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Glendale staff updates planning commission on major general-plan element revisions and public outreach
Summary
Long-range planning staff reviewed updates across multiple General Plan elements—including land use, mobility (formerly circulation), housing, and an environmental justice element—pointing to draft releases, public comment deadlines (comments due Nov. 21), and extensive outreach including email blasts and Peachjar distribution.
Long-range planning staff briefed the Glendale Planning Commission on Nov. 19 about comprehensive updates to several General Plan elements and ongoing public outreach.
Staff said the city’s housing element was certified by the state in 2023 and that work on the seventh-cycle housing element will begin in 2027 with an adoption target around 2029. The draft land use element was released for public review on June 30 and the draft mobility element was released Aug. 3; staff said comments for those drafts are due by Friday, Nov. 21 and directed the public to glendaleplan.com for documents and submission instructions.
The mobility element—formerly called the circulation element—includes seven main goals (complete streets, active transportation, public transit, demand-management/sharing, managing local and regional traffic, environmental health/air quality, and parking/parking policy). Staff said the mobility updates focus on multimodal travel and a new street-classification map but do not propose new bike lanes as part of these drafts; existing bike lanes were retained in the classifications.
Staff described public outreach efforts for the draft elements, including email blasts to more than 8,850 subscribers and community groups, social-media posts, advertisements on Glendale GTV, press releases, and use of Peachjar to reach roughly 24,000 parents and teachers in the Glendale Unified School District. Staff also described multiple community meetings (in-person and virtual) and participation in local events to solicit feedback.
Staff noted an environmental justice element is in progress; its public comment period closed Aug. 29 and the EJ appendix documents extensive outreach. Several elements (land use, mobility, EJ, and open space/conservation) are being updated concurrently, and staff said more detailed amendments and next steps will come back to the Planning Commission prior to City Council consideration.
