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(12) (13) (14) EAGPLNP1.DOC 8/22/96 ðI ¿,¿,¡YO public pedestrian walkways, recreational uses and public open spaces are provided. Motor Vehicle Transportation Policy MV -2 states "Participate in formulating and supporting the goals and policies of the Congestion Management Plan for San Mateo County. . ." The Project will help to achieve this goal by participating in the County Transportation Management Program, as provided by the conditions of the Planned Development Permit. The City's Non-Motorized Transportation Objective is to "make walking and biking a realistic and more widespread transportation alternative in Redwood City by establishing a series of policies to create an urban environment that will make walking and bicycling safe, efficient and convenient." The Project will help to meet this objective because the design of the Project will encourage pedestrian use and diminish the need for automobile trips by establishing common area walkways. These walkways link the larger open spaces to each other, as well as linking the campus to surrounding amenities. Walkways extend the existing Redwood Shores pathway systems to all major crosswalks, to all new buildings, to buildings outside the site boundaries, to the proposed shopping center, to the Pacific Athletic Club, to public paths that lead to Redwood Shores Lagoon, and to the Hotel Sofitel. One of the "Strategies" contained in the Housing Element is to "[p ]romote the continued expansion of the retail, commercial, and industrial sector of the community to provide jobs and services to new residents who wish to remain or locate in Redwood City." The Project is consistent with this strategy because it will expand professional employment in the City. (15) One of the City's Open Space Objectives is to "[a]chieve and maintain a harmonious relationship between the natural environment and man's use of the land." The Project is consistent with this goal. Development of the Project will not impair the natural environment. The soils of the Project site consist of imported fill material. Native biotic habitats are absent from the site. Almost all plant species found on the site were non-native annuals, which is typical of disturbed environments. The site is of low value to wildlife. The Project's landscape plan will ensure that shared public pedestrian walkways, recreational uses and public open spaces are provided. (16) The City's Open Space Objective 3, and Open Space Policies 0-6 and 0- 7, call for the creation of a network of trails and pathway, the linking 4