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REV: 08-22-24 VR historic preservation and development character (P+T, WRT), retail-entertainment configuration and activation (ELS, MJB), design and development standards considerations and formats (WRT), public realm improvements, including public streets & open space (WRT), multimodal transportation and TDM/TMA (Arup), infrastructure (including green infrastructure) and climate risk & resilience (Arup, WRT), and perspectives regarding equity and underserved populations (Nuestra Casa) These policy-level topics and discussion will set the direction for new objective design & development standards (ODDS). WRT will provide recommendations as to the relationship of ODDS to the Plan document, such as to whether to embed the ODDS or make separate (e.g. in the Zoning Code), and City staff will determine the preferred approach based on the recommendations. The Alternatives will consider other topics, as may be needed, to capture principal issues to be addressed in the Plan. WRT will organize an all-day design charrette to be attended in-person by the WRT team members noted above and key City staff members. The purpose of the design charrette will be for City staff to determine the direction of the Plan Framework Alternatives based on input and recommendations from the WRT team. The charrette will take place in a space provided by the City or WRT, to be determined. Land use & housing. Based on implementing programs for residential growth projected by Redwood City’s and the County’s Housing Element, market trends described by EPS, and opportunity sites analysis, WRT will develop scenarios for infill development that will be described with plan and 3D views. The scenarios will consider the location of development opportunity sites, existing and future activity centers, proximity to transit, relationships to historic resources, existing corridor plans, and other existing policy direction. WRT will also identify opportunity areas where increased height, residential density, and/or commercial intensity may be advisable. Historic preservation and development character. Building on analysis in Task 4, Page & Turnbull and WRT will describe alternative approaches toward the character of new development, such as to examine the degree to which new development should emulate character-defining features expressed in local historic styles. The team will assess previously-documented candidate sites. Additionally, P&T will describe best practices for the evaluation and preservation of historic resources and conservation of historic districts. In consideration of the possible creation of a transfer of development rights program (TDR), P&T will evaluate potential areas where a TDR program might be applied to protect historic resources while allowing additional density on new development sites. EPS will consider how to integrate a TDR program with a Community Benefit and / or TDR program and policies (as described below). ATTY/AGR.2024.139/Wallace Robers & Todd LLC (Downtown & Central RWC) (Page 37 of 60)