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parking issues and will allow the streetscapes to become more pedestrian and bicycle friendly, thereby creating safer pedestrian mobility. o The Depot Circle, a public transit center that facilitates multimodal transit, would enhance the use of existing transit facilities and create better connectivity from other areas. o The Grand Boulevard — El Camino Real Streetscape Project would assist in making a high volume roadway safer for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as vehicles. Currently, the sidewalks are narrow, bicycles are not well accommodated, street crossings are challenging, and the overall visual quality is poor. o The Transit Connectivity Project, which includes creation of linkages to the transit center, would encourage greater usage of public transit. o The Hoover Mobility Project and the public improvements identified in the study, including improvements to intersections, streets, and pedestrian crossings, would enhance the quality of life for the residents and encourage investment. • Defective design and character of physical construction. o The Hoover Mobility Project is critical to remediating the improvements completed years ago by other agencies that have resulted in a neighborhood being isolated from the rest of the community. • Age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character, or shifting of uses. o The Grand Boulevard — El Camino Real Streetscape Project is necessary to address the dilapidated condition of this corridor. The street serves as a barrier between transit and other services located Downtown on the one hand and existing high density neighborhoods and Sequoia High School on the other. Properties fronting El Camino Real in this area are often underutilized and include a high percentage of auto - repair and light industrial uses. o The Hoover Mobility Project would facilitate mobility for the community and create a safer neighborhood. • Economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse resulting from faulty planning. o The Hoover Mobility Project would assist in correcting the faulty planning in the neighborhood and would encourage integration into the greater community which will in turn create incentive for investment within the community. o The Marina Area Planning Study addresses improvements that would attract private investment and provide more public access to the waterfront as this area needs public ATTY /RESO.2118 /RWC CITY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT #15096 030711 MUFF #405 3