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Approving the requested refinement plan text amendment will allow for the provision of a BRT-enabled transit station in a neighborhood where one does not otherwise exist. Provide for a pedestrian environment that is well integrated with adjacent land uses and is designed to enhance the safety, comfort, and convenience of walking. (Policy F.26) Walking to and from the bus is integral to public transit service. Allowing the proposed transit center to occur on the subject property will enable pedestrian facilities to be developed both on-site and across the site, as well as on the adjacent roadway system and nearby sidewalks, c)Remaining portions of the refinement plan. The application is consistent with the remainder of the River Road Santa-Clara Urban Facilities Plan. The policy text amendment is a site-specific revision that only impacts the subject property, which is identified in Ordinance No. southeast corner of the intersection of River Road and Hunsaker Lane, between Hunsaker Lane and Green Lane. In other words, the amendment that would allow transit facilities to be built on the subject property does not reach to other properties within the refinement plan area, and would not allow other prohibited motor vehicle related uses, consistent with the intent of the original policy direction. The applicant also asserts, and the Council finds, the following: Given that the requested refinement diagram or any of the subarea land use diagrams. The requested addition to permitted land uses transit facilities is normally permitted in the pro The commercial designation facilitates commercial zoning, which the property is zoned. Transit facilities i.e., transit park and ride and transit station are permitted in the commercial zone within the Motor Vehicle Related Uses use category (EC Table 9.2160). The text amendment is also consistent with the following refinement plan policy: Provide for land uses that conform to Metropolitan Plan goals and policies and that consider the provision of a full range of urban services in an efficient and cost-effective manner. (General Land Use Policies, Policy 3.0) In response to this policy the applicant asserts, and the Council finds Public transit (mass transit in the Metro Plan) is an urban service. Metro Plan goals and policies encourage the provision of transit. Approval of this requested refinement plan text amendment will enable mass transit, i.e. an urban service, to be provided in an efficient and cost-effective manner. It will be efficient and cost- effective because the subject property is on a key mass transit corridor (River Road) and cost- effective Lane Transit District. Findings - 9