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�.,4-�� � designed to make the physical environment an attractive, pedestrian-friendly place. �"` The MSV Precise Plan's overriding principle is to create a nice place i� conjunction with the City's "policy on good design°. It focuses on creating pleasing spaces arc.'und pedestrian �oriented streets and public spaces along the urban waterfront. It al:�o addresses i�ansportation and circulation altematives. The Precise Plan estabiishes the standards by which this project and any development on the site will have to be built. An important part of the Precise Plan is the implementation section which describes the manner in which the City will process future phases of the project. As previously mentioned, each phase will require an additional City review via a Planned Community Permit, and each phase will have to be in conformance with the overall Precise Plan. The Planning Commission will review each Planned Community Pertnit at the time of submittal. Also the Architectural Review Committee will review the building architecture at each phase, and will then make its recommendation. Thus there still remains future discretionary re�diew of the project. Recent examp;es of Precise Plans include the Kaiser Hospital Campus and a high density residential project ("The Flats") on Walnut Street. All Precise Plans must conform to the City's General Plan. r� 3. Zoninq Map Amendments. The City will have to first rezone the project site to "Planned Community Permit (P)" if it wishes to approve a Precise Plan for the area. Precise Plans are only allowed for sites zoned "P". For this reason the City Council must approve the following Zoning Map Amendments and find they are in the Public Interest: a. Rezone the Peninsula Marina site and adjoining Bair Island Parcel from "CG° (General Commercial) District to "P" (Planned Community Permit) District. b. Rezone Pete's Harbor site and the adjoining Uccelli Blvd. from "CG-R" (General Commercial-Residential Combining) District to "P" (Planned Community Permit) District. 4. Development Aareement. The applicant has requested that the City enter into a development agreement (DA). A DA is a contract between the City and the developer which provides the developer with security or "vesting rights". The City gets a legally binding promise that the development will conform to the Precise Plan and the developer will construct all the infrastructure improvements, amenities, etc. The developer gets a legally binding promise or right that the City's development regulations will not change uver the 20 year term of the agreement. If a future Council wishes to change some facet of the General Plan or Zoning Ordinance, such a change will not apply to MSV, unless the developer consents. The proposed DA is mainly concerned with vesting rights and refers to the Precise Plan as the overall project approval. While the Precise Plan must accurately reflect 14