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Mountain House Specific Plan III .................-....................................................................................................................................................... Specific Plan H. The distinction for the Neighborhood D component within Specific Plan M will be the landscape enhancement of the power line easement running diagonally through the residential areas. A neighborhood trail system with tree planting along the perimeter of the easement provides an open space _ corridor system that enhances the visual open space character and sense of pedestrian connectivity in this neighborhood area. The residential and industrial architecture and landscape shall comply with the standards and conditions specified in Specific Plan III,maintaining the continuity of this community concept. The Delta College campus will be the focal point of the southwest corner of the planning area. The College,located on Central Parkway,will be a major educational and recreational resource for the community. The location of the College at this site led to combining Neighborhoods A and B to provide arterial street access to the College,a scaled down industrial park south of Central Parkway, a central _ community park, and consolidation of the two K-8 school sites into one Neighborhood Center,while maintaining the planning area's jobs-housing balance. Consolidation of the Neighborhood Center takes advantage of the open space corridor as a safe walk to school route,incorporates a common neighborhood park located on the open space trail corridor separating the two schools,and meets state-mandated school setback criteria from the two crisscrossing, utility,transmission line facilities. The location for the Neighborhood Center was also chosen to allow convenient walking distances to homes and minimize the number of children who would need to cross Central Parkway to get to school. — Central Parkway is designed to be the icon street of the community and is envisioned to be its"parade route". Acting as a strong community linkage element, the parkway has a distinctive character as it threads through the entire community from north to south. Central Parkway will be dominated by groves of canopy trees with occasional vertical tree species or colorful deciduous trees at nodal or accent points. The character is informal,with heavily shaded street corridors and pathways separated from the roadway by a planted parkway strip. One key to the success of the community is the appropriate architectural vocabulary and theme. Prairie _ and Spanish Colonial architecture themes have been established for the Neighborhood Center with its two K-8 schools. These themes, one for each school, should also be reflected in the architecture of approximately 25%of the homes surrounding the Neighborhood Center. The architectural design of homes within the planning area will exhibit several themes that are compatible with each other. 2-6 Draft 03/14/05 ...........................................................................................................................................................................