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Exhibit 13 <br />Consistent and Supportive General Plan Goals and Policies <br />o Policy M-3.2 Nonmotorized Travelway Amenities. Enhance nonmotorized <br />travelways with amenities such as landscaping, shade trees, lighting, benches, <br />crosswalks, rest stops, bicycle parking, and support facilities that promote a <br />pleasant and safe experience. <br />o Policy M-3.7 Complete Streets Design. Enhance streets to facilitate safe <br />walking, bicycling, and other nonmotorized forms of transportation through <br />community participatory design. <br />• Goal M-4: Transportation, Land Use, and Design. Coordinated transportation planning <br />efforts with land use and design strategies that encourage sustainable development <br />and achieve broader community goals. <br />o Policy M-4.1 Intense Development Areas. Program multimodal transportation <br />and public realm improvements that support new development in areas along <br />transit corridors and areas planned for high intensity development. <br />o POLICY M-4.2 Project Review. Encourage active transportation, transit use, <br />and connectivity through physical improvements and public realm amenities <br />identified during the City's Development Review process. <br />o Policy M-4.5 Land Use Development Design. Ensure that building placement <br />and design features create a desirable and active streetscape, by prioritizing <br />pedestrian access directly from the street and placing parking lots to the rear <br />of a development site. <br />o Policy M-4.7 Parking. Explore and implement a flexible menu of parking options <br />and other strategies to efficiently coordinate the response to parking demands. <br />• Goal M-5: Sustainable Transportation. A transportation system that is attractive, safe, <br />state-of-the-art, and supports community, environmental, and conservation goals. <br />o Policy M-5.1 Enhanced Street Design. Improve the beauty, character, and <br />function of travelways with amenities such as landscaped parkways and <br />medians, bike lanes, public art, and other amenities. <br />The project is consistent with these General Plan Mobility Element goals and policies, <br />as it provides for redevelopment of an existing, auto -oriented commercial center with <br />a new mixed -use urban village that encourages multi -modal transit. Moreover, the <br />proposed specific plan will introduce a walkable grid of streets and paseos, further <br />encouraging pedestrian, bicycle, and alternate means of transportation both within <br />and to/from the project site. <br />• Goal EP-1: Job Creation and Retention. Foster a dynamic local economy that provides <br />and creates employment opportunities for all residents in the city. <br />o Policy Attract Business Strengthen and expand citywide business attraction <br />efforts in order to achieve the city's full employment potential. <br />Page 2 of 10 <br />