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l/ /• r� \{/ (/• space and 18 parking spaces. Both properties are located on or near State Highway 82, a major north-south arterial street and mixed-use transit corridor, roughly one-quarter mile from the City's downtown district and one-third mile from the Caltrain Station. Review Process On May 24, 2004, the Redevelopment Agency Board approved the Exclusive Right to Negotiate with First Community Housing & Habitat for Humanity. On October 12�', November 9�' and December 7�', 2004, the Architectural Review Board provided design recommendations to staff on the proposed project. On November 16, 2004 the Planning Commission adopted a Resolution of Intention to amend the General Plan, adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration (CEQA) and recommended that the City Council adopt the following (see Attachment 5): 1. Amend the General Plan Land Use Map from Commercial/ Office to Mixed Use for 1540 EI Camino Real (First Community Housing site). 2. Rezone 1540 EI Camino Real from "CG" (General Commercial) and 124-136 Lincoln Avenue "R-4" (Multi-Family Medium Density Residential) to `P' (Planned Community) Zoning District. 3. Approve the Precise Plan. On November 29, 2004, the Subdivision Committee approved a Tentative Parcel Map to merge the four project site parcels (totaling roughly 0.92-acres) into finro (0.30 and 0.62 acre) parcels. Precise Plan Staff prepared a Precise Plan (Attachment 10), as amended by the Planning Commission per the attached errata sheet, to guide all future development on the property. The Precise Plan describes urban design policies that will accomplish the following: • Create an interesting and vibrant pedestrian streetscape; • Create an attractive project by incorporating interesting and varied architectural building design details; • Signify an entrance to the downtown together with the Franklin Street apartments • Establish linkages to the surrounding neighborhood; and • Reflect community preferences which were raised during the community forums and neighborhood outreach process. Essentially, the Precise Plan is the zoning document that establishes the vision for the site and then describes the various policies and zoning reg�lations to achieve that vision. Staff prepaFed draft design guidelines for the project as a precursor to the Precise Plan. The guidelines, which are now part of the Precise Plan, were based on public input. Specifically, the guidelines addressed community design input provided this past May and June at the Freedman, Tung & Bottomley (FTB) Community Forums for the Downtown 2