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State of the City Report 2017 State of the City Report 2017 Department of Community Development and Sustainability May 2017 This page intentionally left blank ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We gratefully acknowledge the following people for their assistance in producing this report. CITY COUNCIL Robb Davis, Mayor Brett Lee, Mayor Pro Tempore Will Arnold Lucas Frerichs Rochelle Swanson PLANNING COMMISSION Rob Hofmann, Chair Marilee Hanson, Vice Chair Herman Boschken Cheryl Essex Stephen Mikesell Darryl Rutherford Stephen Streeter David Robertson, Alternate REPORT PREPARATION Community Development and Sustainability Department BAE Urban Economics, Inc., Consultant CONTRIBUTIONS City of Davis Departments This page intentionally left blank TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 Age Distribution 35 Purpose of Report 1 Racial and Ethnic Composition 35 City Council Goals for 2016 – 2018 1 Household Population and Composition 38 Relationship to Core Area Planning and General Plan Household Incomes 38 Update Processes 2 Education 42 Purpose of the General Plan and Core Area Plans 2 Resident Employment 42 Reasons for Updating the General Plan and Core Area Population and Demographics – Issues for Plans 4 Consideration 42 Preliminary Directions for Core Area Planning Effort 5 ECONOMY 47 PLANNING CONTEXT 7 State and Regional Context 47 Regional Location and Planning Area 7 Economic Impact of UC Davis 48 Brief History of the City of Davis 8 Local Economic Profile 48 Brief Planning History in Davis 10 City of Davis Finances 55 Existing General Plan 11 Real Estate Market Conditions 55 Existing Core Area Specific Plan, Zoning and Design Economy – Issues for Consideration 60 Guidelines 15 Other Specific Plans 21 HOUSING 65 Other Tools to Implement the General Plan 21 Housing Element 65 UC Davis and Long Range Development Plan 26 Housing Growth 66 Regional Collaboration 27 Housing Stock Composition 67 Planning Context – Issues for Consideration 29 Housing Age and Condition 67 Household Tenure 67 POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS 31 Housing for UC Davis Students, Faculty, and Staff 71 Population Estimates and Projections 31 Vacancy Rates 72 UC Davis Enrollment 31 Housing Costs and Affordability 72 Affordable Housing Programs 78 Transit System 115 Housing Needs 79 Bicycle System 116 Housing – Issues for Consideration 80 Pedestrian System 118 Rail and Air Service 118 LAND USE 81 Core Area Parking 119 Existing Land Uses Within the City 81 Transportation – Issues for Consideration 118 General Plan Land Uses 85 Potential Housing and Commercial Sites 85 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES 121 Core Area Existing Land Uses and Building Heights 85 City Government 121 Land Use – Issues for Consideration 88 Parks and Recreation 123 Water Supply and Quality 128 ENVIRONMENT 91 Wastewater Collection and Treatment 130 Topography, Geology, Seismicity, Soils and Mineral Stormwater Facilities 131 Resources 91 Solid Waste Disposal and Recycling 132 Drainage and Flood Potential 93 Natural Gas and Electricity 133 Climate and Air Quality 95 Television, Radio, Newspapers, Internet and Sustainability, Climate Action and Energy Conservation 96 Other Media 133 Open Space and Biological Resources 99 Police Services 134 Historical and Archaeological Resources 104 Fire Services 135 Visual Resources 105 Public Schools 141 Noise 106 Private Schools 141 Environment – Issues for Consideration 107 Child Care 141 Health and Social Services 142 TRANSPORTATION 109 Arts and Cultural Affairs Program 145 Libraries, Museums and Other Cultural Facilities 146 Street System and Traffic 109 Cemeteries 146 Cross Commuting 112 Public Facilities and Services – Issues for Transportation Systems Management and Alternative Consideration 146 Fuels 114 APPENDIX A: SOURCES OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 149 APPENDIX B: DAVIS AT A GLANCE SUMMARY 151 APPENDIX C: STUDY AREAS FOR DATA ANALYSIS 153 APPENDIX D: CORE AREA PEER CITIES COMPARISON 159 This page intentionally left blank List of Tables PLANNING CONTEXT Table 12: Top 10 Employers, Davis Planning Area, Table 1: Gross Acres of General Plan Land Use Fiscal Year 2014-15 52 Designations Within the City 14 Table 13: Market Rate Multifamily Rental Housing Market Overview, City of Davis, 2016 56 POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS Table 14: Affordable Rental Housing Complexes, City of Table 2: Total Resident Population, 1970-2016, with Davis, 2015 57 2020 and 2036 Projections 32 Table 15: Retail Market Overview, Davis Core Area, City of Table 3: Student Enrollment by Academic Year, UC Davis, Davis, and Yolo County, Q4 2016 61 2000-2001 to 2015-2016 33 Table 16: Office Market Overview, Davis Core Area, City of Table 4: Age Distribution, City of Davis and Yolo County, Davis, and Yolo County, Q4 2016 62 2000, 2010, and 2015 36 Table 17: Industrial Market Overview, Davis Core Area, Table 5: Race and Ethnicity, 2000, 2010, and 2015 37 City of Davis, and Yolo County, Q4 2016 63 Table 6: Household Population and Composition, 2000, 2010, and 2015 39 HOUSING Table 7: Income Characteristics, 2000, 2010, and 2015 39 Table 18: Housing Units by Year Built 66 Table 8: Educational Attainment, 2000, 2010, and 2015 43 Table 19: Units in Structure, 2000, 2010, and 2015 68 Table 9: Employed Residents 16 Years and Over by Table 20: Household Tenure by Units in Structure, City of Industry of Employment, 2000, 2010, and 2015 44 Davis and Yolo County, 2000, 2010, and 2015 69 Table 21: Housing Occupancy and Vacancy Status, 2000, ECONOMY 2010, and 2015 73 Table 10: Jobs by Major Industry Sector, 2005, 2010, Table 22: Home Sales by Type, City of Davis, November and 2015 49 2015 to November 2016 74 Table 11: Employment Trends, UC Davis, 2007-08 to Table 23: Housing Cost Burden by Income Category, 2015-16 51 City of Davis and Yolo County 76 LAND USE Table 24: Gross Acres of Existing Land Uses Within City 84 TRANSPORTATION Table 25: Commute Flows, City of Davis and UC Davis 114 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES Table 26: Existing Levels of Service 125 Table 27: Existing and Projected Parkland Levels of Service 129 Table 28: Calls for Police Service 136 Table 29: Police Department Part 1 Crime Data 136 Table 30: Police Department Quality of Life Issues 137 Table 31: Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Schools 144 List of Figures PLANNING CONTEXT LAND USE Figure 1: Regional Location 7 Figure 14: Existing Land Uses Within City 82 Figure 2: City of Davis Historic Growth, 1937 and 2012 9 Figure 15: Vacant Land Within City 83 Figure 3: General Plan Land Use Designation Within City 13 Figure 16: Potential Housing Sites 86 Figure 4: Core Area Specific Plan Land Use Designations 17 Figure 17: Potential Commercial Sites 87 Figure 5: Core Area Existing Zoning 18 Figure 18: Core Area - Building Stories with Parcels Figure 6: Core Area - Commercial Core, Mixed Use Not Likely to Change Building Stories 89 Transition, and Special Character Area Design Figure 19: Core Area Relative Building Heights 90 Guidelines 19 Figure 7: Core Area - Traditional Residential Neighborhood ENVIRONMENT Design Guidelines 20 Figure 20: Agricultural Soils 92 Figure 8: Gateway Specific Plan Land Use Designation 22 Figure 21: Flood Areas 94 Figure 9: Planning Areas and Spheres of Influence 25 Figure 22: Open Space Protected With Conservation Easements or Owned by a Public Entity 102 POPULATOIN AND DEMOGRAPHICS Figure 10: City of Davis Population and UC Davis TRANSPORTATION Enrollment 34 Figure 23: Traffic Volume Bandwidths 110 Figure 11: Age Distribution, City of Davis, 2000 and 2015 35 Figure 24: Commute Flows, City of Davis and UC Davis, 2004 and 2014 113 ECONOMY Figure 25: City of Davis Bikeways 117 Figure 12: Residential Building Permits Issued, ‘05-‘16 66 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES HOUSING Figure 26: Calls for Fire Service 138 Figure 13: Housing Cost Burden by Tenure, City of Davis, Figure 27: Calls for Fire Services by Call Category 139 2009-2013 75 Figure 28: Community Risk Scores 140 This page intentionally left blank INTRODUCTION Purpose of Report • Transportation The citizens of Davis are embarking on an update of Core Area • Public Facilities and Services policies, codes and design guidelines followed by an update of the community-wide General Plan. The updated plans will guide City Council Goals for 2016 – 2018 public and private decisions affecting land use, housing, City Council has adopted tasks to implement the following goals economy, transportation, infrastructure and public services for (shown in the parentheses below) related to Core Area planning 20 years. and a General Plan update. This State of the City Report gathers background information on Core Area Planning Related Tasks existing conditions and major trends as a foundation for updating plans and conducting environmental review under the • Identify opportunities for potential infill projects. (Diverse California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Additionally, the and Resilient Economy) report identifies some preliminary issues to stimulate • Identify opportunities for “form based” visioning and discussion. Direction on, and solutions to, the identified issues planning in the Core Area and other key area(s), in will be determined during the update processes. conjunction with the General Plan update. Opportunities include the consolidation and clarification of This report contains the following subject sections: development policies and codes in the Core Area. (Build • Planning Context and Promote a Vibrant Downtown) • Population and Demographics • Conduct meeting between DJUSD and City to review recommendations from SACOG Technical Assistance • Economy Grant for the DJUSD site concept project. (Build
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