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Home My Public Portal AboutPublic Comment - Jan Zabriskie (9)Public Comment Form Truckee 2040 Please submit a separate public comment form for each Element/Document. Questions? Call 530-582- 7776 Click here to view the draft General Plan documents or visit truckee2040.com Element/Document:*(?) Community Character Element First Name jan Last Name zabriskie E-mail jan.zabriskie@gmail.com Instructions: Please use a separate public comment form for each Element/Document. Please select the item you are commenting on; if you have a general comment, select general comment. Enter the reference number given in the document, if possible. Any comments are welcome. If you have speciﬁc text changes you would like to propose, please provide the language. You may add as many additional item comments as you need.b Items for Comment You may add multiple comments by clicking "Add Additional Item for Comment" below (?) Type:*(?) Policy Reference Number: (Example: CC-1.A)(?) CC-1.2 Comment * Comment presented as attachment in order to show proposed revision with strike-outs and italics. Type:*(?) Policy Reference Number: (Example: CC-1.A)(?) CC1.9 Comment * Comment presented as attachment in order to show proposed revision with strike-outs and italics. Type:*(?) Policy Reference Number: (Example: CC-1.A)(?) CC-3.4 Comment * Comment presented as attachment in order to show proposed revision with strike-outs and italics. Do you have reference documents to upload?* Yes No Upload reference documents here (?) PDFs only, and total upload size for all documents cannot exceed 25MB Policy CC-1.2.pdf 111.15KB Policy CC-1.9.pdf 117.08KB Policy CC-3.4.pdf 100.83KB L J Policy CC-3.4 Pedestrian-Oriented Design Encourage pedestrian-oriented design through the following measures: fconsideration of the relationship of the built environment to the qualities and context of the landscape and natural environment in which it is situated. fbuilding design that is proportionate to the width of the street that it fronts, is oriented to the street, and minimizes setbacks from the public right-of-way, provides sufficient space for an anticipated increase in pedestrian use. Rationale for change: There should be an optimal setback that encourages foot traffic, while still allowing financially feasible development. A policy intended to minimize setbacks works against this objective by promoting a limit on the space available for pedestrian use. Policy CC-1.9 Minimization Enchancement of Native Vegetation Disturbance Encourage the preservation of trees and native vegetation, including specimen trees, and minimize natural landscape disturbance in development projects, and select candidate shrublands for re-forestation with Sugar Pine and other native conifers. [Source: 2025 General Plan, Community Character Element, Policy P2.10] Rationale for change: Tree removal in the course of development projects and easement expansions has reduced forest cover and carbon storage. The purpose of expanding the Tree Preservation standards to include re-forestation is to partially offset the loss of native trees, increase carbon sequestration, reduce soil-water evaporation, reduce radiative heating of soil surfaces, and increase shade in areas currently dominated by sagebrush and antelope bush. Policy CC-1.2 Surrounding Natural Context Ensure that any new development in Truckee’s lowland areas, including its forested areas and meadowlands, and in the Truckee River Valley, does not reduce water quality or carbon sequestration, while also contributesing es to and enhanceing the scenic quality and visual harmony of the natural and built environment that comprises the Truckee townscape. [Source: 2025 General Plan, Community Character Element, Policy P2.4] Rationale for change: Since the 2025 General Plan was adopted, we have learned much more about the importance of preserving meadowlands, both because this habitat is decreasing throughout the Sierra Nevada overall and because of an increasing awareness of their outsized role in preserving water quality and sequestering carbon. Lowlands, in general, provide more productive natural environments because of their higher water content. Other elements of the General Plan Update support their preservation. To be consistent, this policy CC-1.2should be removed or revised. [See August 16, 2022, staff response to council questions numbers 2 and 3]