On Monday, November 13th, the Planning Division will host a community open house on the Draft Smart and Sustainable Corridors Specific Plan (SSCSP) at the El Corazon Senior Center (3302 Senior Center Drive). As with previous open house events in support of the General Plan Update, this is a drop-in event that will feature staffed stations focused on the various components of the SSCSP. Community members are welcome to attend anytime between 5:30pm and 7:30pm. Participants can review infographic displays and engage in direct dialogue with project team members. Topics include urban design, mobility, infrastructure, and environmental quality. Graphics will illustrate how the City’s major inland east-west commercial corridors (Mission Avenue, Oceanside Blvd, Vista Way/Plaza Drive) will evolve over time with pedestrian-oriented mixed-use development, complete streets improvements, and enhanced landscaping. These areas are expected to accommodate the bulk of the City’s projected housing and employment growth over the next quarter century, and, in so doing, curtail additional urban sprawl, reduce dependence on the automobile, and create synergies between housing and commercial uses. We invite your input on how this growth can be guided in ways that improve the safety, functionality, comfort, and visual quality of these areas.
Following this in-person event, we will open an online “virtual open house” where community members can remotely access and comment on project materials. A link to the virtual open house will be posted to the project webpage, onwardoceanside.com. The virtual open house will run for one week. If you have any difficulty submitting your questions and comments through the online portal, you can send these questions and comments to Principal Planner Russ Cunningham at rcunningham@oceansideca.org.
This will be the last opportunity to review and comment on this component of the General Plan Update before final adoption hearings are held next year.
The Planning Division will be reaching out to all property owners within the SSCSP planning area via direct mail. Virtually all of the properties with the planning area have non-residential land use and zoning designations (e.g., commercial, industrial, and public/semi-public). Many of these properties are owned by individuals, families, and legal entities (trusts, LLCs, corporations) not based in Oceanside. Consequently, it can be difficult to get information to these owners. If you are acquainted with owners of property within the SSCSP planning area, please feel free to inform these owners of the upcoming open house.
Warm Regards,
The Onward Oceanside Project Team
