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REV: 08-22-24 VR Community Benefits Program. EPS (in collaboration WRT and P&T) will formulate various alternatives to the City’s Community Benefit process to improve outcomes (e.g., deliver public facilities, affordable housing, project design, and other amenities identified through stakeholder input). The task will describe the pros and cons of various community benefit program options or models, as informed by case studies, past performance, and development feasibility considerations, among other considerations. The alternatives are likely to incorporate a range of potential approaches to community benefit program implementation, that span the spectrum from “formulaic” to negotiated outcomes. The EPS team will also flesh out alternatives for incorporating TDR policies to support historic preservation within the DTPP. This analysis and options will include consideration of both criteria and eligibility for “donor” and “receiver” sites in incentivizing historic preservation, prioritization, weighting, and other factors affecting the scope of the program and likely participation. Public realm improvements. WRT will develop alternative concepts for public realm public streets & open space improvements. WRT will examine the existing distribution and characteristics of parks and publicly-accessible plazas and paseos, as it considers opportunities for new public open space. Additionally, WRT will examine existing pedestrian environments along major streets at a high level, and consider potential locations for pedestrian-oriented improvements, pedestrian-only streets, or street designs that favor pedestrians and bicycles over vehicles. Retail-entertainment configuration and activation. MJB Consulting will develop and refine recommendations for leveraging the potential of Downtown’s retail-entertainment core, as it relates to land use policy, zoning regulations, street-level commercial activation, economic supports, public-private partnerships, and marketing and positioning the district competitively. ELS will develop alternative configurations for retail- entertainment in Downtown, which integrate existing conditions with additional uses, design improvements, and other interventions for market competitiveness. Multi-Modal Transportation. Arup will, in consultation with CHS and WRT, develop various approaches to circulation connectivity and other transportation enhancements including: multi-modal access and circulation strategy, as it relates to circulation connectivity, development intensity, availability of non-drive mode infrastructure, especially as these relate to bicyclists and pedestrians; potential traffic circulation implications, with preliminary evaluation of auto trip generation from new development; review parking supply ratios from the existing Downtown Precise Plan and Housing Element parking studies and compare with ratios based on mode share targets if needed; and potential transportation improvements, using RWCMoves, Walk, Bike, Thrive, the El Camino Real Corridor Plan, Transit District Plan, and other adopted plans as the starting point. ATTY/AGR.2024.139/Wallace Robers & Todd LLC (Downtown & Central RWC) (Page 38 of 60)