COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Description The Community Development Department includes Administration, Planning, Building & Safety/Grading, and Code Compliance functions. In addition to general coordination, direction, and support for the Department, the Administration function includes lead responsibility for department budgeting, contract and grant management, and reception services. The Planning function includes current and advance planning, economic development, and community preservation services and activities. The Building and Safety/Grading function includes building permit review, grading permit review, and development inspection services and activities. The Code Compliance function includes complaint response, community education, and code violation resolution services and activities. Prior Year Accomplishments • Opening of new residential developments: Blu II, Watermark Laguna Niguel. • Construction of South Forbes Multi-Family Residential underway. • Continued coordination of Coastal Fire Rebuild Effort. • Conclusion of the Chet Holifield Federal Building Section 106 Process. • Approval of The Village Shopping Center Remodel Entitlements. • Approval of Griffin Senior Living/Grace Church Addition Entitlements. • Approval of Chick-fil-A Drive Thru Expansion Entitlements. • Completion of General Plan Update Community Engagement Activities. • Completion of General Plan Update Vision Plan (June 2024). • Certification of 2021-2029 Housing Element. • Adoption of Objective Development & Design Standards Manual. • Adoption of 2024-2025 CDBG Action Plan. • Adoption of State-Mandated Housing Code Amendments. • Adoption of EV Charging Ordinance. • Completion of Grading Manual Update. • Initial Roll Out of Enterprise Permitting and Licensing (EPL) Software. • Launch of EPL Customer Service Request Portal. • Distribution of Weekly Economic Development Newsletter. • Distribution of Quarterly HOA Newsletter. • Completion of the following annual programs: CDBG, PLHA, Featured Business, SCORE, HOA Outreach and Education, Housing, Weed Abatement and Water Quality Inspection. • 250 planning discretionary and ministerial applications in process/completed. • 3,500 construction and grading permits issued, and 14,000 building inspections conducted. • 550 code compliance investigations closed. • Administration of leases for wireless telecommunications facilities within the public right-of-way and City parks, generating over $395,000 in annual City revenue. 56