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REDWOOD CITY EL CAMINO REAL CORRIDOR PLAN 8 PLAN OF ACTION: HOW DO WE GET THERE? To preserve and strengthen what we value—existing homes and businesses—while also achieving a better El Camino Real, we must plan to improve and enhance a variety of aspects of the Corridor: how people move around, how businesses thrive, how people live (on or near the roadway), and how the Corridor can be attractive for all who use it. This plan presents visions, goals, and strategies for each of these important topics. The Corridor Plan is organized into four main topics: • Mobility addresses walking, bicycling, riding transit, driving, and the Corridor’s overall street network. • Economic Vitality covers the clustering of neigh- borhood serving retail into activity centers, off-street parking, and an approach to marketing and supporting existing businesses along the Corridor. • Housing focuses on affordable housing, the need to balance housing and jobs, childcare facilities, and a neighborhood program. • Place-Making addresses the Corridor’s overall iden- tity through aesthetics, branding, public art, parks and plazas, and street trees and landscaping. Each chapter begins with a vision statement that describes what the Plan topic aims to achieve. Then for each subtopic within the chapters, there is brief discussion of its importance and the relevant context, followed by clear goals and a list of strategies to achieve them. Figures, diagrams, and photo- graphs are used to illustrate key concepts and ideas. Note that many of the subtopics that this plan covers relate to more than one topic. For instance, creating an improved pedestrian environment relates to mobility, businesses along the Corridor, and place-making. In these cases, the plan indicates where else in the Plan you may find related information. A list of specific implementation actions is provided at the end of the Plan, which outlines specific steps that the City and other actors can take to achieve the Plan’s visions, goals, and strategies. These actions are organized by time frame— what can be done in the short-, medium-, and long-term—to accomplish the vision. Following this are two appendices that provide detail about the planning and outreach process and the Corridor Plan’s relationship to other plans and regula- tions. A detailed traffic study and an assessment of the Mixed Use Live Work zoning district are also included as appendices. The various goals, strategies and implementation actions out- lined in this Plan are subject to future consideration by staff, Council action as needed, and appropriate environmental review. Development projects in the El Camino Real planning area are required to comply with applicable zoning regula- tions, which may be amended based on the policy direction in the Plan, and are subject to the payment of development impact fees. However, development projects are not required to comply with the Plan.