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7B Page 2 2007, the Planning Commission made a recommendation to the City Counci( to ado�# the North Main Street Precise Plan. Precise Plan Area The Precise Pian area is approximately 9.5 acres in size, and consists of nine individually owned parcels (Attachment 5). The Precise Plan sets forth development standards, design guidelines, implementation policies, and administrative procedures the City will follow in processing development applications within the Precise Plan area. Key elements afi #he Precise Pian include minimum and maximum density, heights, setbacks, architectural form, and specific requirements for frontage and creek trail- related improvements. The Plan also describes required capital improvements that focus on streetscape frontage, street crossings, under-grounding of above-ground utilifiy iines, and the Redwood Creek �rail. The project site is bordered by Redwaod Creek to the east; Veterans Boulevard to the soutn; office/commerciai uses to the west; and li.S. Highway 101 to the nor�h. nedwood Cr�eK is ir� its n�turai ��a�re in fhis area of Redwood City; it day[ights #rom � culvert near the southeast corner of Bradford and PJlain Streets, then passes und�r Ve#erans Boufevard and ultimately merges with San Francisco Bay at the eastern end of Bair Island. The eastern bank of Redwood Creek backs up to the rear of Mervyn's Pfaza. Downtown Redwood City is approximately '/� mi(e to the south of the project site. The Kaiser Permanente Medical Center complex is located southeas# of the site on the south side of Veterans Boulevard between Walnut and Maple Streets. The folkowing properties are located wifhin the proposed Precise Plan area: 1. 305 Main Street — Developed with an approximately 55,004 sq. ft., three-story, a�ce buiiding; 2. 333 Main Street— Deveioped with an approximately 53,000 sq, ft., one-story over below grade parking office buiiding; 3. 353- Main-Street — Developed with an approximately 27,000 sq. ft_, one-story ^v�iCE �3i.iliuiiiy vJiii i iliuE�ij�i2 t2�iailiS; 4. 369 Main Street — Deveioped with an approximately 7,800 sq. ft., two-story, medica! office building; 5. 373 Main Street— Developed with a restaurant; 6. 1001 Veterans Boulevard — Developed with a fast food restaurant; ?. "Remnant° Par�el at the rear (n�rthea�t) corner of 333 Main Strea+ 8. City Parcel adjacent to Highway 101 and Redwood Creek; and 9. City Parcel housing a pump station between 305 and 333 Main Street Precise Plan Objectives From staff's perspective and the direction in which the P6anning Commission is headed, with respect to promoting housing, the Precise Plan's policies are cortsistent with the intent of the proposed Redwood City Ger�eraf Plan land use designation for the area, and are intended to supersede the site's previous zoning requirements. A major objective of the Precise Plan is to create a strong physical iink between twa important evoiving districts in the City: the Downtown and the waterfront. Infill developnei�t and pedestrian- and bicycle-oriented access improvements wiihin the Precise Plan area would create a spine between these two districts. The Precise Plan would allow residentiaf development in an area that has been in commercial and