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FIVe-Year Implementation Plan Amended February 2003 Page 12 b. Work to retain existing and emerging businesses that are consistent with the Specific Plan, wherever and whenever possible, through redevelopment or rehabilitation efforts. c. Recruit and actively encourage new businesses into the area that will meet the standards of the Specific Plan. d. Encourage the relocation and elimination of inappropriate activities. e. Encourage the formation of a business improvement association to promote the area, help educate other businesses¡ and instill high professional and maintenance standards. 7. Create a secure atmosphere within which business and residential communities can thrive. a. Encourage land uses and design features that are not prone to attracting criminal activity. b. Continue to reduce the levels of criminal activity through active and visible policing efforts. c. Attract more desirable and viable uses to the area that serve to enhance its customer base. d. Encourage safe pedestrian circulation through adequate lighting standards, appropriate setbacks¡ improved visibility, well-designed landscaping¡ and convenient links to neighborhood shopping centers. e. Encourage high maintenance standards to upgrade the overall appearance of the area and increase public pride. f. Create an interagency task force to coordina.te policing¡ land-use regulation, housing, and community service activities. North H~rbor Pmj~ct Arpa Objeçtiv~5/Pntpnti;t1 Projects 1. Complete medians in the First Street to regulate traffic and improve the appearance of the First Street Corridor. 2. Encourage the redevelopment of the City entry point at Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. 3. Improve the identity of the Harbor Boulevard area by creating a marketing and image strategy to i~rove commercial activity. Page fá5Ð-91