In August 2008, the City Council approved the Downtown Stockton Infill Housing Strategy.  The Waterfront Master Plan has been drafted to provide specific guidance for infill market-rate housing in downtown.

The Waterfront Master Plan focuses on three "catalyst" areas: The North Shore Waterfront, the South Shore Waterfront, and Fremont Park.  The Plan sets out specific strategies to support the revitalization of these

areas and to create a plan for these neighborhoods.  The draft document includes land use plans with detailed design of four "case study" sites , financial feasibility, infrastructure needs and costs.  This plan will allow these neighborhoods to develop incrementally or in phases, while ensuring the cohesive development of a quality waterfront mixed-use neighborhood.

Draft Master Plan

The Waterfront & Fremont Park Master Plan is nearing completion.  The three components of the Plan are:

• Vision Summary
• Draft Plan
• Appendix

Comments on all three of these plan parts are due by December 1, 2009 to Cindi Marsh of the Revitalization Department.  Please contact Cindi at 209/937-7421 or Cynthia.Marsh@ci.stockton.

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Master Plan Workshops

The Revitalization Department facilitated two workshops in June 2009 for the Waterfront and Fremont Park Neighborhoods Master Plan: one for the City Council and Planning Commission, and one for interested property owners, business owners, and community members. Bruce Race, an urban design and land use consultant, had several poster-sized graphics (below) available for review and also presented a detailed PowerPoint presentation on the Plan.

Environmental Impact Report (EIR)

The Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was certified in early 2009 after required public meetings and comment period. This report evaluated the potential environmental impacts of the merging of the Port Industrial, West End and Rough & Ready Island Redevelopment Areas into the new Waterfront Redevelopment Area, which occurred in mid-2009.  The report also evaluates the impacts of the Waterfront Master Plan.