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BAY FAIR TOD SPECIFIC PLAN General Plan Strategies The General Plan promotes the following six overarching strategies throughout the City. These concepts are supported in a variety of ways through the Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan, as described below: Strategy #1 : Growing Strategically The Bay Fair TOD Specific Plan Area is one of the City's key areas of growth for the next 20- 30 years. Within the Bay Fair area itself, the Specific Plan focuses density and intensity near the BART station while transitioning to reduced heights and densities near surrounding neighborhoods. Strategy #2: Building a Healthier City The Specific Plan calls for new parks and plazas, bike and pedestrian connections, and a mix of uses, to promote healthier lifestyles. It also promotes equitable access to healthy foods through farmers markets and community gardens, as well as leisure activities and active transportation such as walking and cycling. Strategy #3: Building a More Sustainable City Transit Oriented Development is an important component of building a more sustainable community. Focusing urban, mixed use neighborhoods around the Bay Fair BART station will reduce the need to drive and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Plan also includes standards and guidelines for green buildings and infrastructure in future development. Strategy #4: Transforming the Workplace This Plan aims to evolve with changing workplace trends, and to encourage new uses such as entertainment, artisan studios, tech incubators, and co -working spaces. New investments in the public realm will change the area's character and create a greater focus on workplace livability. Strategy #5: Becoming a "Smarter" City The Plan Area's position in the City makes it a prime location for implementing the City's goal of becoming a "Smart City". The Plan includes developing a plan to expand current fiber optic networks as well as other Smart City applications. This will attract new businesses and provide a significant amenity to residents and employers. Strategy #6: Creating a "There" The Plan Area's location and conditions presents a unique opportunity to create new gathering spaces and focal points that will attract residents, workers, and surrounding community members to visit the area. This plan includes strategies to create a "there" by encouraging new plazas, special gathering places, wayfinding and streetscape, a mix of uses, and high -quality architecture and building design.