Reso PC22-07 0080 PC Reso Recommending Approval of the Transit District Amendments to the General Plan and DTPP

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TRANSIT DISTRICT EXHIBIT A DOWNTOWN PRECISE PLAN AMENDMENTS I.2.5. PUBLIC OPEN SPACES Public open spaces are very important to the life of a community. They provide places for people to gather, relax, retreat from the excitement of the city, and to enjoy recreational activities. There are many forms of public open spaces. In traditional urban districts, such as Downtown Redwood City, public open spaces take the form of off-street facilities, such as parks and plazas, as well as the streets themselves. While streets are a critically important form of public open space—and their improvement through the calming of traffic and provision of adequate pedestrian amenities is of upmost priority—this document will use the term public open space to refer to off-street facilities only. It is also important to note that the term public open space is used in the DTPP to refer to both facilities privately and publicly owned and operated facilities(by the City, or another public agency, and that are accessible open to the general public at all hours or during most hours. It does not refer to privately owned and operated spaces. Sec. 1.1 – THE VISION The Downtown Precise Plan (DTPP) is an important tool for the community’s use in reaching its goals and achieving sustainable development by planning for the impact of economic growth on environmental resources and service infrastructure for Downtown. In re-tuning development policies, the Plan will take best advantage of demographic and market trends that bypassed Downtown in the past; this time, the Plan will bring them into “center stage” in the present and future, by: Bringing in Downtown housing which is affordable to a variety of income groups to provide previously unavailable residential lifestyle choices, to enhance security by adding “eyes on the street,” and to also ensure an active clientele for shops, restaurants, and services. Concentrating retail uses on Broadway and around “anchors” of civic activity, so that customers, transit access, parking facilities, and destination identity are shared. Shaping new buildings to define a distinctive, unique and livable form for a medium-sized city downtown on the Peninsula, well-scaled to surrounding neighborhoods. Accommodating an enhanced and relocated Transit Center that is well integrated into the downtown and provides robust regional transit service with good wayfinding, iconic architecture, and placemaking. Maintaining access, human scale, walkability, and the right “feel” for Redwood City - strongly rooted in its history but alive to the dynamic possibilities of Bay Area industry and culture. Sec. 1.2.1 – GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES H) Integrate transit and bicycle use The Precise Plan DTPP encourages the creation of a model of transit integration, featuring a convenient transit station on display in the center (rather than at the edge) of Downtown, seamlessly connected to Broadway, Courthouse Square, El Camino Real and adjacent neighborhoods. It is intended that the transit station be so well integrated into the activity patterns, Page 1 of 45