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PLAN ELEMENTS <br /> 0-4 Enhance public facilities with auxiliary open spaces. 1.090,10 1$ f C` <br /> The Performing Arts Center and the Library are excellent facilities that - `.. °;,�;;.. ••. <br /> could be enhanced with open space improvements. The City has - <br /> recently purchased the Performing Arts Center forecourt site and the Key .,........ I j <br /> Bank site. The Committee to Establish Downtown Public Spaces has , <br /> ,i <br /> proposed that the City extend the open space to the corner of California i <br /> Street and Wetmore Avenue. This would give the proposed park greater •--., .•-.............-.,., <br /> visibility, access and potential for additional uses. <br /> While the library site is more constrained, opportunities should be \", tVrk"' <br /> considered to enhance its entry and streetscape. As one of the city's 5`I'� <br /> premier architectural gems as well as a key public facility, the library .,..—. " ' <br /> merits a complementary.setting. ,% <br /> ,. f;, <br /> 0-5 Continue efforts to connect downtown to other open space and , <br /> recreational resources by implementing planned access to the Port <br /> Gardner Waterfront and trail connections to neighborhood parksp�,,�, <br /> and the Snohomish Riverfront. <br /> fe <br /> The city has an adopted a Shoreline Public Access Plan that includes ww: <br /> measures to connect downtown to its harborfront and riverfront; most `'` <br /> notably pedestrian and bicycle connections north on Grand Avenue and <br /> westward on Hewitt Avenue. Additionally, Bicycle connections to the 01.......0, rb <br /> f <br /> north, south and west as noted in the Transportation chapter and Figure 84. The City of Everett Shoreline Public <br /> Streetscape section will be important enhancements for people both Access Plan recommends measures to connect <br /> living and visiting downtown. Although these are primarily circulation downtown to a regional trail around the Everett <br /> Peninsula. Connections along Hewitt/Bond <br /> improvements, they constitute an important element of a comprehensive G <br /> Street and Grand Avenue to Bayside Park are <br /> open space strategy. priority links. <br /> EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN — DRAFT 6/29/2006 95 <br />