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Community Plan input strongly supported future goals to develop the EAZ as a research and employment center for Dublin.

The Economic Advancement Zone Plan was developed through public input spanning many years. The goal of the EAZ Plan was to meaningfully build from work encapsulated in the 2007 Dublin Community Plan. Years of effort by area residents, businesses and other stakeholders in developing the city-wide plan created a foundation for which the EAZ Plan provides additional detail and refinement. Using public comment from the Community Plan as a starting point, the process for the EAZ included direct property owner dialogue, neighborhood input and broader public comment.

As part of the three-year public input component of the 2007 Dublin Community Plan, many public workshops and area plan meetings specific to the Economic Advancement Zone were conducted to identify area issues and concerns. Results of the input focused on a desire to provide comprehensive pedestrian and greenway connectivity, as well as ensuring that the

research-oriented development envisioned for the area would appropriately transition in scale to residential neighborhoods. Participants also identified a desire to properly manage employment traffic and to minimize impacts on existing residential areas.