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03/27/2007 applicable thresholds of significance for reactive organic gases (ROG), nitrous oxide (NOx), and particulate matter (PM10). This Precise Plan-related effect is considered to represent a significant project and cumulative impact (see criteria 1,2,3,4, and 7 in subsection 12.3.1, "Significance Criteria, "above). Mitigation 12-2. Apply the following emissions control strategies where applicable to Precise Plan-facilitated discretionary mixed use, residential, office, retail, and lodging development activities within the proposed Plan area in order to reduce overall emissions from traffic and area sources: • Where practical, future development proposals shall include physical improvements, such as sidewalk improvements, landscaping, and the installation of bus shelters and bicycle parking, that would act as incentives for pedestrian, bicycle, and transit modes of travel. • New or modified roadways should include bicycle lanes where reasonable and feasible. • Provide transit information kiosks. • Where practical, employment-intensive development proposals (i.e., office and retail) shall include measures to encourage use of public transit, ridesharing, van pooling, use of bicycles, and walking, as well as to minimize single passenger motor vehicle use. • Develop parking enforcement and fee strategies that encourage alternative modes of transportation. • Parking lots or facilities should provide preferential parking for electric or alternatively fueled vehicles. • Require energy efficient building designs that exceed State Title 24 building code requirements. • Discourage use of gasoline-powered landscape equipment. • Implement and enforce truck idling restrictions of three minutes. • Allow only low-emitting fireplaces for residential uses, such as those that burn only natural gas. • Require large office or commercial land uses (e.g., 10,000 square feet or 25 employees) that would generate home-to-work commute trips to implement Transportation Demand Management (TDM) programs. Components of these programs should include the following: • a carpool/vanpool program, e.g., carpool ride-matching for employees, assistance with vanpool formation, provision of vanpool vehicles, etc.; • a transit use incentive program for employees, such as on-site distribution of passes and/or subsidized transit passes for local transit systems; • a guaranteed ride home program; • showers and lockers for employees bicycling or walking to work; secure and conveniently located bicycle parking and storage for workers; and/or • a parking cash-out program for employees (where non-driving employees receive transportation allowance equivalent to the value of subsidized parking). Atty/Reso/Reso.1683 30 14769 030707 Muff #613