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Parks policies related to the Royal Avenue planning area include the following: ~Acquisition and development of park land and acquisition of open space in the Bethel- Danebo area shall receive a city-wide priority which will rnove it toward equity with other pints of the city." The amendments to the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan require that the Royal Avenue Specific Plan serve as the basis for development regulations and infrastructure improvements within the Royal Avenue Specific Plan area. Park and open space uses in the draft Royal Avenue Specific Plan area are recommended for acquisition and development. The specific plan recommends including the acquisition and development of these parks through the city's Capital Improvements Program. Some of the open space in the plan area associated with the 1135 project has already been acquired. Additional open space areas are recommended for acquisition as parr of the open drainage system. These areas are also recormmended for inclusion in the city's Capital Improve:ments Program. The proposed amendments to the Bethel-Danebo Refinement Plan are consistent with this policy. "Private developers shall be encouraged to set aside land for parks." Amendments to the Bethel-Danebo Plan require that the Royal Avenue Specific Plan serve as the basis for development regulations and infrastructure improvements within the Royal Avenue Specific Plan area. The site plan for the Royal Node identifies two areas designated for neighborhood park use. ]~fthe Bethel-Danebo amendment is adopted, developers would be required to conform to the site plan for the area. ~Landscape buffer shall be provided in conjtmction with new public improvements, such as highways, freeways, power su-bstations, etc." Landscaping is included in proposed new streets within the plan area. Transportation policies related to the Royal Avenue planning area include the fbllowing: 'q[n newly developing portions of Bethel-Danebo, street network design should ensure that through traffic movements are adequately served by higher level streets (i.e., arterials and collectors) and that local traffic alone is encouraged to use the local streets, thereby enhancing the local character of the streets in residential areas.'~ Amendments to the Bethel-Danebo Plan provide ibr an arterial street and two collector streets for through traffic movements. Local streets will be designed for local area traf:tSc. "Where vacant parcels contain frontage on other than a local street (i.e. on an arterial or collector), development of the parcel should include provision for controlled access onto the higher level street, or where possible~ from an adjacent local street.'; Exhibit D - 21