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PLAN ELEMENTS <br /> 0-4 Enhance public facilities with auxiliary open spaces. Legend i ' <br /> I� "I <br /> The Performing Arts Center and the Library are excellent facilities that -._"�--"" i <br /> could be enhanced with open space improvements. The City has ;;,- rR, ,: • <br /> "" '"" b+ <br /> �' recently purchased the Performing Arts Center forecourt site and the Key ';.',,- <br /> cx: Bank site. The Committee to Establish Downtown Public Spaces has ` """" <br /> co <br /> proposed that the City extend the open space to the corner of California ! ;,bW.y__..__.,_. <br /> Street and Wetmore Avenue. This would give the proposed park greater voo• <br /> n.w N✓•..a-. um <br /> visibility, access and potential for additional uses. <br /> r000wnrowN <br /> While the library site is more constrained, opportunities should be ` ;"w " `v`"`rr <br /> considered to enhance its entry and streetscape. As one of the city's �f' <br /> premier architectural gems as well as a key public facility, the library ' 4714 ..,.. <br /> / <br /> merits a complementary setting. ; , V:.4I' <br /> ''Vis'. <br /> 0-5 Continue efforts to connect downtown to other open space and <br /> recreational resources by implementing planned access to the Port 4"r.f <br /> Gardner Waterfront and trail connections to neighborhood parks e, / , <br /> and the Snohomish Riverfront. }.. <br /> ��r <br /> The city has an adopted a Shoreline Public Access Plan that includesn K .. w..,.- <br /> measures to connect downtown to its harborfront and riverfront; most l.<1,1$, <br /> YAW <br /> notably pedestrian and bicycle connections north on Grand Avenue and <br /> .01............ ow Boyo Fney <br /> westward on Hewitt Avenue. Additionally, Bicycle connections to the � <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 /> improvements, they constitute an important element of a comprehensive Pet n and G. nConnections A nuto along BaysideHe /Bone <br /> Street Grand Avenue Park are <br /> open space strategy. priority links. <br /> EVERETT DOWNTOWN PLAN — DRAFT 6/29/2006 95 <br />