FY 2021 2122 ADOPTED OPERATING AND FY 2021 2526 CIP BUDGETS

Land Development Engineering 206.5410

Division Description Land Development Engineering undertakes activities such as mapping and subdivision services, development review/inspection services, and floodplain management services. Team members answer questions, provide technical guidance to those considering development, provide one-stop processing for approval of certain development activities, and support to other City departments when required. Land Development Engineering also oversees all developer-initiated construction activities in the public right-of-way. Division activities include: • Checking, approving, and keeping all improvement plans prepared by consultants • Reviewing all private land development activities for conformance with City standards • Checking and processing for approval of all maps for compliance with the Subdivision Map Act • Reviewing building permit applications and proposals that are filed with the City’s Building Division • Providing technical support to the Environmental Programs team for the City’s National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program • Reviewing private land development activities located in 100-year flood hazard areas for compliance with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) National Flood Insurance Program’s minimum construction standards and with City’s Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance Successfully passed 5-year audit by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) of the City’s implementation of floodplain management activities as a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System (CRS) • Mailed citywide a new version of the annual Flood Report as part of the City Floodplain Management Program’s community outreach on flood risk reduction • Began biweekly coordination meetings with the Engineering & Utilities Department to enhance the engineering review and processing of development applications • Completed a Landscape Gap/Opportunity Analysis to identify modifications necessary to fill gaps and remove impediments to City’s effective implementation of the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s post -construction stormwater management requirements for development projects • Began full implementation of the annual Spring inspection and testing of private, on-site stormwater treatment facilities for over 40 developed sites (residential subdivisions and commercial developments), as required by the State Water Resources Control Board FY 2018-19 and 2019-20 Accomplishments •

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