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The proposed General Plan amendment would reduce the total acreage of privately-owned, potentially developable sites in the City with the Public and Institutional land use designation from approximately 60 acres to 51 acres. This change would effectively reduce the amount of land in the City available for public and institutional uses such as religious facilities, cemeteries, corporation yards, sewage treatment facilities, utility substations, hospitals, post offices, community centers, senior centers, libraries, and City administrative buildings. The General Plan also provides policies and programs that encourage the evaluation of land use changes and provision of community facilities: 1. Land Use Element Policy 5: Evaluate land-use changes in the context of overall City welfare and goals, as well as the impacts on surrounding neighborhoods. 2. Land Use Element Program 5.2: Consider surrounding land uses and potential impacts when changing land-use designations. 3. Public facilities and Community Programs Element Goal 1: Provide sufficient public facilities and community programs to efficiently serve existing and future development while preserving and enhancing the quality of life for existing and future residents. The Commission should also take into account the fact that the subject property is currently zoned R-1-6,500 District, which is inconsistent with the Public and Institutional General Plan land use designation. The proposed General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation to Medium Density Residential would reconcile the General Plan land use designation with the zoning of the subject property. In addition, there are other properties in the City that do not have a Public and Institutional General Plan land use designation that allow for some of the uses of the Public and Institutional General Plan land use designation. For example, religious facilities, various types of schools, and public utility and service facilities are conditionally permitted uses in the R-1 and R-M (Multi-Family Residential) Zoning Districts. Post offices are permitted in various commercial zoning districts and hospitals are conditionally permitted in the Office and Agricultural Zoning Districts. These uses are also permitted or conditionally permitted in other zoning districts including PUDs. Also, the surrounding neighborhood is already well-served by community and public facilities. Furthermore, the General Plan provides goals and policies that encourage residential infill development and land use changes from non-residential to residential designations where appropriate: 1. Land Use Element Policy 9: Develop new housing in infill and peripheral areas which are adjacent to existing residential development, near transportation hubs or local-serving commercial areas. 2. Housing Element Goal 15: Adopt land use changes from non-residential to residential designations where appropriate. 3. Housing Element Policy 38: Strongly encourage residential infill in areas where public facilities are or can be made to be adequate to support such development. Amenities The proposal would not exceed the General Plan midpoint; therefore, dedication of land or amenities is not required. However, the applicant is proposing to dedicate to the City a portion of"open space" land for public use, if the City accepts the maintenance responsibilities of the of P15-0551, 6900 Valley Trails Drive Planning Commission 13 of 16