Vista 2050 Program Environmental Impact Report

Vista 2050 Program Environmental Impact Report

The City is initiating Vista 2050 to address recent state statutes, guidance, and requirements that are applicable to land use planning and the General Plan. The City would also like to make updates to reflect the diversity of residents, businesses, and land uses in the City of Vista, and to provide access and opportunities for all. This review and update process focuses primarily on underutilized areas within the City, areas that necessitate a more economically balanced ratio of commercial and residential spaces, and areas identified as viable for increased density to accommodate future housing stock The focused Vista 2050 includes updates to the Land Use Map, and goals and policies in the following elements; Land Use & Community Identity Element; Public Safety, Facilities & Services Element; Environmental Justice Element; Circulation & Mobility Element; Resource Conservation, Open Space & Sustainability Element; Healthy Vista Element; and Noise Element. No Housing Element updates are included as that element was recently updated and adopted in 2022. While no direct development is proposed as part of Vista 2050, the implementation of proposed land use changes, programs, and policies would accommodate future development (and redevelopment of currently developed areas).

Vista

San Diego

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Residential (Units 11381, Acres 628.75)

General Plan Update

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire