Compton General Plan 2030 Policy Implementation Matrix

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1 This Policy Implementation Matrix serves as the Implementation Plan for the Compton General Plan The purpose of the Policy Implementation Matrix is to ensure that the General Plan does not simply sit on a shelf, but is used and treated as a living document that will guide the elected officials, city staff and citizens of Compton over the life of the General Plan. For each element of the General Plan, the Matrix will list the relevant Goals and Policies and provide implementing programs designed to ensure that each General Plan policy become a reality. Land Use Implementation Plan Matrix The goals and policies listed here come from the Land Use Element. The implementing programs are identified as short-term, medium-term, or long-term. Short-term programs require a one-to-three year time frame for fulfillment. Medium Term refers to programs with a two-toeight year time frame for fulfillment and long-term programs require over eight years for fulfillment. For those goals without any time frames, the implementation program is already in place and will continue to be maintained. The Implementation Plan Matrix can be updated periodically as new strategies are employed to fulfill the policies and achieve the City s goals for Land Use. Land Use Goals and Policies Implementing Program(s) Land Use Goal 1: Ensure that zoning designations citywide correspond to development policy as shown on the General Plan Land Use Policy Map. Land Use Policy 1.1: The City of Compton will rewrite the City s Zoning Ordinance to conform to the General Plan to ensure land use compatibility. Short-term: Update the zoning ordinance within one year of the approval of the General Plan to conform to the land use designation in the General Plan. See related implementation steps for Housing Policies 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, and Medium-term: Inform landowners when zoning changes result in their current use becoming nonconforming and explain their land use rights. Long-term: Encourage redevelopment that eliminates nonconforming uses or require a conditional use permit. I-1

2 Land Use Policy 1.2: The City of Compton will maintain consistency between redevelopment plans and consolidated plans and the General Plan goals and policies. Short-term: Prepare a report to the Planning and Economic Development Director and City Manager on changes to the General Plan and zoning required to implement an initial or amended redevelopment plan prior to approval and adoption. Prepare a staff report that identifies the General Plan goals and policies that the consolidated plan is fulfilling. Prepare annual report on how the consolidated plan has fulfilled the General Plan Implementation Plan. Medium-term: Hold public hearings on amendment(s) to General Plan that are required to implement the redevelopment plan prior to its adoption. Long-term: Planning and Economic Development and Community Redevelopment Agency jointly pursue long-range planning for the City. Land Use Policy 1.3. The City will develop and maintain an updated Development Tracking system that allows for electronic tracking and processing of development projects and building permits applications, with access provided to all departments that play a role in the approval process including Building and Safety; Public Works; Business License; Planning and Economic Development; Fire; and Water departments. Short-term: Provide an internet webpage that allows for project applicants to track the approval process for an application and to provide general information on significant new projects to the general public as other cities (Los Angeles; Glendale) are providing for their residents and businesses. Develop a tracking system to record certificate of occupancy permits awarded to housing developments by target income level and number of units. Medium-term: Explore and adopt an electronic development tracking system that would be used by all of the departments that play a role in the development process. Land Use Policy 1.4. The City of Compton will review proposals to convert school properties to alternative uses to ensure that new uses are compatible with and meet the needs of surrounding residential neighborhoods. Short-term: Meet with counterpart(s) in School District to discuss longrange plans for school property and to explain the land use and zoning designations for all school property. Medium-term: Establish streamlined zoning and General Plan amendment process for conversion of school properties that are jointly planned. Long-term: Support the redevelopment of school properties as jointly planned. I-2

3 Land Use Policy 1.5. The City of Compton will participate in regional planning efforts to support consistency with the goals of the City s General Plan. The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the designated regional Metropolitan Planning Organization which is mandated by the federal government to research and draw up plans for transportation, growth management, hazardous waste management, and air quality. The Gateway Cities Council of Governments (GCCOG) is a subregional organization established by SCAG to provide more local input. Participation on SCAG and GCCOG committees such as the I-710 EIR/EIS Project Committee and the Planning Director s Committee provide opportunities for input into regional planning efforts. Land Use Policy 1.6. The City of Compton will work with the Los Angeles County Land Use Commission in its regular updates to airport land use plan for Compton Airport. The purpose of the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commission (LAC- ALUC) is to implement state law (Public Utilities Code) regarding airports and surrounding land use compatibility and is required to develop a plan for promoting and ensuring compatibility between each airport in the county and surrounding land uses. The City of Compton develops and enforces zoning ordinance regulations for addressing airport issues, such as noise and safety. Local jurisdictions are also obligated to bring local plans into consistency with the ALUC Airport Land Use Plan (ALUP) and submit land use actions to the ALUC for a determination of consistency under PUC Section Local jurisdictions have the ability to overrule the ALUC s determination by a four fifths vote of the governing body of the local jurisdiction. Short-term: Contact the Los Angeles County Land Use Commission (LACLUC) to discuss planning timeframe. Medium-term: Engage proactively with the LACLUC during the next update cycle of the airport land use plan for Compton Airport. Work with the LACLUC to establish an appropriate airport land use plan for properties affected by Compton Airport operations. Long-term: Prepare a Specific Plan for the Compton Airport if it is ever decommissioned by the Federal Aviation Authority. Land Use Policy 1.7. The City of Compton will review and comment on General Plan and zoning changes proposed for Short-term: Send letters to each adjacent City requesting to added to their mailing list for any public notices for parcels within ¼ mile of the I-3

4 parcels within 1/4 mile of the City s borders. Cities joint borders. Medium-term: Participate in General Plan updates of adjacent jurisdictions.long-term: Annex unincorporated county lands within the City s sphere of influence. Land Use Policy 1.8. The City of Compton will pursue annexation of unincorporated county islands within the boundaries of the City along with the industrial area within the City s sphere of influence. Short-term: Fund a study of the economic impact of annexation. Medium-term: Initiate the annexation process. Long-term: Amend the General Plan to reflect the City s new boundaries. Land Use Goal 2: Develop pedestrian-friendly residential and commercial districts. Land Use Policy 2.1. The City of Compton will not approve discretionary projects or building permits that conflict with pedestrian-friendly residential and commercial development during the specific plan development process. Short-term: Adopt an interim zoning ordinance restricting further development in the specific plan area until the specific plan has been adopted. Medium-term: During the interim zoning period, employ disposition and development agreements to ensure pedestrian-friendly development in the target neighborhood. Long-term: Upon adoption of the specific plan, apply the new pedestrianfriendly zoning to the target neighborhood. Land Use Policy 2.2. The City of Compton will utilize zoning designations that support pedestrian-friendly residential and commercial development in target neighborhoods. Land Use Policy 2.3. The City of Compton will continue to provide safe, convenient pedestrian linkages across and along streets containing commercial centers and uses. Short-term: The city shall designate target neighborhoods for pedestrianfriendly residential and commercial development. Medium-term: The city shall develop and implement zoning designations that support pedestrian-friendly residential and commercial development. Short-term: Inventory existing pedestrian linkages across and along streets containing commercial uses. Rate the safety and convenience of these pedestrian linkages. Identify where safe, convenient linkages are needed. Medium-term: Plan public improvements needed to provide missing safe, convenient pedestrian linkages. Require all new commercial developments to provide safe, convenient pedestrian linkages. I-4

5 Land Use Goal 3. Minimize industrial/residential land use conflicts. Long-term: Establish requirements for safe, convenient pedestrian linkages in Specific Plans. Land Use Policy 3.1. The City of Compton will avoid an overconcentration of heavy industrial uses and discourage industrial activities which have the potential to harm the environment and/or produce adverse health effects (e.g., metal plating and processing, dye manufacturers, slaughter houses, petroleum product manufacturers, and industrial operations which use extensive amounts of volatile solvents). Short-term: Organize and maintain a database of all industrial properties with approved conditional use permits. Enforce the provisions of the manufacturing zoning regulations, particularly for conditional use permits. Medium-term: Map the industrial uses by type of conditional use permit to visually display the concentration of use. Commission a study to recommend updates to the list of uses subject to a conditional use permit in the Heavy Manufacturing Zone. Long-term: Annually require each industrial business to identify with their business license renewal whether they conduct any of the operations identified in the zoning regulations that are subject to a conditional use permit and will compare that to the City s record of use, zoning, and approved conditional use permit. Land Use Policy 3.2. The City of Compton will maintain or establish buffers between industrial land uses and residential land uses. Short-term: Develop and maintain a map of existing buffers between industrial land uses and residential land uses. Medium-term: The Design Review Committee shall require discretionary projects or building permits that remove buffering uses to mitigate the impact such that an alternate buffer is provided. Long-term: Establish regulatory requirement for buffer between industrial and residential land uses. Land Use Policy 3.3. The City of Compton will preserve its current manufacturing and industrial base and discourage the intrusion of nonconforming uses into the industrial areas. Short-term: Adopt an interim zoning ordinance restricting nonconforming development in the industrial area until the zoning is revised. Medium-term: Revise zoning, variance, and conditional use permit (CUP) regulations so that zoning variance and CUP applications in Industrial Land Use areas must demonstrate why the City needs the particular development and that there is no other suitable location in the City for I-5

6 this nonconforming use. Land Use Policy 3.4. The City of Compton will pursue the upgrading of the North Alameda industrial area through redevelopment and code enforcement. Short-term: Fund a study of the North Alameda industrial area to identify improvements needed. Conduct a site-by-site code enforcement intervention to require businesses to conform to current code requirements. Land Use Goal 4. Promote quality commercial development in the City. Medium-term: Develop n investment plan for addressing the improvements needed and identify public and private resources for implementation. Long-term: Implement the improvement plan. Land Use Policy 4.1. The City of Compton will promote quality regional commercial development that capitalizes on its location near the I-105 Freeway, the 710 Freeway, and the 91 Freeway. Short-term: Conduct a study of local regional commercial needs to identify the potential for regional commercial development. Medium-term: Market the City s regional opportunity sites to quality commercial developers. Long-term: Establish a development and disposition agreement with a qualified developer to develop a regional commercial center on one of the City s opportunity sites. Land Use Policy 4.2. The City of Compton will continue to support the development of larger, more efficient commercial retail shopping centers as opposed to smaller strip commercial centers and create commercial activity nodes within commercial districts located in the Revitalization Project Areas defined in Exhibit Short-term: Identify locations where larger commercial retail shopping centers are needed to serve the community. Prepare Specific Plans or work with developers to locate new retail centers at targeted locations. Medium-term: Assist developers with aggregating land needed for larger, more efficient, commercial retail shopping centers. Long-term: Convert obsolete strip commercial centers to mixed-use developments with housing above retail or office. Land Use Policy 4.3. The City of Compton will continue to preserve and promote the upgrading of the existing commercial areas. Short-term: Promote and implement the Commercial Façade Improvement program. I-6

7 Medium-term: Seek additional funding to expand the Commercial Façade Improvement grant program. Long-term: Develop specific plans and street furniture improvement plans for targeted commercial areas. Land Use Policy 4.4. The City of Compton will continue to actively pursue the goals and objectives of the Redevelopment Project Areas as they apply to the commercial districts. Short-term: Ensure that any revised zoning is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Redevelopment Project Areas as they apply to the commercial districts as well as the goals and policies of the General Plan. Medium-term: Develop Specific Plans to implement the Redevelopment Project Area plans as they apply to commercial districts. Long-term: Identify public improvements that will support the implementation of the Commercial Districts in Specific Plan areas. Land Use Goal 5. Rehabilitate and conserve the existing neighborhoods in the City while evaluating opportunities for new residential development. Land Use Policy 5.1. The City of Compton will strive to improve the unity and identity of individual neighborhoods as a means to protect and preserve a high quality of life in Compton. Short-term: Identify and map neighborhoods with individual identities. Identify neighborhoods without a defined identity. Medium-term: Create a competitive grant program for communities to receive funds to develop identity improvements to their neighborhood. Long-term: Include annexed neighborhoods into the competitive program to develop identity improvements. Land Use Policy 5.2: The City of Compton will maintain the character of the Richland Farms residential neighborhood through zoning provisions which reflect single-family development of large lots with allowance for keeping animals. Land Use Policy 5.3. The City of Compton will support opportunities for residential development within the corridors slated for mixed use development. Short-term: Maintain existing zoning. Identify other cities with zoning for single family development of large lots with allowance for keeping animals to compare to City s zoning. Review for improving Compton s zoning. Medium-term: Remove nonconforming uses through code enforcement. Short-term: Inventory opportunity sites for residential development within the corridors slated for mixed use development. Medium-term: Ensure revised zoning supports residential development I-7

8 within the corridors slated for mixed use development. Housing Implementation Plan Matrix The goals and policies listed here come from the Housing Element. The implementing programs are identified as short-term, medium-term, or long-term. Short-term programs require a one-to-three year time frame for fulfillment. Medium Term refers to programs with a two-to-eight year time frame for fulfillment and long-term programs require over eight years for fulfillment. For those goals without any time frames, the implementation program is already in place and will continue to be maintained. The Implementation Plan Matrix can be updated periodically as new strategies are employed to fulfill the policies and achieve the City s goals for Housing. Housing Goals and Policies Implementing Program(s) Housing Goal 1. Achieve and maintain a high degree of quality and safety in the City's older housing stock. Housing Policy 1.1. The City of Compton will use the City's code enforcement program to bring substandard units into compliance with City codes and to improve overall housing conditions in Compton. Short-term: Inform cited residents/owners of available City grant and loan programs and other private sector funding resources. Create a range of self-help programs to engage volunteers to assist elderly and indigent property owners to comply with municipal housing codes. Medium-term: Develop materials to inform renters of the types of substandard housing compliance issues most often cited in the City and provide a tip line to call in concerns they have about the property they are renting. Housing Policy 1.2. The City of Compton will enforce health and safety and building code regulations applicable to mobile home Short-term: Develop health and safety and building code enforcement implementation plan for mobile home parks. I-8

9 parks. Create a range of self-help programs to engage volunteers to assist elderly and indigent property owners to comply with municipal housing codes. Medium-term: Initiate health and safety and building code enforcement implementation plan for mobile home parks. Housing Policy 1.3. The City of Compton will strengthen existing rehabilitation programs which provide financial and technical assistance and incentives to property owners and tenants to correct housing deficiencies. Short-term: Evaluate existing rehabilitation programs to identify areas that the programs can be strengthened. Prepare a plan of action for making the necessary changes. Create a range of self-help programs to engage volunteers to assist elderly and indigent property owners to comply with municipal housing codes. Develop and implement a Youth Build and Repair Program in conjunction with the Compton Unified School District and the Compton Housing Authority to teach young adults skills to build and repair homes. Medium-term: Implement the action plan. Housing Policy 1.4. The City of Compton will replace severely deteriorated units with sound, quality, affordable housing which meets the needs of residents. Short-term: Conduct a citywide housing conditions survey and establish a priority list of neighborhoods targeted for rehabilitation. Medium-term: Prepare and implement a plan to rehabilitate dilapidated housing stock, focus efforts on top priority areas and include funds to repair infrastructure, upgrade landscaping, and perform other physical and aesthetic improvements within the target areas. Long-term: Establish next top priority areas. Housing Policy 1.5. The City of Compton will work with federal housing authorities to facilitate resale and re-occupancy of FHA foreclosed units, and investigate ways in which vacant units may be occupied until resale occurs. Short-term: The Local Housing Authority will establish a partnership with federal housing authorities to facilitate resale of FHA foreclosed units through marketing of the City s homeownership programs. When available, utilize CDBG, HOME and Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds to provide home buying assistance for the acquisition of foreclosed homes. I-9

10 Medium-term: The Local Housing Authority will investigate the possibility of short-term rental of FHA foreclosed units through programs such as relocation assistance and lease to own. Housing Goal 2. Provide a variety of types and an adequate supply of housing to meet the existing and future needs of City residents. Housing Policy 2.1. The City of Compton will increase the focus of housing program efforts toward increasing the availability of market rate housing for both homeowners and renters. Short-term: Evaluate the effectiveness of current housing program efforts to increase the availability of market rate housing. Evaluate the need for public support for the development of market rate housing for homeowners and renters. Identify one or two ways in which the City can increase the availability of market rate housing and develop a plan of action. Assist residential developers in identifying land suitable for new housing development. Develop and maintain inventory of vacant and underutilized sites identified as residential land use in the Land Use Plan. Medium-term: Implement the Action Plan for increasing the availability of market rate housing. Evaluate the effectiveness of the plan. Housing Policy 2.2. The City of Compton will implement land use policies which allow for a range of residential densities, including low density single-family uses, moderate density town homes, and higher density apartments and condominiums. Housing Policy 2.3. The City of Compton will encourage private sector production of for-sale and rental housing for special needs groups lower income households, the elderly, disabled persons, large families, female-headed households, and the homeless. Short-term: Update zoning ordinance to conform to new land use designations that will allow for the desired range of residential densities. Medium-term: Review proposed zoning for new specific plans to ensure they conform to this policy. Short-term: Identify organizations that develop housing for special needs groups in LA County. Conduct a needs assessment to identify the size of each special needs group in Compton and the existing gap in services. Medium-term: Prioritize the needs. Prepare a 5-year plan for working with developers to address the gap in services for each special group based on priority. I-10

11 Long-term: Conduct a new needs assessment and prepare a new 5-year plan. Housing Policy 2.4. The City of Compton will promote the development of senior and low and moderate income housing by providing density bonuses and other incentives described in Section of the California Government Code. Short-term: Include density bonuses for low and moderate income housing in the zoning update. Include density bonuses and other zoning incentives for housing for the elderly in the zoning update. Develop marketing materials for developers to explain the density bonuses for low and moderate income housing. Explore the feasibility of the development and adoption of an Inclusionary Housing policy as part of the City of Compton Zoning Ordinance update to promote the construction of affordable housing in new market-rate housing developments. Medium-term: Track the use and effectiveness of density bonuses to promote low and moderate income housing. Housing Policy 2.5. The City of Compton will assist residential developers in identifying land suitable for new housing development. Housing Policy 2.6. The City of Compton will continue to expand Housing Choice Voucher opportunities by encouraging participation by owners of units located outside areas of poverty or minority concentration and informing Housing Choice Voucher Program participants of all available rental areas, both inside and outside the Housing Authority s jurisdiction. Short-term: Maintain inventory of vacant and underutilized sites identified as residential land use in the Land Use Plan. Short-term: Map the placement of low and very low income-restricted housing and Section 8 units and update it periodically. Prepare materials for owners of rental units on how they might participate in the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Provide owners of rental units outside areas of concentrated low and very-low income-restricted housing and Section 8 units about the Housing Choice Voucher Program. Medium-term: Incorporate the development of low and very low income housing into each Specific Plan such that it isn t more concentrated than any other neighborhood in the City. Housing Policy 2.7. The City of Compton will target a portion of future Redevelopment Agency housing set-aside funds toward large family households; provide zoning incentives, such as Short-term: The Agency will establish a plan for the use of Agency setaside funds for large family housing. I-11

12 reduced lot sizes and density bonuses, to facilitate large family housing development. The Community Development Department will Include density bonuses and other zoning incentives for housing for large family households in the zoning update. Medium-term: Track the use and effectiveness of density bonuses to promote housing for large family households. Housing Policy 2.8. The City of Compton will encourage development of residential units accessible to disabled persons or adaptable for conversion to residential use by disabled persons. Short-term: The Community Development Department will provide residential developers with materials on universal design and accessibility for disabled persons. The Design Review Committee will participate in a workshop on Universal Design in order to learn about making residential units more accessible to disabled persons. Medium-term: The City will explore the feasibility of making modifications to the Building Code to require some elements that would encourage development of residential units accessible to disabled persons. Housing Policy 2.9. The City of Compton will locate higher density residential development in close proximity to public transportation, municipal services, and recreation. Short-term: During the zoning ordinance revision, set one of the density bonus criteria to proximity to public transportation, services, and recreation. Specific Plans will be required to locate higher density residential development in close proximity to public transportation, services, and recreation. Medium-term: The Design Review Committee will be responsible for verifying that the implementation of Specific Plans and density bonuses conforms to this policy. Housing Policy The City of Compton will coordinate with local social service providers to address the needs of the City's homeless population, giving attention to homeless men. Short-term: During the zoning ordinance revision, the following changes will be made: 1) Permit emergency shelters through the creation of an Overlay Zone that will permit emergency housing without a conditional use permit. I-12

13 2) Permit the development of transitional housing within the all residential zones by right. 3) Permit supportive housing within the all residential zones by right. The Compton Local Housing Authority will work in partnership with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) and their Continuum of Care system to assure a coordinated effort to provide services to the homeless and at-risk population. The Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re- Housing Program and Emergency Shelter Grant Program will be used to provide assistance. Housing Goal 3. Eliminate conflicts between residential and nonresidential uses. Medium-Term: execute an user agreement with LAHSA so that the City and/or the Local Housing Authority can directly input the necessary data into LAHSA's HMIS so that reports concerning the City's HPRP outcome will be generated as required by HUD. The HMIS will provide data on the unduplicated count of at-risk of homeless persons receiving services; track service usage; and report on the accomplishments of the households receiving financial assistance through the program. Housing Policy 3.1. The City of Compton will relocate nonconforming residential uses from redevelopment project areas to appropriate sites within residential neighborhoods. Short-term: Identify and map all non-conforming residential uses in redevelopment project areas. Prepare a 5-year plan for prioritization and relocation of non-conforming residential uses. In the case of nonconforming multifamily housing, the plan will include the development of alternate housing. Relocation assistance will be provided to displaced residents. Medium-term: Implement 5-year plan. Develop second 5-year plan. Housing Policy 3.2. The City of Compton will require new residential projects adjacent to commercially and industrially zoned properties to incorporate adequate buffers into site plan design. Short-term: Requirements for buffer zones will be included in the zoning ordinance update. See Land Use Policy 3.2. Medium-term: All new development plans are submitted to the Design Review Committee for review and comment during the plan check process. This includes a review by the Planning and Economic I-13

14 Development Department. New development must conform to any applicable zoning regulations. Housing Policy 3.3. The City of Compton will perform thorough environmental review of all industrial development proposals planned near residentially zoned land. Housing Policy 3.4. The City of Compton will assist business owners adjacent to residential neighborhoods to convert existing buildings into more green-friendly buildings. The City will continue to evaluate the environmental impacts of new development and provide mitigation measures prior to development approval, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Short-term: Conduct a study to identify a range of green conversions available to commercial and industrial buildings, cost ranges, and the potential impact on the community. Housing Goal 4. Increase opportunities for home ownership. Medium-term: Develop a technical assistance and matching fund program to help business owners in select neighborhoods adjacent to residential to convert their existing buildings to more green-friendly. Housing Policy 4.1. The City of Compton will rehabilitate FHA foreclosed units with the intent of reselling the units to first-time homebuyers and moderate income owner-occupants. Short-term: The Agency will establish criteria for evaluating the potential for rehabbing and reselling FHA foreclosed homes to first-time homebuyers, establish a budget for this program, and determine if the CHDO Program is the appropriate vehicle for this effort. Medium-term: FHA foreclosed single family homes will be evaluated for inclusion in the rehab program. Housing Policy 4.2. The City of Compton will provide favorable house purchasing options to moderate income households, such as interest rate write-downs, down payment assistance, and mortgage revenue bond financing. Short-term: Conduct quarterly homeownership workshops to highlight housing opportunities for residents and educate them about the City s First Time Homebuyers Program. Process applications to the First Time Homebuyers Program and grant 5 to 20 second mortgages. Medium-term: Track the use and effectiveness of the First Time Homebuyers Program for moderate income households. Re-evaluate the mortgage limits periodically. Evaluate new program options such as interest rate write-downs, down I-14

15 payment assistance, and mortgage revenue bond financing to determine if they would be more effective. Housing Policy 4.3. The City of Compton will increase financial literacy for residents to help them qualify to purchase a home. Short-term: Conduct quarterly homeownership workshops on financial literacy. Provide follow-up counseling to participants. Medium-term: Track the use and effectiveness of the homeownership financial literacy workshops and counseling. Long-term: Develop a financial literacy workshop for high school and college students in Compton to encourage them to plan for homeownership in the City. Housing Policy 4.4.The City of Compton will encourage alternative homeownership options, such as shared equity and limited equity cooperatives. Short-term: Identify successful programs for alternative homeownership options including shared equity and limited equity cooperatives. Evaluate the potential for initiating such programs in Compton. Medium-term: Establish a program for educating and supporting the use of the feasible alternative homeownership option(s). Long-term: Track the use and effectiveness of the alternative homeownership program. Housing Policy 4.5. The City of Compton will assist owners in converting rental properties into homeownership opportunities for renters. Short-term: Produce materials to inform landlords that the City is interested in assisting them with conversion of their rental properties into a homeownership opportunity for their tenant. Medium-term: Measure the success of the rental conversion program by tabulating the number of successful conversions annually. Housing Goal 5. Promote equal opportunity for all residents to reside in the housing of their choice. Housing Policy 5.1. The City of Compton will enact all recommendations in the Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments Study to combat barriers to achieve housing opportunities in the city. Short-term: Develop implementation plan for the recommendations in the most recent Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments Study. Medium-term: Implement the plan. I-15

16 Long-term: Conduct new the Fair Housing Analysis of Impediments Study. Housing Policy 5.2: The City of Compton will cooperate with the Fair Housing Congress of Southern California through the Fair Housing Foundation to enforce fair housing laws. Short-term: Inform the Long Beach Fair Housing Council of any known violations of applicable Federal and State laws. Medium-term: Produce an annual report of Fair Housing violations in Compton. Provide annual training to elected officials, city officials, property owners, lenders, real estate agents, and community stakeholders on Fair Housing. Housing Policy 5.3. The City of Compton will link the deposit of City funds in local banks and financial institutions to those businesses' fair lending practices in Compton. Short-term: The City of Compton will establish a Compton Reinvestment Task Force to quantify and assess lender compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act of Review annual Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data to see if there are instances of lending discrimination in the city, particularly at the institutions housing city funds. Medium-term: Move City funds to a bank with fair lending practices, as needed. Housing Policy 5.4. The City of Compton will support programs that will reduce mortgage default and foreclosure rates among low and moderate income homeowners. Short-term: Identify successful programs that reduce mortgage default and foreclosure rates among low and moderate income homeowners. Attend conferences and meetings with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, The California Department of Housing and Community Development, non-profit organizations, and lending institutions to discuss ideas for programs that will reduce mortgage default and foreclosure rates among low and moderate income homeowners. Medium Term: Develop and implement a program to reduce mortgage default and foreclosure rates among low and moderate income homeowners. Long-term: Track the use and effectiveness of the program to reduce mortgage default and foreclosure rates among low and moderate income I-16

17 homeowners. Housing Policy 5.5. The City of Compton will support programs that provide emergency funds to affordable housing homeowners and recipients of federally funded programs to keep them housed. Short-term: Identify successful programs that provide funding to homeowners to cover the cost of emergency repairs. Identify successful programs that assist recipients of federally-funded programs in the event of an unexpected loss of income. Medium Term: Develop and implement a strategy and plan for improving the chances that affordable home buyers and recipients of federallyfunded programs will be able to remain in their homes in the face of funding emergencies. Housing Policy 5.6. The City of Compton will support programs that build neighborhood stability. Short-term: Identify successful programs operated by nonprofits that support affordable home buyers and renters in building neighborhood stability. Develop a strategy and a plan for building neighborhood stability. See Implementation step under Housing Policy 1.3: Develop and implement a Youth Build and Repair Program in conjunction with the Compton Unified School District and the Compton Housing Authority to teach young adults skills to build and repair homes. Medium Term: Select a nonprofit or nonprofits to work with to implement the plan for building neighborhood stability. Housing Goal 6. Preserve government-assisted low income housing for use as affordable housing for lower income City residents. Housing Policy 6.1. The City of Compton will preserve restricted low-income housing in the City so that there may be a pool of units set aside for other residents. Short-term: Create a database of restricted low-income housing in the City and identify the restriction expiration date. Medium-term: Approach owners of restricted low-income housing nearing the restriction expiration date to discuss their intent for maintaining it as low-income housing and options available to support them. I-17

18 Long-term: Survey owners of restricted low-income housing to find out what assistance they need to maintain their buildings as low-income. Housing Policy 6.2. The City of Compton will assist current tenants of rent restricted buildings that are being converted to non-restricted, to explore ownership and management options and provide relocation assistance if necessary. Short-term: Annually identify rent restricted buildings with expiration dates within the coming two years and approach the owners to discuss their plans for remaining rent-restricted. Inform tenants of rent restricted buildings that the Local Housing Authority is available to assist with the identification of new housing plans if their building is being converted to non-restricted. Medium-term: Market workshops on financial literacy, homeownership, and available City programs to renters in rent restricted housing to encourage them to develop plans and goals for their future housing. Housing Goal 7. Reduce overall housing costs through programs to reduce energy costs. Housing Policy 7.1: The City of Compton will require new residential construction to comply with State and local building code insulation and energy conservation standards. Housing Policy 7.2: The City of Compton will identify opportunities to improve energy conservation in older, existing housing units through the residential re-sale inspection program. Short-term: Building and Safety will review all new residential housing plans and confirm that it meets State and local building code insulation and energy conservation standards. Short-term: Educate re-sale inspection staff about the Southern California Edison and Gas Company energy conservation programs so that they can introduce then to prospective and current homeowners. Medium-term: Seek out grants and funding programs to assist residents in reducing energy costs by installing energy efficient improvements to homes. Housing Policy 7.3: The City of Compton will inform City residents of the benefits of energy conservation. Short-term: Develop education materials for residents on the benefits of energy conservation and distribute them. Medium-term: Provide information about the benefits of energy conservation on the City s website. Housing Policy 7.4: The City of Compton will encourage use of Short-term: Identify incentives that other cities offer to residential I-18

19 alternative energy sources including active and passive solar features, and fuel cells, in new residential construction. developers that provide alternative energy sources including active and passive solar features, and fuel cells. Medium-term: Implement the feasible incentives identified that have encouraged residential developers to provide alternative energy sources. I-19

20 Circulation Implementation Plan Matrix The goals and policies listed here come from the Circulation Element. The implementing programs are identified as short-term, medium-term, or long-term. Short-term programs require a one-to-three year time frame for fulfillment. Medium Term refers to programs with a two-toeight year time frame for fulfillment and long-term programs require over eight years for fulfillment. For those goals without any time frames, the implementation program is already in place and will continue to be maintained. The Implementation Plan Matrix can be updated periodically as new strategies are employed to fulfill the policies and achieve the City s goals for Circulation. Circulation Goals and Policies Implementing Program(s) Circulation Goal 1. Participate in regional transportation planning efforts to support consistency with the goals of the City s General Plan. Circulation Policy 1.1. The City of Compton will participate in regional transportation planning efforts coordinated by the Southern California Association of Governments to ensure that the needs of the City are considered. The role of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Transportation Committee is to study problems, programs and other matters which pertain to the regional issues of mobility, air (quality), transportation control measures and communications, and make recommendations on such matters to the Regional Council. A member of the City of Compton City Council sits on the SCAG Transportation Committee. Major programs that are under the purview of Transportation Committee are the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP), Aviation, Highway, Transportation Finance and Transportation Conformity. Circulation Policy 1.2. City of Compton will participate in the development of the sub-regional Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) being prepared by the Gateway Cities Council of Government to ensure that the City of Compton is represented in the development of the SCS. Short-term: Attend scheduled meetings held by the Gateway Cities SB 375 Subregional Sustainable Communities Strategy in Implement recommendations of the Final Gateway Cities Subregional Sustainable Communities Strategy. I-20

21 Circulation Policy 1.3. The City of Compton will comply with the adopted Los Angeles County Congestion Management Plan (CMP). Short-term: The Public Works Department will conduct reports and studies that the LA County Congestion Management Plan requires the City of Compton to prepare to maintain conformance with the CMP. Traffic Management Plan, Shared Parking Study, etc., for Master Development & Redevelopment Projects shall be required, reviewed and approved by the Director of Public Works. Medium-term: The Public Works Department will conduct citywide traffic speed surveys every five years. Circulation Policy 1.4. The City of Compton will participate with the Los Angeles County Airport Land Use Commission in their land use planning efforts for Compton Airport. Circulation Policy 1.5. The City of Compton will coordinate with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Cities of Gardena and Long Beach, and Compton Renaissance Transit System to maintain bus routes and regular bus schedules citywide for both local and regional trips. See Land Use Policy 1.5. Short-term: The Compton Public Works Department will coordinate bus routes and schedules in partnership with the Planning and Economic Development Department. Medium-term: Negotiate bus stops for new large-scale developments. Circulation Goal 2. Maintain a street system that meets current and future City needs and that facilitates the safe and efficient movement of people and goods throughout Compton. Circulation Policy 2.1. The City of Compton will maintain the street system in accordance with the Circulation Element Master Plan of Roadways. Circulation Policy 2.2. The City of Compton will adhere to established development standards and street cross section standards for all roadway improvements. The Public Works Department s Engineering Division is responsible for managing the City s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) which includes the street system. This program includes the planning, programming, design, construction management, and construction of new projects throughout the City. The Engineering Division works with the State Department of Transportation (CalTrans), the Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Air Quality Management District, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Public Works Department, MTA, residents, businesses, and interested community groups to ensure that these projects address community, regional, state, and federal objectives. The Engineering Division is responsible for managing the City s Capital Improvement Program (CIP) which includes conforming to established I-21

22 development standards and street cross section standards for all roadway improvements. This program includes the planning, programming, design, construction management, and construction of new projects throughout the City. The Engineering Division works with the State Department of Transportation (CalTrans), the Regional Water Quality Control Board, the Air Quality Management District, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles County Public Works Department, MTA, residents, businesses, and interested community groups to ensure that these projects address community, regional, state, and federal objectives. Short-term: Assess the City s traffic signals including the poles and software that controls the signals timing and lights. This assessment will provide a guide for the rehabilitation and replacement of approximately one-third of the City s over one hundred traffic signals. This upgrade will also provide the capacity to connect with the overall county wide traffic management plan. Medium-term: Since 2000, the City has received Federal and County grants to improve its very old traffic signal control system and to install a Traffic Management and Operations Center. In general, these improvements include upgrading the: the traffic signal hardware, replacing detector loops, conduits, wiring, -signal heads, poles, services, signage, controllers, pull boxes and installing a new communications system & video cameras, etc. This upgrade, scheduled for completion in 2012, will also provide the capacity to connect with the overall county wide traffic management plan. Circulation Policy 2.3. The City of Compton will promote Transportation Demand Management strategies to minimize the number of average daily vehicle trips along City streets. Short-term: Provide information to businesses on Transportation Demand Management strategies to encourage their adoption. Medium-term: Survey workforce at large employers to identify ways to increase the use of carpooling or other alternative transportation modalities. I-22

23 Long-term: Provide bus linkages to the Blue and Green line to support use of mass transit at new employment centers. Circulation Policy 2.4. The City of Compton will discourage spillover traffic on residential neighborhoods. Short-term: Identify residential neighborhoods impacted by spillover traffic. Medium-term: Prepare a traffic calming plan for discouraging spillover traffic on impacted residential neighborhoods. Long-term: Implement the improvements identified in the traffic calming plan. Circulation Policy 2.5. The City of Compton will enforce the ordinance limiting truck traffic to designated truck routes. Short-term: Inform all local businesses of the ordinance limiting truck traffic to designated truck routes and provide a map indicating the approved routes. Verify that all streets are properly labeled. Medium-term: Initiate enforcement actions against trucks found on unauthorized streets. Circulation Policy 2.6. The City of Compton will review circulation plans for industrial developments seeking permits to determine compatibility with neighboring land uses. Short-term: Request circulation plans for industrial developments seeking permits to determine compatibility with neighboring land uses and compliance with ordinance limiting truck traffic to designated truck routes. Medium-term: Include circulation plans for planned industrial developments in new Specific Plans. Long-term: Establish regulatory requirement for circulation plans for industrial developments seeking permits to determine compatibility with neighboring land uses. Circulation Goal 3. Improve infrastructure for public transportation, bicycle, and pedestrian transportation modes in residential and commercial neighborhoods targeted for specific plans. Circulation Policy 3.1. The City of Compton will maintain and Short-term: Expand the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Transit Center to I-23

24 promote the Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Transit Center as a multi-modal transit stop. Circulation Policy 3.2. The City of Compton will encourage new large-scale commercial and residential projects to incorporate bus bays, bus shelters, transit stops, bicycle racks, and other similar features that promote the use of alternative forms of transit into project design. provide a more attractive multi-modal transit center and more services. Medium-term: Attract new tenants for the redeveloped Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Transit Center. Short-term: Develop flyer for redevelopment department and developers of new large-scale commercial and residential projects explaining the City s desire for inclusion of bus bays, bus shelters, transit stops, bicycle racks, and other similar features that promote the use of alternative forms of transit. Medium-term: Include bus bays, bus shelters, transit stops, bicycle racks, and other similar features that promote the use of alternative forms of transit into new Specific Plans. Long-term: Develop city-wide plan for bus bays, bus shelters, transit stops, bicycle racks, and other similar features that promote the use of alternative forms of transit. Circulation Policy 3.3. The City of Compton will work with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide sheltered, clearly marked, and safely located bus stops. Circulation Policy 3.4. The City of Compton will encourage integrated, mixed-use developments which locate retail and service commercial uses within easy walking distance of the residential neighborhoods they are intended to serve. Short-term: The Compton Public Works Department will identify bus stops that are not sheltered, clearly marked, safely located. Medium-term: The Compton Public Works Department will work with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to provide sheltered, clearly marked, and safely located bus stops. Short-term: The Design Review Committee will encourage developments which locate retail and service commercial uses within easy walking distance of the residential neighborhoods they are intended to serve and ensure pedestrian linkages are present in the design. Medium-term: Incorporate integrated, mixed-use developments which locate retail and service commercial uses within easy walking distance of the residential neighborhoods they are intended to serve into Specific Plans under development. Long-term: Complete one new integrated, mixed-use development that locates retail and service commercial uses within easy walking distance of I-24