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Resolution No. PC-02-38 Page 2 The proposed project's land use conforms to the "Business Park" Land Use designation for the project site. The park and ride lot would be consistent with Goals 1 and 3 of the General Plan Circulation Element by helping the City develop a safe, convenient, and uncongested circulation system and by providing a component of a multi-modal transportation system. In addition, the proposed project would be consistent with Program 7.3 of the Circulation Element which encourages the utilization of future BART stations and other appropriate azeas as interim park and ride facilities. 3. The proposed development plan is compatible with previously developed properties in the vicinity, and the natural, topographic features of the site. The parking lot would be adequately screened from the adjacent City streets and properties. The pazking lot would be sepazated from the adjacent residences to the southeast by a City thoroughfare, a soundwall, and existing and proposed landscaping; therefore, impacts on adjacent residential properties will be limited. Parking lot lighting would be shielded and/or directed away from residences. Additional landscaping will be installed as part of the Val Vista park expansion project to be located west of the Val Vista Neighborhood. The grading takes into account environmental characteristics and is designed in keeping with the best engineering practices to avoid erosion, slides, or flooding to have as minimal an effect upon the environment as possible. The subject property is relatively flat. Grading will be limited to filling an approximately 5-foot deep ditch and creating proper drainage for the parking lot, swales, and planting areas. The property is not located in an Alquist-Priolo Study Zone. Grading conducted on the site will be subject to engineering and building standazds. Turf-lined bioswales would be utilized to filter parking lot contaminants before entering the arroyos and, ultimately, the bay. Erosion control and dust suppression measures will be documented in the building permit plans and will be administered by the City's Building and Public Works Departments. According to the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Hazazd maps, no portion of the site is located in a flood hazard zone. The streets and buildings have been designed and located to complement the natural terrain and landscape. The project site is in a developed azea of the City and would not involve the extension of any new public streets. No new buildings are proposed with the subject application. No significant forms of landscaping would be removed for the proposed development.