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7C Policy �-13 states "the Ci#y should take in#o consideration the cumulative air quality Page 8 impacts from proposed developments and should establish and enfarce appropriate land use as wefl as other regulations to reduce air pollution." The Addendum to the Marina Shores Village EIR addresses the air quality impacts for the Peninsula Park project. In addition to the required mitigation the applicant has indicated a desire to provide Trattic r�educing Housing, which is a program that would pr�vide priority to residential tenants that reduce their vehicle miles traveled by living close ta work, working from home, or otharwise reducing their carbon footprint. Furthermore, the project site and its particular loca#ian east of U.S. Highway 101 optimizes the prevailing wind patterns with respect to its proximity to existing adjacent industrial and commercial land uses; thereby making the project site favorable for residential development. In 2001 the City Cc�uncil ac�npted a Nice Places Policy which states "it is the palicy of the City of Redwoad City that in the design of public and private projects, high priority be given to creating comfortable, enjoyable, and aestheticaily pleasing public spaces." With the adoption of the Precise Plan the project will incorporate urban design principles and guidelines that promote active, pe�+es±riar!-or�ented streets and �ublic spaces. Za,_ ninq The project site is currently zoned General Commercia) "CG," which does not contain a residential camponent. Therefore, when the applicant submitted the project, City staff strongly encouraged the use of a Precise Plan as the zoning mechanism for this scale of development. A Precise Plan provides the City with the oppor�unity to establish urban design standards and guidelines that ensure an exceptional waterfront orientation. Basic zoning is not a sensitive enough tool to require special design considerations that Precise Plan zoning can mandate. Furthermore, the urban infill characteristics of the Peninsula Marina site, along with the existing commercial zoning, the surrounding � residential development, and the proximity #o Reciwood City's Downtawn establish a need for a high quality project that can provide an anchar for an emerging neighborhood in this area. As a result, City stafF has been working with urban design consuftants, Bottomfey Associates, on the preparation of the Peninsula Park Precise Plan. (Attachment 7) This process has resulted in a revised site plan along wifih some additional improvements to the overall project. At the November 13th public hearing the Planning Commission recommen�ed �pproval of the October 2007 draft of the Peninsula Park Precise plan, since that time City staff has had the opportunity to further review the document in concert with the Deveiopment Agreement and the draft MMRP. As a resulf, a correction page has been included as an attachment to the Precise Plan for City Council consideration (Attachment 7-A}. The purpose af the correction sheet is to help further refine the document and provide additiona{ clarification on several topics. Environmental Review An Environmenta! impact Report {EIR), prepared for the City by WagstafF and Associates, evaluated the potential effects of MSV and was certified by the City in 2004. More specifically, the Redwood City Planning Commission certified the Final Environmenta) Impact Report (Fina! EIR} for the Marina Shores Village project in July 2003, anr� fhe City Council approved the Precise Pfan and its land use entitfements in 8