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provided. These looped and connected drives and paths allow for better connections throughout the site, between activity spaces and also provide for emergency services access. A generous pedestrian walkway or landscaped promenade could connect from BART through to the mall. •Articulate the Mall Far;ade: If a "major" store or building is removed as part of a development, the project proponent and the mall owner (Simon) should cooperate to provide a new fa9ade which is complementary to the mall. This fa9ade will provide a large, visible entrance and entry canopy and additional windows into tenant spaces to provide greater transparency and visual interest for pedestrians and support the active plaza/open space provided for the mall. •Provide Active Open Spaces. Each development provides an open area such as a plaza or park to provide quality visual and pedestrian access to the mall entry(ies) and to provide an outdoor activity space complementary to the mall's internal spaces. •Residential Developments that Address the Street. Residential developments will provide perimeter drives and/or sidewalks when adjacent to parking areas which provide continuous pedestrian walks with lighting and "street" trees and landscape. The ground floor units will have a stoop or porch and direct walk/access to the sidewalk. This is to provide "eyes" on the street and parking areas for informal security and an outward facing appearance for each development. Conformance to Objective Design Standards Housing projects that are constructed at the mall would need to conform to the Objective Design Standards (for review by the Planning Commission on December 14 and by City Council on December 20, 2022). These Objective Design Standards will be refined based on comments and provided to the Planning Commission and City Council for review and adoption along with the Housing Element in January 2023. As the Framework is further developed, it is expected that commercial design standards and guidelines, and parameters around the provision of open space, pedestrian elements, and other regulatory mechanisms will be developed. Description and Evaluation of Conceptual Scenarios The draft conceptual scenarios are included as Attachment 1 to this agenda report. A diagram for each conceptual scenario is included, along with a summary page with the scenarios on a single page for ease of comparison. The attachment also includes an illustrative circulation diagram and open space diagrams. Conceptual Scenario 1: Scattered Development, Five Housing Sites In the first conceptual scenario, five separate sites or subareas, each about two to four acres within the various mall parcels could be designated for housing development, accommodating up to 1,440 units. Each of the five subareas (which would be "sized" to Page 9 of 17