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business retention and expansion and workforce development. (Strategy 4) • Affordable Housing (Residential Projects): Project should support or advance key objectives of the Housing Element, including increasing the supply of affordable housing in accordance with the City's adopted Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance(IZO), and efforts to address homelessness. (Strategy 6) • Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA): Projects should positively contribute to the City's ability to meet its RHNA obligations, as documented in the City's adopted Housing Element,with a particular interest in meeting below-market-rate housing targets. b. Other Policy Items The following additional policy goals reflect key themes of the Pleasanton 2005 General Plan, with respect to new development and change in use. Note that the policies cited are not exhaustive, and conformance to other General Plan or Specific Plan policies may be considered in evaluation of specific proposals. 1. Location and Neighborhood Compatibility • Project should provide appropriately scaled and designed buildings that fit into the overall neighborhood context and provide appropriate setbacks and transitions to any adjacent or adjoining residential developments. (General Plan Land Use Element Policy 5, Policy 8) 2. Proximity to community facilities and services • Project location should provide its occupants with convenient access to services and facilities, such as schools, shopping and employment areas, transit stops, parks and other amenities, and promote multimodal connectivity to activity centers and amenities to the extent possible. (Evaluation of this goal should be made in consideration of the project type and expected occupancy) (General Plan Land Use Element Goal 1, Program 1.2; Policy 2 and related programs) 3. Project Design and Livability: • Project should provide a high-quality of design,inclusive of adequate on-site parking, prioritizing preservation of protected trees and any on-site natural resources, and provision of quality shared and private open space and amenities for project occupants. (General Plan Community Character Element, Goal 6, Policy 15, Policy 17 and related programs)