Resolution PC 96-1 Flatirons Funding

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measure will be enforced through the Planned Development Pen -nit and through the Development Agreement. The Development Agreement fturth.er provides that the City may require Flatirons to dedicate or offer for dedication the right --of -way necessary to provide left and right tern lanes into the Project from Redwood Shores Parkway, as well as one through lane (e) The Project applicant will also undertake additional . measures to improve traffic circulation and reduce congestion. Shoreline Drive will be extended, a long - needed improvement that will ianprove traffic circulation within . Redwood Shores. The Facilities Fee will be used for offsite. irnproveme.nts, .including all necessary offsite traffic signals, public roadways and roadway improvements. The Facilities .Fee is described .in detail in the Development Agreement. (f) The Project will participate in and contribute financially to transportation systems management plans to nu*mim ize the amount of traffic generated within Redwood Shores. The Project developer or its tenants will provide a shuttle service to transport employees to and from the nearest CalTrain station. Subject to City approval, this requirement may be replaced by participation in the existing .shuttle service that serves other co lercia l properties .in . Redwood . Shores, The Project will also participate an the County Transportation Management Program. These requirements are stated. in, and will be enforced through, the Development Agreement and Planned .Development Permit. (g) The :addition of Project traffic does not .affect the service level of southbound highway 101, but does change the service level in the northbound direction. However, even with Project traffic Highway 101 Wi11 operate Within the LOS E standard adopted by the San Mateo Congestion .Management Agency. (h) The City's General Plan policy MV-2 :states that the City shall "[p]articipate in formulating and supporting the goals and policies of the Congestion Management Plan for San .Mateo County by cooperating with adjace j urisdictons so as to more effectively deal with traffic congestion and traffic impacts." This regional approach to traffic impact mitigation will help to reduce cumulative traffic impacts. i The design of the Project will encourage pedestrian use and ` `sh the need for automobile trips by establishing common area walkways. These walkways link the larger open spaces to each other, as well as liming the campus to surrounding amenities. walkways extend the existing Redwood shores pathway systems to all major crosswalks, to all new buildings,to buildings outside the site boundaries, to the proposed shopping center, to the Pacific Athletic Club, to public paths that lead to Redwood Shores Lagoon, and to the Hotel Sofitel. _8_ FN'DNGP1.DOC 5/30/96.10:5 AM*