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• Identification of concepts/mechanisms for cost sharing of public improvement and amenities among property owners, as well as a "redevelopment strategy that will set the stage for next steps, including additional planning, environmental review, and development of financing and funding mechanisms to ensure successful implementation of the Framework. • The Framework will be complemented by the Objective Design Standards document being completed as a separate process, and will help define aspects such as height, density/FAR, setbacks, parking ratios, and site- planning and architectural design criteria/standards. The Framework will focus on the central mall properties (within the Stoneridge Mall Road loop), as the major area of expected redevelopment and land use change. However, the framework will look at peripheral sites, outside of the mall loop, to ensure land use adjacencies, connectivity, existing and planned development, and other relationships are appropriately reflected in the planning. Key Planning Considerations Staff has identified the following initial list of planning considerations and goals that will be integral to the Framework's development: • Design and Placemaking. Creation of an attractive, safe, and vibrant mixed-use neighborhood, that successfully integrates with and creates synergy with the existing shopping center, enhances the existing visual character of the mall area, provides a pedestrian-oriented scale within infill areas, and includes new opportunities for public spaces and amenities. An element of this will be to ensure that future projects provide quality open spaces and public/publicly- accessible areas. The project also allows for consideration of innovative strategies to support the City's sustainability goals, including green infrastructure and other measures. • Housing Types, Densities, Locations, and Affordability. Establishing options for suitable housing types within the density range being considered in the Housing Element, as well as the distribution of housing units among the various portions of the mall, will be important, as will be consideration of related goals around affordability, unit size and mix and livability for new residents. • Infrastructure and Traffic-Related Constraints. The planning effort will need to shape its land use program around any physical and environmental constraints that may exist, particularly existing and future intersection capacity constraints. The scope of work includes input from Fehr & Peers, who will assist with modeling of nearby intersections to ensure that potential traffic impacts can be understood and mitigated. Any significant new infrastructure demanded by the project will be considered, and as described below, funding mechanisms identified to ensure that it can be constructed, with the goal that developers will fully fund any needed infrastructure improvements. • Transit connectivity and Improving Multimodal Transportation. With the entirety of the mall situated within a half mile of BART, future planning must provide Page 5 of