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Policy 1.6: Encourage improvements to the connectivity and walkability between and within the ,. community's neighborhoods, gathering places, and commercial areas through new development, _ redevelopment, and infrastructure projects. ., Policy 1.7: Create a higher aesthetic level for the community through the use of redevelopment and ,. infrastructure improvements to reduce or eliminate visual pollutants such as overhead power, cable, and � telephone lines, traffic controllers, junction boxes, and inappropriate signage. . Commercial Area Goals and Policies � Policy 32: Promote redevelopment that reduces blight, expands the tax base, enhances the mix of land �, uses in the community, and achieves other community objectives. Policy 9.1 Encourage commercial areas to make efficient use of land, provide for safe vehicular and �� pedestrian movements, provide adequate parking areas, provide appropriate site landscaping, and create �� quality and enduring aesthetic character. Policy 92 Promote commercial development that is accessible by transit, automobile, walking and <<�� bicycle. �� Mixed-Use Area Goals and Policies � Policy 13.1 Facilitate the improvement, environmental remediation, and redevelopment of underutilized, heavy industrial land and trucking facilities in designated locations into a compatible mixture of �� residential and employment uses. Economic Development Goals and Policies �-� Goal 3: Establish an infrastructure system to meet the needs of current businesses and facilitate future . growth. .� Transportation Goals and Policies .. Policy 2.3 Ensure transportation netwark responds to changing transportation technologies and modes. �. Policy 3.1 System-wide transportation capaciry should be achieved by using a high level of netwark �,� connectivity, appropriately spaced and properly sized thoroughfares, and multiple travels modes, rather ��: � than increasing the capacity of individual thoroughfares. Policy 32 Channel major traffic volumes onto community collector streets, arterials, and highways and � discourage motorized traffic for passing through residential areas on local streets. POLICY OBJECTIVE c As discussed above the acquisition of this land follows the goals and policies of the City's F� Comprehensive Plan as well as the former Area Wide Alternative Review (AUAR) for the Twin Lakes Area. FINANCIAL IMPACTS f, The cost of the land acquisition is largely offset by $999,829 in federal grant monies. The remaining E costs are proposed to be funded by TIF balances. A feasibility study is underway to recommend F, assessing benefitting properties for the construction of the next phase of Twin Lakes Parkway and other � transportation improvements in the Twin Lakes Area. Page 2 of 3