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��a-13 � • General Plan Amendments (Land Use Map and Text) • Zoning Map Amendments • Precise Plan • Development Agreement Copies of the Precise Plan, Environmental Impact Re;�ort, and DevelopmEnt Agreement were all sent to the City Council under separate cover on April 29, 2004. The Precise Plan is the principal planning document which both sets new zoning standards and a development "envelope" to reflect certain urban design objectives. It also lists the project conditions. Please refer to that document for more information. Key Planning Issues As mentioned previously, the Planning Commission recommended approval of certain entitlements which will result in the approval of the MSV Project. In its decision, the Planning Commission considered the following key planning issues. These included traffic and transportation, building height, urban design, density, water and sewer, and schools impacts. Each is discussed below (the Precise Plan page numbers are indicated in parenthesis for easy reference): 1. Traffic and Transportation. MSV is located in an area currently isolated from the City's primary roadway system and from readily available transit opportunities. The project's EIR identified about two dozen significant traffic impacts resulting from the development, either at local intersections or along stretches of Hwy. 101. Some of these impacts may be mitigated by proposed improvements, but many others will remain significant even after required improvements are in place. Staff recommended to the Planning Commission, and the Commission agreed that an exemplary traffic and transportation prog�am must be incorporated in the Precise Plan, along with a land use mix that encourages non-auto trips internal to the project. Chapter III of the Precise Plan identifies extensive traffic and transportation improvements that are necessary to minimize the impact of the development and to enhance linkages from the area to the rest of the Bayfront area and to downtown (pgs. 67 - 71). These requirements include off-site capital improvements, provisions for transit, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) measures. Each are summarized below: a. Capital Improvements. A number of required capital improvements are listed in the Precise Plan (pg. 71). These include off-site roadway improvements, a pedestrian-bicycle under-crossing of Hwy. 101, and . various signalization improvements. Th� most substantial and significant of these are: (1) Blomquist Street Extension — Blomquist Street would be extended from Maple Street northwest past Docktown and over Redwood Creek to link to Bair Island Road and East Bayshore Drive at the project site. 2