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. 8--13 The plan is a policy document, meant to guide the implementation of the plan, but will also allow sufficient flexibility for the Agency to respond to specific redevelopment opportunities as they arise. The non-housing sections of this implementation plan cover the period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2009. The sections that describe implementation of housing production, and replacement requirements address a ten-year compliance period from January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2014. The sections addressing housing fund expenditures targeting requirements for very low and low households and non households address an extended initial 13 compliance period from January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2014. C. Project Area Descriptions and Blighting Conditions , Redevelopment Project No. 2 is comprised of three non-contiguous sub-areas totaling approximately 1,016 acres in the generally northern section of Redwood City. The original project area was adopted in 1982, consisted of 332 acres, and encompassed four sub-areas: the Gateway, Centre, Marina and Seaport. The plan was amended in 1985 to add 4.26 acres to the Gateway subarea. A second amendment in 1989 resulted in the Gateway and Centre subareas being combined into a new "Downtown° sub-area and the addition of 680 acres to the newly identified Downtown sub-area. A profile of the Project Area including plan limits and acreages is provided on Table 1. The boundaries of the Project Area are shown on the following map. The plan for all three areas' showed that they shared similar blight characteristics, such as defective design and character of physical construction, residential overcrowding, small or irregular lots, inadequate public improvements, and varying degrees of social and economic maladjustments. These blight cor�ditions are described in more detail below: 1. Historic Blighting Conditions — Original Project Area At the time of the Plan Adoption, the properties in this Project Area were improved and partially improved with a mixture of commercial, railroad, industrial and residential uses, as well as various public or quasi-public open space. Many of the sites were under different ownership and/or tenant leases, and in some cases, were subject to deed restrictions, which inhibited their development. In general, the properties were affected by conditions such as economic dislocation, deterioration and disuse resulting from faulty planning, the subdivision and sale of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for usefulness and development, and a � Referring to the original project area and the two phases of territory added by amendment Keyser Marston Associates, Inc. 18610.001 \030-003; 12/6/2004; DRAFT 2