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3 <br />COMPREHENSIVE PLAN /FUTURE LAND USE MAP <br />AND <br />UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO) <br />AMENDMENTOUTLINE <br />A. AMENDMENT TYPE <br />Map Amendments <br />❑ Land Use Element Map: <br />From: - -- <br />To: --- <br />El Zoning Map: <br />From- <br />To: --- <br />El Other: <br />Text Amendments <br />❑ Comprehensive Plan Text: <br />❑ UDO Text: <br />❑UDO General Text Changes <br />❑UDO Development Standards <br />❑UDO Development Approval Processes <br />® Other: Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Action Plan - request to proceed with <br />adoption steps. <br />B. RATIONALE <br />1. Purpose /Mission <br />The purpose of the SRTS program is to: <br />• Enable and encourage children, including those with disabilities, to walk and <br />bicycle to school, <br />• Make bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation <br />alternative, thereby encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle from an early age, <br />and <br />• Facilitate the planning, development, and implementation of projects and <br />activities that will improve safety and reduce traffic, fuel consumption, and air <br />pollution in the vicinity of schools. <br />