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RESOLUTION NO. Q(.0 -. OI A I ESOLUTI.ON of THE CITY COUNCIL of THE CITY of REDWOOD CITY ADOPTING A POLICY of PEDESTRIAN ENHANCED DESIGN FOR DOWNTOWN WHEREAS, most of Redwood City is suburban and auto oriented, Downtown 'is different from the rest of the city because; 1. Downtown is the "Transit Hub" of the city with its Carltr in station and connection to regional bus transportation and it is the most appropriate location for c ompact ir nigher density development. 2* Downtown is Mixed Use — Homes, offices, stores,, restaurants and entertainment all in the same convenient neighborhood. 3. Development in Downtown is conveniently compact and accessible without a car, rather than being spread out as in the rest of the city. 4. Downtown is a comfortably walkable pedestrian environment. 5. In Downtown, "People Park once" when they arrive at downtown, then they circulate around downtown without moving their oar. This makes pedestrians circulating around downtown potential customers for downtown businesses. 6. in Downtown, although motor vehicles are welcome, people have priority over motor vehicles; and WHEREAS, the City has used motor vehicle Level of service (Los) standards to evaluate the impacts of new development on motor vehicle traffic; and WHEREAS, the use of motor vehicle 'LOS standards without an equivalent standard to evaluate the impact of new development on people has resulted in an increased emphasis on and priority for motor vehicle movement and decreased the emphasis and priority of pedestrian safety, comfort and convenience; and WHEREAS, the emphasis on motor vehicl -e movement has resulted in the widening of streets and correlative degradation of pedestrian movement and safety; and WHEREAS, such an unbalanced policy would be particularly harmful if applied to Downtown, as it would give priority to motor vehicles and potentially degrade pedestrian comfort, convenience and safety; and WHEREAS, in a p destrian- oriented place such as Downtown, policies are needed that address the pedestrian quality of the place and provide a balance to the auto - oriented Los standards; and Atty/Reso/Reso. 1620 051906