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Goal 1: Ensure housing development is compatible with existing and adjacent land uses and provides accessibility to key community features and natural resources. Policies: 1. Link trails to parks, lakes, and schools. 2. Ensure commercial development and mixed -use areas are appropriately dispersed throughout the city. St. Clair Estates meets the goals of the housing plan. The development is compatible with the existing adjacent residential, commercial and civic/institutional land uses. The proposed trails and sidewalk link the development to existing trails, the Regional Park, Rice Lake Elementary School and Sprit Hills Center commercial development. Economic Development Goal 1: Expand and diversify the city's tax base by encouraging mixed -use and nodal development to lessen the tax burden on residential properties. Policy 4: Develop walkable neighborhoods with commercial nodes and amenities for residents. St. Clair Estates encourages a walkable neighborhood by providing trails and sidewalks to Birch Street. This pedestrian corridor links the residents with the Sprit Hills Center commercial node. Transportation Plan Goal 1: Plan for and achieve required street improvements and connectivity throughout the City of Lino Lakes. Policies: 1. Develop a transportation plan that will identify and plan for needed public transportation options and street construction, upgrading, and related funding requirements. 2. Ensure by 2030 that main east/west and north/south transportation corridors are of good quality and allow for potential, required expansion and upgrades, i.e., widening, expanded capacity, turn lanes, and accommodating pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Goal 2: Ensure that streets and roads are as safe as possible. Policies: I. Identify potential traffic safety problem areas and adopt plans to lessen risks as traffic volume increases along these problem stretches and intersections. 5