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6.2A REPORT, age 1 To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the Ci# Mana er August 27, Lul�7 SUBJECT Applications for FOCUS Program Priority Area Designations RECOMMENDATION 1. Adopt resolution approving the submittal of an application to designate the Downtown Precise PEan {DTPP} area within the City of Redwafld City as a Priority Development Area under the FOCUS Program {FOCUS). - -2: Adopt �esolufiion �pprovin� the submitta! of a multi-jurisdic#�ortal-application to - desigrtate the EI Camino Rea! Corridor as a Priority Development Area under #he reg�o^�! FQGUS Proyr�m and authorizing G��!�ounty Ass�ci�tion Qf Governments (C/CAG) to act as the fead agency. BACKGROUND On June 27, 20Q7 sta�f submitted an application for the designation of the DTPP area as a Priarity Development Area (PDA) under the FOCUS Program. FOCUS is a regional planning initiative of the Associatian ofi Bay Area Governments {ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC} in coordination with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and Bay Conservation and Development Commissia� (collectivefy, the Regional Agencies). The benefit of becoming a PDA is that juristiictions may be able to obtain incentive furtding for either planning or capita! projects sometirne in the future. ln addition, C/CAG has submitted an applicatian to designate areas within '/4 mile af the entire EI Camino Real Corridor as a PDA. Jurisdictions may be part of a multi- jurisdictional application as we{I as an individual appficant. FOCUS builds upon regionally adopted smart growth policies and related programs and is one of several projects funded by the State's Regional Blueprint P(anning Program. Regiona! Agencies, working with loca! governmen#s and partners, will create a specific and shared cancept of where growth can be accommadated and what areas need protection in the region. F�CUS goals support a future development pattern that is compact and connected. fdentifiying PDA's with local governments and partners can help focus the region's growth. PDA's are intended to accommadate growth as mixed- use, infll development near firansit and job centers, with an emphasis on housing. !n April, the Regional Agencies issued a call far applications for priority area designation under the FOCUS program. The appiic�tion for such designation lets the Regiona� Agencies know which areas want and need assistance and helps define priorities �or growth, which can help cannect the region to state efforts and programs. Same af t�e funding propositions approved by voters in the November, 2006 election require P�JA designation for receipt of funding. Staff prepared and submitted an application the end of June, as noted. However, the resolution fram the City Council approving the submittal of the application was not