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• • Resolution No. 7 9-03 A RESOLUTION ENDORSING VTA'S COMMUNITY DESIGN AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND ITS MANUAL OF BEST PRACTICES FOR INTEGRATING TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE WHEREAS,the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority(VTA), in partnership with the cities, town and County of Santa Clara, has developed a Community Design and Transportation(CDT) Program and a guiding Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use: WHEREAS, on November 7, 2002,the Valley Transportation Authority(VTA) adopted the CDT Program (Resolution No. 02.11.35) as its primary program for integrating transportation and land use, and the CDT Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use as the program's guiding document; WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills participated in the development of the CDT Program and the Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportations and Land Use; WHEREAS,the Town recognizes that,to effectively meet the current and future needs of the County's changing communities,transit, pedestrian, and multimodal roadway facilities must play increasingly important roles in the County's total transportation system; WHEREAS,to better meet the current and future needs of the County's communities, the Town desires a strengthened "transportation consciousness"between VTA and the Town that is reflected within the Town's individual departments and actions by the Council; WHEREAS,to optimize the Town's investments in, and utility of,transportation and urban services infrastructure, mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented developments should be located in urban cores, major transportation corridors, and transit station areas; WHEREAS,the purpose of this endorsement is to convey on behalf of the Town of Los Altos Hills and its City Council a strong spirit of support for the concepts, principles,practices and actions conveyed in VTA's CDT Program's Manual of Best Practices for Integrating Transportation and Land Use;