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Policy BE-lB. 6: Policy BE-lB. 7: Policy BE-1B.B: Pursue mixed-use housing and commercial development in Downtown that includes a range of affordability housing options. Provide the amenities and range of entertainment, shopping, and cultural offerings that will make Downtown a vital regional and local destination. Create a network of attractive, interesting public places and spaces that encourage walking and lingering through connections to Broadway, adjacent neighborhoods, transit, and EI Camino Real. Economic Development Chapter Goal BE-33: Policy BE-33.l: Policy BE-33.2: Policy BE-33.3: Policy BE-33.4: Position and promote Downtown as a center for employmentl housingl retaill and entertainment on the Peninsula. Encourage and facilitate the development of new commercial office space Downtown to provide opportunities to recruit large and mid-sized businesses and to retain expanding firms. Improve public design features (public plazas and spaces) infrastructure to match the collective needs of Downtown residents, employees, and retailers rather than individual projects. Pursue mixed-use housing and commercial development Downtown with a range of affordability options. Create a transit-oriented/pedestrian focus for future development. Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan Vision Downtown Redwood City offers beautiful historic structures and a walkable area proximate to transit. To build upon this foundation to create an active and economically vibrant city center} the City prepared an innovative} unique Precise Plan for the Downtown district. In 2007} Redwood City adopted the Downtown Precise Plan to provide clear vision and direction for private and public investment actions in the Downtown. The Downtown Precise Plan covers approximately 193 acres of the City}s historic center} with the boundaries of Veteran}s Boulevard and the Kaiser Permanente Hospital campus to the north} Brewster Avenue to the west} Maple Street to the east} and the properties just north of EI Camino Real on the south. In addition to revitalizing the commercial portions of Downtown} a key component of the plan is to bring housing to Downtown and maximize use of the Caltrain station. The Downtown Precise Plan is flexible and form-based to facilitate innovative development approaches} with densities not articulated on a parcel basis; rather} a maximum of 2}500 new units are allowed within Site I nformation for Alternative Locations for the Proposed Replacement Jail September 2} 2009 17