AgdaPkt 2021.01.25 Amended Joint SA PFA

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6.C. - Page 21 of 34 As part of this task, Fehr & Peers will evaluate VMT for the three land use strategies and illustrate how these strategies would compare the City's total, residential, and employment VMT metrics defined in the City's Transportation Analysis Manual (TAM). Fehr & Peers will also prepare an accessibility assessment of the three land use strategies. Fehr & Peers will evaluate citywide multimodal connectivity with an emphasis on the travel patterns and accessibility needs of lower- income residents, communities of color, or other populations identified by the City or during the community engagement process. This will build off the equity access maps Fehr & Peers developed as part of RWCmoves and may be expanded to include other issues identified in the community engagement process, such as accessibility to jobs or other amenities and the availability of off-peak transit service to serve those working non-traditional working hours. The accessibility evaluation can be used to understand whether the three housing alternatives would create inequitable impacts to the study populations. Identifying populations for an equity analysis is a community- specific decision and a community may choose to analyze outcomes by specific racial or ethnic groups, income, age, education level, gender, unhoused individuals, persons with disabilities, or groups with limited English proficiency. The accessibility assessment would evaluate the proposed alternatives in terms of multimodal access, considering equity and the fact that different populations have different travel patterns and accessibility needs. Consultant will document its findings in a technical memorandum that includes text, tables, and graphics that clearly communicate the differences between the three strategies. As part of Task 7, the consultant will develop an interactive online tool for engagement and community feedback on the strategies and draft goals and policies. 4.2 Commercial Strategy As part of the land use strategies, the City is considering additional office and commercial development in the Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP) area. The DTPP currently has office, hotel, and retail square footage "caps." These caps were set in the plan after being studied through the EIR, and the office caps have been reached. Amending the DTPP to allow additional housing will also provide an opportunity for the City to analyze raising the office and retail caps without making significant changes to development standards, land use maps, or heights. It will also provide an opportunity to align the DTPP with the recent Retail Action Plan adopted by Council. Consultant will include team member Strategic Economics to work with the consultant and the City to develop the appropriate commercial strategy. Consultant has provided a budget range to support this task, which can be refined with City staff input. Amending the Downtown Precise Plan to allow additional housing will increase the buying power in Downtown, which could support additional neighborhood -serving retail. In addition, there may also be opportunities to increase the amount of office development. In this task, Strategic Economics will conduct targeted market analysis to inform the team's recommendations on modifications to the retail and office cap. Task A: Analysis of Office Demand Based on employment projections, existing market reports, interviews with local brokers and/or developers, and review of office development trends, Strategic Economics will quantify the amount of office development likely to be market -supportable in the Plan Area. This estimate of market demand will help to inform the potential recommendations on changes to the cap on office development. REV: 01-11-2021 PR ATTY/AGR.2020.086/MIG (Moore, lacofano Goltsman. Inc.) (Page 17 of 30) 120