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Policy 4.1: Promote the use of energy-saving and sustainable design practices during all phases of development including land uses, site design, technologies, buildings, and construction techniques. Policy 4.2: Seek to use environmental best practices for further protection, maintenance, and enhancement of natural ecological systems including lakes, lakeshore, wetlands, natural and man- made storm water ponding areas, aquifers, and drainage areas. Policy 4.3: Promote preservation, replacement, and addition of trees within the community. Goal 5: Create meaningful opportunities for community and neighborhood engagement in land-use decisions. Policy 5.1: Utilize traditional and innovative ways to notify the public, the community, and neighborhoods about upcoming land-use decisions as early as possible in the review process. Policy 5.2: Require meetings between the land-use applicant and affected persons and/or neighborhoods for changes in land-use designations and projects that have significant impacts, prior to submittal of the request to the City. Policy 5.3: Provide for and promote opportunities for informed citizen participation at all levels in the planning and review processes at both the neighborhood and community level. Residential Area Goals and Policies Goal 6: Preserve and enhance the residential character and livability of existing neighborhoods and ensure that adjacent uses are compatible with existing neighborhoods. Policy 6.1: Promote maintenance and reinvestment in existing residential buildings and properties, residential amenities, and infrastructure to enhance the long-term desirability of existing neighborhoods and to maintain and improve property values. Policy 6.2: Where higher intensity uses are adjacent to existing residential neighborhoods, create effective land use buffers and physical screening. Goal 7: Achieve a broad and flexible range of housing choices within the community to provide sufficient alternatives to meet the changing housing needs of current and future residents throughout all stages of life. Policy 7.1: Promote flexible development standards for new residential developments to allow innovative development patterns and more efficient densities that protect and enhance the character, stability, and vitality of residential neighborhoods. Policy 7.2: Encourage high-quality, mixed residential developments that achieve the community's goals, policies, and performance standards, encourage parks and open space, and use high-quality site design features and building materials. Policy 7.3: Consider increased densities in new residential developments to reduce housing costs, improve affordability, and attract transit-oriented development. Policy 7.4: Promote increased housing options within the community that enable more people to live closer to community services and amenities such as commercial areas, parks, and trails.