2006/07/12 Council Agenda Packet

The plan includes comprehensive recommendations for zoning revisions and design standards to modulate height and bulk, provide safe, attractive streetscapes, and achieve a higher quality of design overall. In terms of parking, the plan recommends initiating a pay-for on-street parking program, with revenues channeled into programs or improvements that benefit downtown. A Transportation Management Association is also recommended to increase the percentage of non-single-occupant vehicle trips. While this plan focused on the downtown core between Everett Avenue, . Pacific Avenue, Broadway, and West Marine View Drive (with some areas to the north, south, and west included to facilitate zoning adjustments), participants at the Planning Commission meetings stressed the importance of downtown's integration with the rest of the city. The plan recommends,a series of street improvements and planning actions to better connect downtown to neighboring areas. The body of the plan describes these and other recommendations in greater detail. Implementing the plan will involve an organized series of steps over several years. The following steps summarize the recommended implementation strategy. 1. Update Regulations and Administrative Procedures (Within 1 year) The first step is to update the regulatory codes and implement the parking management strategies. Revising the development code and establishing design standards will require minimal capital investment but will ensure that new development will conform to the City's downtown vision. Implementing the parking meter program, establishing a transportation management association (TMA), and working with transit authorities to gradually upgrade transit service can also start soon after the adoption of the +q'" plan. 4 MAKERS architecture and urban design 0509 rpl drafi.doc-6/29/06