that private property owners have specific property and development rights. The Draft Master Plan supports working with these private property owners to determine the course of future development and re-development projects.

The Draft Master Plan is organized in three major sections: Principles, Recommendations, and Implementation. The seven principles will guide the City’s San Diego River Park planning and implementation. The recommendations section identifies a series of recommended actions and projects that are necessary to move the plan from concept to reality. The implementation section of the document describes the potential phasing and prioritization of the recommended actions.

Planning Process for the San Diego River Park Draft Master Plan

July 28, 2009

April 6, 2009

November 3, 2008 CPIOZ Workshop

September 20 & 23, 2008 CPIOZ Workshop

 

Park Planning Quick Links

•  Consultant's Guide for Park Design & Development (2005)
•  Park Planning Library Documents
•  Council Policy 600-33

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