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<br />Element Policy 2.4. <br /> <br />4. Promote rehabilitation of commercial properties, and encourage <br />increased levels of capital investment. Land Use Element Policy <br />No, 2,8, <br /> <br />5, Protect and enhance development sites and districts which are <br />unique community assets that enhance the quality of life. Land Use <br />Element Goal No. 4.0, <br /> <br />6. Support land uses with provide community and regional economic <br />and service benefits Land Use Element Policy No, 4,3, <br /> <br />7. Encourage the development of projects that promote the City's <br />image as a regional activity center. Land Use Element Policy No, <br />4.4. <br /> <br />8. Encourage development of employment centers and mixed use <br />projects within targeted areas adjacent to major arterial roadways <br />and freeway corridors, Land Use Element Policy No. 4.5. <br /> <br />9. Target area in the City for the creation of new housing units and <br />opportunities for all segments of the community. Housing Element <br />Policy 4,1 <br /> <br />10. Encourage a balance of land uses that promote livable <br />communities, Housing Element Policy 6.2 <br /> <br />I. The Council finds that the City's general plan is designed, as it must be, to <br />accommodate a wide range of competing interests - including those of <br />developers, neighborhoods and homeowners, prospective homebuyers, <br />environmentalists, current and prospective business owners, jobseekers, <br />taxpayers, and providers and recipients of all types of city-provided <br />services - and to present a clear and comprehensive set of principles to <br />guide development decisions, The City's general plan sets forth these <br />guiding principles. Once in place, it is the province of this Council to <br />examine the specifics of a proposed project to determine whether it would <br />be in harmony with the policies stated in the general plan, <br /> <br />J. The City Council has weighed and balanced the general plan's policies, <br />both new and old, and has determined that based upon this balancing that <br />the Metro East Mixed Use Overlay is consistent with the purpose of the <br />general plan. <br /> <br />K. Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2006-01, the Mitigation Monitoring <br />Program, and the Statement of Overriding Considerations which came <br />before the City Council on March 19, 2007, and was approved and <br />adopted by resolution at that hearing, At the March 19,2007 meeting, the <br />City Council also adopted; adopted an ordinance approving Zoning <br />Ordinance Amendment No. 2007-01; adopted an ordinance approving <br />Amendment Application No, 2007-01; and adopted an ordinance <br />approving Development Agreement No. 2007-01; and a resolution <br /> <br />758-177 <br /> <br />Resolution No. 2007-027 <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />