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General Plans, Specific Plans, Zoning Ordinances, Form-based Codes, and implementing ordinances.
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Warner Springs Ranch Resort General plan Amendment, Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report (EIR), County of San Diego, CA
Project Director, Mr. Mooney is currently managing the preparation of a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for this sustainable resort community on 2,450 acres in Northern San Diego County. The community includes a 350 hotel and casita resort, 695 second-home residential units, an equestrian center, a 27-hole championship golf course, an expanded rural village designed to reflect new urbanism values and an airport. Key issues include preservation and integration of significant prehistoric and historic cultural resources, historic architecture, endangered species and groundwater. The plan includes preservation of over 1900 acres and coordination with USFW, CFW, ACOE and numerous other agencies.
Downtown Specific Plan and Form-Based Code, City of Lemon Grove, San Diego County, California
Project Director. Mr. Mooney prepared an award-winning specific plan and form-based code for redeveloping the Downtown Special Treatment Area (STA), a four-quadrant area within the historic downtown. The Downtown STA includes an approximately 10-block portion of Lemon Grove that contains a San Diego Trolley station, City Hall and other municipal buildings, and the original business district, oriented around the intersection of Lemon Grove Avenue and Broadway. Working under the direction of a five-member subcommittee and city staff, the project team gathered input at two evening public workshops. Using this input and previous studies, the project team divided the STA into four districts and developed several alternative land use plans and development concepts for each district. The Specific Plan includes design guidelines, custom zoning and development standards for future improvements or redevelopment, and incentives to encourage property owners to implement their properties in conformance with the Specific Plan. A transit-oriented development program included densification of areas around the trolley station while preserving a walkable, revitalized commercial district.
Ocean Beach Community Plan Update Environmental Studies, City of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Project Director, Mr. Mooney served as the team lead for preparing a series of technical studies for the Ocean Beach Community Plan while serving as the Director of Planning and Community Development for the Chambers Group. The program included managing technical consultants and staff to prepare studies on Biology, Cultural Resources Geology and Soils, Noise, Air Quality and Green House Gas for the Program EIR. The task also included working with City staff to develop EIR CEQA conclusions and assist in evaluating cumulative impacts.
Salton Sea Authority Master Development Plan, Salton Sea Authority, Palm Desert, California.
Project Director for design of a conceptual master plan for the long-term development of the region surrounding the Salton Sea within the Salton Sea Authority (SSA) Boundary. The intent of the plan was to demonstrate the potential economic viability for the SSA’s goal of preserving a large portion of the surface area of the Salton Sea as a recreational amenity. Development of the plan involved a series of outreach meetings to gather input from property owners, SSA members and other stakeholders. Utilization of existing infrastructure and smart planning principles, property ownership, avoidance of hazardous materials and preservation of sensitive cultural, environmental and agricultural resources played important roles in shaping the plan. This plan received the San Diego Chapter of the APA Award for Outstanding Special Project of the Year.
About Us
The Mooney Planning Collaborative (MPC) provides public agencies, tribal governments and developers with innovative, cost effective, city and town planning programs in association with exhaustive environmental studies required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
MPC brings together experienced planning and environmental professionals who offer clients a broad suite of services to meet the needs of individual projects or visionary long range General Plans or Master Plans. Our team of professionals has extensive experience in working with local agencies and Tribes as extension of staff or with community developers focusing on unique properties with complicated environmental issues.
MPC team members have lead planning and the associated CEQA and NEPA documents in many of California” most unique settings. These include all of the communities of San Diego County, foothills of Caliveras County, the Central Valley, Imperial Valley, Pasadena and greater Sacramento. Work for Tribal Governments has spanned the entire western United States.