CONNECT with the CityOtay Mesa Nestor Community Plan Update
Projected Completion: 2029
Contingent upon grant funding. Pursuing grant funding in FY2025 and anticipate commencing in FY2026.
The Otay Mesa - Nestor Community Plan Update will serve as the long-range vision for land use, mobility, urban design, public facilities and services, natural resources, historic and cultural resources, and economic development. The Community Plan Update will focus on planning for active, pedestrian-oriented areas to support opportunities for homes, jobs and mixed-use development near transit. The Community Plan Update will also focus on retail and employment centers, residential areas, parks and public spaces, and bus rapid and light rail stations. The Community Plan Update will plan for a mobility network that serves vehicles and encourages walking/rolling, bicycling and transit use. It will acknowledge the open space areas within the Otay River Valley and Tijuana River Valley as an integral part of the community.
Strategic Plan Priority Areas of Focus
This initiative focuses on the following priority areas of the Strategic Plan:
Create Homes for All of Us
Focuses opportunities for homes within mixed-use and residential areas.
Protect & Enrich Every Neighborhood
Identifies opportunities for public spaces and pocket parks, trails and joint-use facilities.
Provides guidance for the future identification and preservation of historical resources and districts that embody architectural and cultural history.
Advance Mobility & Infrastructure
Identifies opportunities for mobility infrastructure that improve walking/rolling, biking and transit connections.
Champion Sustainability
Promotes opportunities for urban greening and street trees to address stormwater runoff and climate change.
Protects canyons, open spaces and sensitive habitats.
Foster Regional Prosperity
Promotes employment uses as economic drivers connected to regional transit.